how to use Izotope Ozone LUFS Meter

We often use the Ozone LUFS meter (Loudness Units to Full Scale) measurement (sometimes called LKFS, but they’re essentially interchangeable). This measurement takes into consideration that we take an average measurement across about 300 ms to register loudness, and are more sensitive to certain frequencies. As a result, LUFS is a useful system to measure perceived loudness.

You can use LUFS to quantify why some tracks sound louder than others, even if they’re mixed at the same level. However, because the LUFS meter system takes perception into account, it isn’t used for purely technical level measurements, like in setting the threshold of a compressor.
Types of LUFS measurements
There are three different kinds of LUFS measurements. The first two, momentary and short term, are reasonably similar in definition and use. The third kind is called integrated. Let's take a look at how these different measurements interact.

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[Crispymusic]

great explanation! ive found this video on Ozone so much better and easier to understand than other videos i have seen. thank you

[beatweezl]

If you can't see LUFS at the top like me, you have to click on the I/O and choose Type: Short Term + Max Peak.

[Machoniak]

Thanks for your advice and tips. Have a nice weekend mate.

[jujucaster]

Thanks bro! I didn't even know about lufs and how they are monitored in ozone.
I'm definitely checking your other ozone videos!
I'm a little confused and maybe you can enlight me?
Youtube seems to be turning down audio above -14lufs but my mix, even without mastering is already peaking at -14 lufs.
Am I mixing too loud??? I don't get it.

Is there a way to make music sound louder while staying under -14lufs?

[alexeykurilo]

Cant find the info, but why just not to turn up or down output level slider to make song louder or quieter? Why you tweaking only threshold parameter in maximizer module for tweaking volume? Thanks in advance.

[jankocollyer]

I have a question and I hope you can help me. I made a very noisy distorted drone song that needs to stay that way and I cannot reduce the threshold on the maximizer any more than it is. Is it ok if I just slide the output master on the right down until it reaches the desired LUFS or is there a better way to reduce the volume while retaining the oomf and snap. It doesn't sound bad at all but I just want to know if you know of a way?

[paopis]

Nice video! How, in practice, using LUFS does change our mixing decisions compared to use RMS or VU? Is it only about putting a gain at the end of the strip and changing it to match the required LUFS or does it inform us on other possible decisions like using the eq or compressors? Thanks!