-11 to -14 seems like too loud for today. The problem having a -11 LUFS song, is that streaming platforms will lower the volume by 3 to 5 dB later to fit it to -14 or -16 LUFS
the trick is to find the compression and dynamic range that is good for a final -14.0 Integrated Loudness. The ShortTerm MAx trick can be a good trick. But it probably depends on the genre of music. maybe the latest 20 years of music is very compressed and it works well.
I think it would make more sense to target both the IL but also a Loudness Range, instead of the Short Term Max.
However I am going to add the Short Term Max option to the script because it doesn't hurt to have the option and then experiment and compare results.
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