WaxOff — Stereo Podcast Leveler

WaxOff sets final program loudness and exports deliverables after editing. It uses a two‑pass EBU R128‐style loudness normalization (ffmpeg loudnorm) with a true‑peak ceiling of −1 dBTP and common targets like −18 LUFS or −16 LUFS.

Use WaxOn before editing to produce clean, unclipped mono WAVs for the DAW. Use WaxOff after editing to hit delivery targets.

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Install (one‑liner)

Installs to ~/WaxOff and symlinks waxoff into ~/bin (or ~/.local/bin):

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sevmorris/WaxOff/main/install.sh)"

Ensure your shell can find ~/bin (or ~/.local/bin):

# zsh
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc && exec zsh
# bash
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

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Usage (quick start)

waxoff *.wav

Typical prompts (or flags/envs if non‑interactive):

• Loudness target (e.g., −18 or −16 LUFS)
• True‑peak ceiling: −1 dBTP
• Output: WAV, MP3 (128/160/192), or Both
• Sample rate: 44.1 kHz (default) or 48 kHz

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Troubleshooting

• waxoff not found — Add ~/bin (or ~/.local/bin) to your PATH (see Install section).
• ffmpeg: command not found — Install ffmpeg first (macOS: brew install ffmpeg).

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License

MIT © Seven Morris