diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
index 1a3fa594476d66917354cd9171e7737687641ce9..f5365de714088dba5176a0b12c120924e492eb8b 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/__init__.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.processing.processing import (
     rename_generated_conditions,
     reorder_items_list,
     reverse_process_2,
+    scale_resulting_files,
 )
 from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import DirManager, apply_func_parallel
 
@@ -174,9 +175,15 @@ def main(args):
                 "mp" if cfg.multiprocessing else None,
             )
 
+        # remove preamble and split signals
         if hasattr(cfg, "preprocessing_2"):
             reverse_process_2(cfg, logger)
 
+        # scale individual files
+        if cfg.postprocessing.get("loudness", False):
+            scale_resulting_files(cfg, logger)
+
+        # rename output with condition name
         if cfg.condition_in_output_filename:
             rename_generated_conditions(cfg.output_path)
 
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py
index c11be9a1bc54700ee37cb9d3e6624fefcea19935..f40f7bd7ece95476d9709f348e914bf82f38606d 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/chains.py
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ def get_processing_chain(
 
     # get pre and post processing configurations
     pre_cfg = getattr(cfg, "preprocessing", {})
-    pre2_cfg = getattr(cfg, "preprocessing_2", {})
     post_cfg = cfg.postprocessing
 
     # default to input values if preprocessing was not requested
@@ -243,18 +242,8 @@ def get_processing_chain(
                 {
                     "in_fs": tmp_in_fs,
                     "in_fmt": tmp_in_fmt,
-                    "out_fs": post_cfg.get("fs"),
                     "out_fmt": "MONO",
-                    "out_cutoff": tmp_lp_cutoff,
-                    "out_loudness": post_cfg.get("loudness"),
-                    "out_loudness_fmt": post_cfg.get("loudness_fmt"),
-                    "bin_dataset": post_cfg.get("bin_dataset"),
-                    "bin_lfe_gain": post_cfg.get("bin_lfe_gain"),
-                    "limit": post_cfg.get("limit", True),
-                    "trajectory": post_cfg.get("trajectory"),
                     "multiprocessing": cfg.multiprocessing,
-                    "mnru_q": tmp_mnru_q,
-                    "esdru_alpha": tmp_esdru_alpha,
                 },
                 name="mono_dmx",
             )
@@ -419,14 +408,6 @@ def get_processing_chain(
         raise SystemExit(f"Unknown condition {condition}!")
 
     # add postprocessing step based on condition
-    # if concatenation and splitting do loudness adjustment only on splitted files
-    if pre2_cfg.get("concatenate_input", False):
-        loudness_postprocessing = None
-        loudness_fmt_postprocessing = None
-    else:
-        loudness_postprocessing = post_cfg.get("loudness")
-        loudness_fmt_postprocessing = post_cfg.get("loudness_fmt", post_cfg.get("fmt"))
-
     chain["processes"].append(
         Postprocessing(
             {
@@ -435,8 +416,6 @@ def get_processing_chain(
                 "out_fs": post_cfg.get("fs"),
                 "out_fmt": post_cfg.get("fmt"),
                 "out_cutoff": tmp_lp_cutoff,
-                "out_loudness": loudness_postprocessing,
-                "out_loudness_fmt": loudness_fmt_postprocessing,
                 "bin_dataset": post_cfg.get("bin_dataset"),
                 "bin_lfe_gain": post_cfg.get("bin_lfe_gain"),
                 "limit": post_cfg.get("limit", True),
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
index cfc5a3811af66f6abc2406ae9cd1134435315b9a..be701c4f8441623dc539ffda5df02ecec1a5bf6d 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/processing.py
@@ -350,17 +350,8 @@ def reverse_process_2(cfg, logger):
         else:
             out_meta_splits = None
 
-    # scale individual files
-    if cfg.postprocessing.get("loudness", False):
-        scale_files(
-            out_paths_splits,
-            cfg.postprocessing["fmt"],
-            cfg.postprocessing["loudness"],
-            cfg.postprocessing.get("loudness_fmt", cfg.postprocessing["fmt"]),
-            cfg.postprocessing["fs"],
-            out_meta_splits,
-            logger,
-        )
+    cfg.pre2.out_paths_splits = out_paths_splits
+    cfg.pre2.out_meta_splits = out_meta_splits
     return
 
 
@@ -583,3 +574,38 @@ def rename_generated_conditions(output_path: Path):
             for file_path in subdirectory.iterdir():
                 new_filename = f"{file_path.stem}.{subdirectory.name}{file_path.suffix}"
                 file_path.rename(subdirectory / new_filename)
+
+
+def scale_resulting_files(cfg, logger):
+    if hasattr(cfg, "preprocessing_2"):
+        out_paths_splits = cfg.pre2.out_paths_splits
+        out_meta_splits = cfg.pre2.out_meta_splits
+    else:
+        num_obj = audio.fromtype(cfg.postprocessing["fmt"]).num_channels
+        out_paths_splits = []
+        if isinstance(
+            audio.fromtype(cfg.postprocessing["fmt"]), audio.ObjectBasedAudio
+        ):
+            out_meta_splits = []
+        else:
+            out_meta_splits = None
+        item_names = [Path(i.name) for i in cfg.items_list]
+        for out_dir in cfg.out_dirs:
+            condition_list = []
+            for item in item_names:
+                condition_list.append(out_dir.joinpath(item))
+            out_paths_splits.append(condition_list)
+            if isinstance(
+                audio.fromtype(cfg.postprocessing["fmt"]), audio.ObjectBasedAudio
+            ):
+                out_meta_splits.append(metadata_search(out_dir, item_names, num_obj))
+
+    scale_files(
+        out_paths_splits,
+        cfg.postprocessing["fmt"],
+        cfg.postprocessing["loudness"],
+        cfg.postprocessing.get("loudness_fmt", None),
+        cfg.postprocessing["fs"],
+        out_meta_splits,
+        logger,
+    )