headroom

name = "music"

description = "Inter-track loudness leveling for music players. Even volume, dynamics mostly preserved."

# slow agc to a music target; long envelopes, leans on program loudness not transients

[agc]

enabled = true

target_lufs = -16.0

attack_ms = 3000.0

release_ms = 1500.0

silence_threshold_lufs = -70.0

max_boost_db = 12.0

max_cut_db = 12.0

# very light soft-knee rms; glue not compression

[compressor]

enabled = true

detector = "rms"

threshold_db = -22.0

ratio = 1.5

knee_db = 10.0

attack_ms = 20.0

release_ms = 300.0

makeup_db = "auto"

rms_window_ms = 50.0

[limiter]

ceiling_dbtp = -0.3

lookahead_ms = 2.0

release_ms = 100.0

hold_ms = 5.0

oversample = 4

link = "stereo"

# wide psr cap preserves dynamics; soft tier only catches the rare hot track

[limiter.soft]

max_psr_db = 16.0

static_ceiling_dbtp = -5.0

attack_ms = 6.0

release_ms = 250.0

[meters]

publish_hz = 20.0

# music players processed here (default/night bypass them) — else nothing to act on

[[rules]]

match = { process_binary = [

    "spotify",

    "mpv",

    "vlc",

    "strawberry",

    "rhythmbox",

    "clementine",

    "audacious",

    "mpd",

] }

route = "processed"

# daws bypass — trusted to set their own gain

[[rules]]

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

route = "bypass"

[[rules]]

match = { media_role = ["Music"] }

route = "processed"

[default_route]

route = "processed"