Think of your beloved sounds as Goldilocks did.
Not too hot, nor cold. Neither too small or big.


Whether your target audience is for podcast, media streaming, CD, DVD or gramophone.
To be played out in a club, concert hall, arena or village fete.
Possibly even on radio or television (how quaint).

Broadcast Standards differ according to the environment.
They are set because a noise annoys.


Here are some audio reference tools that may be of use.



Phased-out

Whether you’re wiring-up a home entertainment system or installing an arena-sized PA,
getting the stereo signal out-of-phase is an easy thing to have occur.

Want to check..?





Twenty-twenty Vision

They're advertised as having a frequency response of 20Hz to 20kHz.

But do they really..?


(Recorded using a rattly old analog Audio Generator)



Booooooop

Maximise the clarity and volume of your audio output, but don’t go overboard. No one likes a clip about the ear.
This is a 1kHz Sine reference tone is outputted at -0.1dB. That’s nearly, but not quite, the maximum a system is designed to take.

WARNING: This video is LOUD, but with a capable system you should only hurt your ears.

 


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