This is a beta of a loudness-enabled preset for the "WEB RADIO STATIONS" preset section.
The preset is heavily derived from Purity Control.
The primary differences are:
- Higher AGC target output level
- Higher starting AGC level
- Faster AGC up speeds
- Significantly lower AGC gating
- Removal of Bass Boost
- Some clipping changes in multiband
- Reduced steepness in multiband to protect more against artifacts
- Inclusion of Final Clipper's volume reduction in addition to singleband compressor so that overall volume is reduced before going into Loudness.
- 3.50 dB of Loudness
- Tweaks in loudness to give mids and highs more priority.
Purity Control was aimed at retaining the soft intro sections that some tracks have, but Cobalt makes those quiet intro sections probably on the order of 3 dB louder. I hope this at least mostly addresses the concern that there is not a high volume from start to finish. If not, this is why it's a beta...
I'm also debating bringing back down speeds on some or all bands in multiband. We'll see how it goes.