Headroom
−14.0LUFS out
Add tracks to start
Add every track of the song at once. Headroom reads each file on this device, builds a profile of what it is and how it sounds, then turns tracks down until they sit together. Nothing is uploaded, and the only processing on your files is a level change.

Files named like “Kick In”, “BGV 2” or “Ac Gtr” are recognized more reliably.

Balance

Four methods vote on each track’s level. Move the sliders to change how much each one counts; tracks update while you listen.

Places each source where chart mixes usually sit relative to the lead vocal, adjusted for genre and for doubled parts.
Pulls every track toward the same C-weighted level.
Fits the combined spectrum of your tracks to a finished mix you load.
Fits the combined spectrum to what a professional mix of these exact sources usually looks like in the selected genre. Ranges where a track’s tone is unusual for its source count less, so tone problems go to EQ suggestions instead of the fader.
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Your leveled tracks combinedGenre target for these sources
Shifts the standard targets toward how that genre is usually balanced.
LUFS
dBTP
Spotify normalizes to −14 LUFS integrated and asks for peaks at or below −1 dBTP.
Headroom switches to the media player on its own if Web Audio is blocked (for example in some app previews). The button next to the transport (Live / Media) switches too. Exports are the same either way.
For Snap to hits (tap Beats on the transport until it reads Hits). Higher catches softer hits; lower ignores ghost notes and bleed.
Which hits the loop lane snaps to: every track combined (drums count most), or one track. Section lanes always use their own track’s hits.
With the bed on, tracks you aren’t editing are stored compactly and mixed into one stereo buffer, which saves a lot of memory. Level, mute and solo changes on those tracks take a moment to rebuild the bed; the track you’re editing still changes instantly.
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Headroom frees copies it can rebuild (never your original tracks) before reaching this. Leave blank for this device’s default.
Edit source targets
Level of each source relative to the lead vocal, in LU, before genre and doubling adjustments. These are common starting points from commercial mixes, not a fixed rule.

Snapshots

A snapshot stores every setting (balance, fixes, inserts, sends, groups), not audio. Recalling one reuses recent renders when it can, so switching back and forth is quick.

Frequency fights

Ranges where two tracks are both active at the same time and close enough in level to compete, ranked by how much it is likely to matter. Ratings use the current balance, each track’s profile and dynamics, and known problem pairs.

Recording notes

What each track’s measurements suggest about how it was recorded, and what to try next session so it sits in the mix and still sounds like the instrument. Causes are educated guesses from the audio; filling in how a track was recorded makes them more specific.

BPM

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Export

Each track is written with its leveling gain plus one shared gain that brings the full mix to your loudness target. Fixes you’ve applied in the Fights tab are written into those tracks; every other track gets level changes only.

Mute and solo only affect playback; every track is exported. Applied aux sends export as “AUX name.wav” stereo files. Groups with an active bus export as one stem unless you change that in their bus settings.
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