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mikes36552813
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June 18, 2018
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Conforming audio to BBC Standards

  • June 18, 2018
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Hello,

I need to make sure my audio is delivered in a specification given by a client and they have requested that it should conform to the older BBC PPM standard ranging between ppm4-ppm6 and never exceeding ppm6.

However I don't know how to do this. I've played with the Loudness Radar and Normalization within the export effects but haven't found anything that's comparable? Would anyone be able to shed some light on this for me please.

I have attached a screen shot of BBC Spec sheet given to me as reference.

Thanks!

Premiere Pro CC V12.1.1

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Correct answer Richard M Knight

Premiere has lots of ways to measure audio levels, just not the older analogue broadcast standard. PPM4 is the same as -18db on the Premiere meter, PPM 6 ( the older peak mod) is -10db on the Premiere scale.

This is what a Peak Program Meter looks like.

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Trevor_Asq
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June 19, 2018

zplane make PPMulator plug-in with a host of meter options - cheap & very good.

although if you keep your LUFS at -23dB and put a peak limiter at -9dB you should be fine.

Do beware there’s a bug with plug-ins on master bus on multichannel sequences- they only process the 1st channel. Workaround is to use stereo submixes to feed master bus - you can then monitor submix.

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mikes36552813Author
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June 19, 2018

Thank you, so PPM is just a way of measuring audio? and Premiere just doesn't offer a way of doing that?

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Richard M KnightCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 19, 2018

Premiere has lots of ways to measure audio levels, just not the older analogue broadcast standard. PPM4 is the same as -18db on the Premiere meter, PPM 6 ( the older peak mod) is -10db on the Premiere scale.

This is what a Peak Program Meter looks like.

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