Audio: speech leveler (auto gain to -20 dBFS speech, -6..+20 dB, gated) between gate and compressor; honest mic meter (drop the +10 dB display boost and x1.2). Creator upload measured -28.5 LUFS; same audio through the new chain: -17.9 LUFS / -0.7 dBFS peak (Unit: audio loudness)

Services/Audio/AudioLevelMeter.cs

@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@ public sealed class AudioLevelMeter
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Maps a linear level (0..1) onto the meter's display scale: -60 dBFS..0 dBFS
-    /// spread linearly across 0..1, with +10 dB of input amplification. Linear RMS
-    /// of real speech or game audio is ~0.01..0.1 (-40..-20 dBFS), which leaves a
-    /// flat (linear) meter looking dead; the log scale makes typical levels occupy
-    /// the bar and the amplification pushes real speech peaks into the red zone
-    /// (0.8+) at maxed volume instead of hovering at its edge. Inputs at or below
-    /// -60 dBFS (0.001 linear) read as zero — the meter never idles on background noise.
+    /// spread linearly across 0..1 — an HONEST dBFS scale. Linear RMS of real speech is
+    /// ~0.01..0.1 (-40..-20 dBFS), which leaves a flat (linear) meter looking dead; the
+    /// log scale makes typical levels occupy the bar. Inputs at or below -60 dBFS
+    /// (0.001 linear) read as zero — the meter never idles on background noise.
+    /// <para>2026-10-09: the +10 dB "input amplification" that used to sit here is gone.
+    /// It made a −30 dBFS voice look dialed in, and a creator's upload came out at
+    /// −28.5 LUFS. The speech leveler now puts voice at −20 dBFS, which lands at 2/3 of
+    /// the bar (the green/yellow edge); loud peaks reach the red.</para>
     /// </summary>
     public static float ToDisplay(float linear)
     {
         if (linear <= 0.001f)
             return 0f;
-        var db = 20f * MathF.Log10(linear) + 10f;
+        var db = 20f * MathF.Log10(linear);
         return Math.Clamp(1f + db / 60f, 0f, 1f);
     }