- <li>
- <dfn>Metering</dfn>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <dfn>Peak hold time:</dfn> allows the meter to keep displaying the highest
- signal level for a period of time before reverting to showing the actual
- instantaneous value (unless an even higher peak occurs). The longer this
- time is, the easier it is to spot peaks, at the expense of instantaneous
- accuracy.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>DPM fall-off:</dfn> describes how fast the Digital Peak Meters can
- go from a high value to a lower one. Faster values are more accurate but
- less readable.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Meter line-up level; 0 dBu:</dfn> chooses a standard for the
- conversion between dBFS (Full Scale) which represent the numeric signal
- level, and dBu which represents the analog signal level. This value is used
- to configure meter-marks and color knee-points, or set the reference levels
- for various meter-types.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>IEC1/DIN Meter line-up level; 0 dBu:</dfn> sets the reference
- level for the IEC1/DIN Meter
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>VU Meter standard:</dfn> selects which standard to use for the zero
- value of the vu-meters, i.e. the analog dBu value that will show as 0 on the
- VU-meter.
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Peak indicator threshold [dBFS]:</dfn> at that value and over, the
- signal will make the peak meter to turn red, indicating a level too high.
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <dfn>Default Meter Types</dfn> sets the default meters when creating a session
- or track. These meters can be changed afterwards by
- <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>-clicking a meter.
- <ul>
- <li>
- <dfn>Default Meter Type for Master Bus:</dfn> defines which kind of
- <a href="@@metering-in-ardour">meter</a> will be used when creating a new
- session (does not apply to the current session).
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Default Meter Type for busses:</dfn> defines which kind of
- meter will be used when creating a new bus (applies to the bus created
- after changing the value).
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Default Meter Type for tracks:</dfn> same as above, for tracks.
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- <li>
- <dfn>Post Export Analysis</dfn>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <dfn>Save loudness analysis as image file after export</dfn> allows, when the
- <kbd class="option">Analyze Exported Audio</kbd> is checked in the
- <a href="@@export-dialog">Export dialog</a>, to save the analysis graph
- as a file named <code>session.png</code> alongside the exported audio
- file(s) (in the same folder).
- </li>
- <li>
- <dfn>Save Mixer screenshot after export</dfn> creates and exports
- a graphical image of the Mixer window as a file named
- <code>session-mixer.png</code> alongside the exported audio file(s)
- (in the same folder).
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>