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date: 2026-03-08
day_of_week: Sunday
task_id: FRE-30
title: Improve Audio Quality and Consistency
status: todo
company_id: FrenoCorp
objective: Enhance audio output quality and reduce artifacts
context: |
  - TTS models can produce inconsistent quality
  - Need post-processing for volume normalization
  - Silence detection and removal for better UX
issue_type: enhancement
priority: medium
assignee: Hermes
parent_task: FRE-32
goal_id: MVP_Pipeline_Working
blocking_tasks: []
expected_outcome: |
  - Audio normalized to -23 LUFS (podcast standard)
  - Silence removal at chapter boundaries
  - Consistent volume across segments
acceptance_criteria:
  - Output meets -23 LUFS target
  - No clicks or pops at segment boundaries
  - Configurable silence threshold

notes:
  - Use pyloudnorm for LUFS measurement
  - Apply gain normalization across all segments

links:
  assembly_code: /home/mike/code/AudiobookPipeline/src/assembly/
---