# EBU R 128: Loudness normalisation and permitted maximum level of audio signals

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- categories: T14, T13 · tags: level:established, loudness, lufs, true-peak, broadcast-standard, mixing
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:19:04.696Z
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Source: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf

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  "usefulness": "The European broadcast recommendation for programme loudness normalisation (target -23 LUFS) and maximum true peak (-1 dBTP) using ITU-R BS.1770 measurement; the reference for delivery loudness of dialogue/music/effects mixes (version 5, November 2023).",
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  "source_owner": "European Broadcasting Union",
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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Document 'EBU R 128-2023' (EBU Recommendation, Geneva, November 2023); history: first published February 2010, V2 relative gate -10 LU, V3 June 2014 target level (-23 LUFS) tolerance +/-0.5 LU, V4 August 2020, V5 November 2023. · locator: cover page and document history · source: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf
- [sourced_fact] Recommends measuring average programme loudness for normalisation, using Maximum True Peak Level to check the upper technical limit, with Loudness Range, momentary and short-term loudness as further descriptors. · locator: recommendation text, programme loudness and true peak paragraphs · source: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf
- [sourced_fact] States the True Peak Level of a programme shall not exceed -1 dBTP during production, measured with a meter compliant with ITU-R BS.1770 and EBU Tech 3341, tolerance +/-0.3 dB; the signal shall generally be measured in its entirety. · locator: recommendation clause on maximum true peak level · source: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Copyright/reuse terms of EBU technical publications were not read in the excerpt; unchecked. · evidence: https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf

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