CONTENTS

 1     Introduction
 2     Application specific loudness meters
 3     Human loudness perception
 4     Review of proposed ballistic types
 5     Implementation – theory
        5.1     Algorithm topology
        5.2     Output filter topology
        5.3     Time constant for instantaneous and fast response
        5.4     Audio block decimation
 6     Implementation – Loudness meter comparison utility
        6.1     Introduction
        6.2     Calibration
        6.3     Decimation
        6.4     Gating
 7     Conclusions
 1     Purpose
 2     Method
 3     Results
        3.1     Meter types
        3.2     VU and PPM results
        3.3     Loudness meter results
 4     Conclusions
 5     References and Bibliography
Appendix 1  Results in numerical form