LCn English Manual

Using LCn
LCn Manual 10
One-step loudness
normalization for your DAW
Whether you deliver for HDTV, Mobile TV, pod-
cast, radio, iTunes, Spotify and/or other modern
platforms: Hitting the right loudness target is
essential. LCn makes this as easy as clicking a
button or dragging a file to a folder. These are
high-quality plug-ins that will measure and cor-
rect the loudness of your tracks.
The plug-in versions of LCn allows you to ap-
ply faster-than-real-time, two-pass, off-line pro-
cessing of your tracks in Pro Tools. In addition,
stand-alone versions for Windows and Mac
are available. These stand-alone versions have
watch folder capabilities, allowing you to simply
drag and drop audio files into a target folder for
fast and easy loudness normalization and true
peak limiting. You can even paste multiple au-
dio files into your watch folder, making the LCn a
highly efficient loudness batch processor.
LCn is part of a universal and ITU-standardized
loudness control concept, whereby audio may
easily and consistently be measured and con-
trolled at various stages of production and dis-
tribution. LCn works coherently with other TC
equipment or with products from other manu-
facturers adhering to the same global standard.
LCn features
– Enjoy precise loudness normalization:
LCn is your shortcut to loudness-normalized
audio files, targeted at any delivery platform
you could ever think of.
– Integrate consistent loudness in your work-
flow
– Native Pro Tools plug-in versions
– Separate stand-alone versions
– Stand-alone versions offer watch folder ca-
pability for automatic batch normalization
of multiple audio files
– Comes with integrated mastering-grade
Brickwall2 true-peak limiter
New in LCn version 1.1
– Watch Folder mode (see “Watch Folder
mode” on page 24) has been enhanced. It
now has a Start/Stop feature, allowing you to
switch batch processing on or off as required.
– Graphical feedback has been enhanced.
– The Target loudness parameter can now be
set to a maximum value of -12 LUFS.
Differences between LC2n and LC6n
The only difference between the LC2n and LC6n
plug-ins is the number of channels. LC2n is the
stereo version, LC6n is the surround version.
Pro Tools and stand-alone versions
LCn is a Pro Tools RTAS/AAX plug-in supporting
offline processing. This means that tracks are
not processed in real-time, but when initiated by
the user.
You can also run the plug-in in a stand-alone ver-
sion – i.e., without having to use a digital audio
workstation. You can drag and drop audio files to
the stand-alone version, which will then measure
and process these files.
In addition, the stand-alone version has watch
folder functionality, which means that it can be
set to watch activity in a given source folder. This
Watch Folder mode offers various options for
deleting source files and renaming destination
files if they already exist. For more information,
see “Watch Folder mode” on page 24.