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So a meter following BS.1771 Momentary ballistics may read differently from an EBU Mode meter. Short-term (3 s) and Integrated gating statements in C3-B539-01 are unaffected. Failure modes. Treating any 'Momentary' reading as an EBU Mode 0.4 s rectangular window. Limitations. The IIR detail is taken from the bracketed note in V4 (Nov 2023); later ITU revisions were not checked. Version and date. EBU Tech 3341 V4, read 23 Oct 2026.","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. C3-B539-01 states Momentary loudness uses a sliding rectangular 0.4 s window as the Tech 3341 definition, without noting that this is specific to EBU Mode. Conditions. Choosing or comparing loudness meters. Method. Tech 3341 says further attack/release slowing after the sliding rectangular windows is not allowed in EBU Mode, and notes that ITU-R BS.1771-1 prescribes a first-order IIR filter with a 0.4 s time constant to measure Momentary Loudness; EBU kept the rectangular-window definition in EBU Mode until evidence clarifies the issue. So a meter following BS.1771 Momentary ballistics may read differently from an EBU Mode meter. Short-term (3 s) and Integrated gating statements in C3-B539-01 are unaffected. Failure modes. Treating any 'Momentary' reading as an EBU Mode 0.4 s rectangular window. Limitations. The IIR detail is taken from the bracketed note in V4 (Nov 2023); later ITU revisions were not checked. Version and date. EBU Tech 3341 V4, read 23 Oct 2026.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. 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