How to Set Perfect AUDIO Levels for YOUTUBE in Premiere Pro CC! [Shortcut]

Can’t figure out why your content’s audio is too low on YouTube? I've got good news: you can set the perfect loudness with one simple setting in Adobe Premiere Pro.

TIME STAMPS
0:00 Intro
00:42 How to check if your audio is too loud or soft for YouTube
02:37 How does YouTube measure content loudness?
03:06 Shortcut to set the perfect audio loudness for YouTube

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[jpht.adventures]

*Effects Tab*
- Select Loudness Normalization
- Loudness Standard: ITU BS.1770-3
- Target Loudness: -14 LUFS
- Tolerance: 0 LU
- Max True Peak Level -1 dBTP

[ThisHeatOnly]

even in 2021 this man is still the most underrated legend of premiere to date

[PiXimperfect]

Wow! I learned so much! Didn't even know that info existed on YouTube as stats.

[Shadowcorporation]

I cannot express how much this saved my upcoming short films mix! (100's of tracks) I thought I would have to go in a remix everything completely, nope. This absolutely saved me a potential nightmare, thanks so much! And yes, folks in his example he just uses one track, but this also works on complex, layered, multi-track compositions. Cheers, W.

[teortega]

YouTube content loudness *-47 dB* = Clear example of a video with really low sound. 🙌🏼

[irritableindian]

Out of all the videos I've watched so far to help me with my audio/video editing for my YouTube productions, this one has been the most helpful. As an audio-neat freak, I just want to say thank you so much. Keep on keeping on!

[tiozz]

Just out of curiosity, when I clicked on your video, stats for nerds, I saw "100% / 100% (content loudness -0.0db). Well done!

[jettmango]

This was the only video that helped me solve youtube making my videos so loud after a few days. Thank you.

[davidfrank]

Makes me wonder why the loudness normalization effects aren't applied when using the Youtube export presets in PP.

[chloeshih]

This is so insanely helpful - thank you!!! Audio balancing is such a struggle for me!

[GDoggProductions]

THIS is the video that i have been looking for !!! straight to the point and JUST what I was looking for 😂 Thank you so much !!!

because I never knew if my videos were too soft or too loud ... and my phone has a shocking speaker on it .. so It didn't help the situation 😄

[artbythecoco]

TYVM! You answered a handful of questions I thought I'd have to research each individually. THAT is how you earn them likes! :D

[MasterMarc]

I don't normally comment on videos, but when someone makes it so easy for you to do your job and make videos alongside him, It's bliss.

[HaloTrigate]

This is a textbook perfect video. Not too long, explained everything clearly and concisely, then showed us how to do it. Thank you!
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[SilvasSanctuary]

Thank you so much! My videos audio was really bad and I couldn't put it up on YouTube, I had no idea what was wrong. You fixed the problem and I can finally use them. I am very grateful, thank you.

[titusmajor]

Thanks for making this, super straight forward and simple!

[lackoblanco]

Wish I came across this video before I dropped my previous music video… But we learn from our mistakes, I’m not going to delete the video, instead, I’m releasing the next one with a corrected audio volume. Thank you for the brief explanation of the difference between LU and dB, and for providing the information with the easiest way possible.

[CliffJennings]

I've been editing video (first professionally...now for fun) for over 10 years. I am a musician and have always manually adjusted and eq'd the audio throughout my videos. As I was working on final touches for audio on a project this morning I thought....I wish there was a way to have Premiere do this for me. Tah Dah!! Thank you sir! I now realize I've wasted a lot of time! : )

[Lukeslittletribe]

Thanks so much for this. As a small youtuber almost pushing the 1k mark, I had noticed my videos were a little softer then other videos I watched on the tube. And now I have a way to actually test if this is true (and a solution)
Your a legend and this will help me so much in the future

[UniverseAnimated]

My word. I've been on YT since 2017 and had no clue about this information. Still leveling up Premiere Pros 3 years later