Basis: Working production convention.
TikTok and Instagram do not publish -16 LUFS as a universal delivery requirement; this is a conservative production convention. These checks validate the APU product recipes on deterministic stereo material; they do not certify platform or broadcaster acceptance.
Sources: Instagram music and audio guidance
| Learn-pass Integrated LUFS | Locked Delta | Program Integrated LUFS | Program Sample Peak | Program True Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -15.70 LUFS | -0.30 dB | -15.97 LUFS | -1.01 dBFS | -1.01 dBTP |
| Rendered Clip | Integrated Loudness | LUFS Class | Sample Peak | Sample Peak Class | True Peak | True Peak Class | Source Active-program RMS Range | Output Active-program RMS Range | Active-program RMS Range Change | Channels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop vocal soft - Chill Winston | -16.66 LUFS | inside | -6.14 dBFS | inside | -6.06 dBTP | inside | 7.88 dB | 11.50 dB | +3.62 dB | 2 |
| Dynamic piano neutral - Marko Maksimovic | -15.86 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 16.90 dB | 13.47 dB | -3.42 dB | 2 |
| Instrumental groove hot - Nova Notion | -15.71 LUFS | inside | -1.84 dBFS | inside | -1.59 dBTP | inside | 13.10 dB | 13.06 dB | -0.04 dB | 2 |
| Social Media Stereo Short Form stereo stress sequence | -15.97 LUFS | inside | -1.01 dBFS | inside | -1.01 dBTP | inside | 17.83 dB | 13.55 dB | -4.28 dB | 2 |