This automated scenario validates a -19 LUFS mono playback-equivalent working target, not a universal platform acceptance rule. Apple currently recommends audio around -16 LKFS (+/-1) and true peak no higher than -1 dBFS without publishing a separate mono target. AES TD1008 documents the 3 LU change that can occur when mono is duplicated to two channels and recommends correct channel metadata or player compensation. The separate stereo scenario validates genuine two-channel processing against Apple's published recommendation.
| Profile | Channels | Integrated Loudness | True Peak Ceiling | Coverage | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Podcasts recommendation | Stereo | -16 LUFS | -1 dBTP | Not tested in this run | Around -16 LKFS (+/-1) and true peak no higher than -1 dBFS |
| Mono playback-equivalent convention | Mono | -19 LUFS | -1 dBTP | Tested in this run | Working target for raw mono files expected to be duplicated to stereo playback |
| Exported Clip | Integrated Loudness | LUFS Class | Sample Peak | Sample Peak Class | True Peak | True Peak Class | Source Active-speech RMS Range | Output Active-speech RMS Range | Active-speech RMS Range Change | Channels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female very soft - Karen Savage | -19.27 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 11.55 dB | 11.29 dB | -0.26 dB | 1 |
| Female peak-stressed - Annie Coleman Rothenberg | -19.07 LUFS | inside | -1.08 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 28.62 dB | 29.14 dB | +0.51 dB | 1 |
| Male neutral - John Greenman | -19.21 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 30.39 dB | 27.39 dB | -3.00 dB | 1 |
| Male soft - Stewart Wills | -19.29 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 43.98 dB | 43.87 dB | -0.11 dB | 1 |
| Male hot - Mark Nelson | -19.06 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 35.08 dB | 35.35 dB | +0.27 dB | 1 |
| Female soft - Kara Shallenberg | -19.06 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 38.46 dB | 37.79 dB | -0.67 dB | 1 |
| Podcast episode sequence | -19.32 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 40.28 dB | 34.96 dB | -5.32 dB | 1 |