LOUDNESS · LIVESTREAM LEVELER · 29 NEW IN 5.2
Still Stream
Holds the livestream at its loudness target all service, and lights up when something goes wrong on the feed.
Also in the Livestream & Broadcast bundle
What it does
Still Stream goes last on the stream bus and slowly rides the gain so the stream sits on its loudness target from the welcome to the benediction: up through a quiet prayer, down faster through a loud praise break.
Between songs, or as a song dies away, it holds, so room noise is never pulled up. A ceiling limiter keeps the peaks safe, and the Watch row lights up for silence, clipping, a missing side, phase, or a stream too quiet or too loud for too long.
Key features
- Target −30 to −9 LUFS, with a quick list (Live stream −14, Podcast −16, Broadcast −23 and more)
- Speed 2–30 s (cuts twice as fast), Max boost and Max cut, Hold below for quiet rooms
- Freeze (an announcement, a video with its own level); Ride off = ceiling and watch only
- 5-minute history: coming in, the stream, the target and the gain; whole-service loudness
- Watch: silence (time set by you), input clipping, left or right missing, out of phase, too quiet, too loud
Quick start
- Insert last on the stream bus (after any bus processing, before the stream encoder).
- Pick your target from the list (Live stream −14 for most church streams).
- Leave Speed at 8 s; slower (15 s) if the service has long quiet speaking parts.
- Glance at the Watch row during the service: a red light means look now.
Controls
| Control | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Target | −30 to −9 LUFS | Where the stream should sit (short-term loudness). |
| Speed | 2–30 s | How slowly it rides; cuts are twice as fast. |
| Max boost / Max cut | 0–18 dB each | How far it may turn the stream up or down. |
| Hold below | −70 to −25 LUFS | Quieter than this and the gain stays put. |
| Ceiling | −6 to 0 dB | Zero-latency peak limit after the rider. |
| Ride / Freeze / Silence after | On, off / 3–60 s | Riding on or off; hold the gain; when silence lights up. |
FACTORY PRESETS
Church livestream (−14) · Gentle, sermon and songs · Quick, a lively service · Podcast / talk (−16) · Broadcast (−23) · Watch only (no riding) · Hall feed to an overflow room (−20)
GOOD TO KNOW
Measured: programmes at −26 and −6 LUFS both arrive at −14.0 LUFS; the gain does not rise in a quiet room or as a song dies away; the ceiling holds on every sample; Freeze holds the gain; each watch light comes on for its fault and only then. 0 samples latency. About 1.2% of one core in stereo.