headroom

name = "broadcast-14"

description = "Normalizes everything to -14 LUFS (streaming-platform loudness) so all sources match."

# -14 lufs = streaming-platform normalized target; everything sits at one loudness

[agc]

enabled = true

target_lufs = -14.0

attack_ms = 2500.0

release_ms = 1000.0

silence_threshold_lufs = -70.0

max_boost_db = 12.0

max_cut_db = 12.0

# light rms glue to hold the target

[compressor]

enabled = true

detector = "rms"

threshold_db = -22.0

ratio = 2.0

knee_db = 8.0

attack_ms = 20.0

release_ms = 250.0

makeup_db = "auto"

rms_window_ms = 100.0

# -1 dBTP ceiling (ebu r128 / streaming convention)

[limiter]

ceiling_dbtp = -1.0

lookahead_ms = 3.0

release_ms = 100.0

hold_ms = 5.0

oversample = 4

link = "stereo"

[limiter.soft]

max_psr_db = 16.0

static_ceiling_dbtp = -6.0

attack_ms = 6.0

release_ms = 200.0

[meters]

publish_hz = 20.0

[[rules]]

match = { process_binary = ["ardour", "reaper", "qpwgraph", "carla", "bitwig-studio"] }

route = "bypass"

[default_route]

route = "processed"