From 09ab08b50313b4a17e94367ca1b946b7c01adb31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikkeli Matlock <mikkeli@Matlock-ter>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:49:00 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] updated headroom conditions

---
 master_core.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/master_core.py b/master_core.py
index afb710c..c1ccf77 100644
--- a/master_core.py
+++ b/master_core.py
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ class AudioFile:
     
     
     # Normalize RMS for color mapping
-    # check maximum amplitude to determine mastering headspace
-    if self.max_amplitude > 0.95:
+    # check maximum power to determine mastering headspace:
+    # a -6 dBFS headroom should yield a max power of around 0.25
+    # otherwise could go anywhere, but we take 0.6
+    local_max_power = np.max(self.rms_array)
+    if local_max_power > 0.3:
       norm = mcolors.Normalize(vmin=0, vmax=0.6)
       maxpower = 0.6
     else: