@konrad I'm very happy with the Klangfurt LUFS meter, though it does not do any management, at least the free version. Reaper has an excellent loudness measuring extension, which will normalize to a set LUFS value, but I tend to prefer to do that by ear. I agree that the audio stuff, like image before it, is not getting away from emulating non-digital things, but as almost everything I do is speech, I'm not going to have much use for it. Sometimes I think it would be fun to pay up for the Izotronic package to do various kinds of repair, but then I just lie down until the feeling passes.