<h2>Meter Types</h2>
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A general treatise on metering is beyond the scope of this
- manual. It is a complex subject with a history...
+ manual. It is a complex subject with a history…
For background information and further reading we recommend:
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<ul>
- <li><a href="http://www.digido.com/how-to-make-better-recordings-part-2.html">How To Make Better Recordings in the 21st Century - An Integrated Approach to Metering, Monitoring, and Leveling Practices</a> by Bob Katz. Has a good historic overview of meters and motivates the K-meter</li>
- <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_programme_meter#Table_of_characteristics">Wikipedia: Peak programme meter</a> - overview of meter types.</li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.digido.com/how-to-make-better-recordings-part-2.html">How To Make Better Recordings in the 21st Century—An Integrated Approach to Metering, Monitoring, and Leveling Practices</a> by Bob Katz. Has a good historic overview of meters and motivates the K-meter</li>
+ <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_programme_meter#Table_of_characteristics">Wikipedia: Peak programme meter</a>—overview of meter types.</li>
<li>"Audio Metering: Measurements, Standards and Practice: Measurements, Standards and Practics", by Eddy Brixen. ISBN: 0240814673</li>
<li>"Art of Digital Audio", by John Watkinson. ISBN: 0240515870</li>
</ul>
<dt>VU meters</dt>
<dd><dfn><abbr title="Volume Unit">VU</abbr> meters</dfn> are the dinosaurs (1939)
amongst the meters. They react very slowly, averaging out peaks.
- Their specification is very strict (300ms rise-time, 1 - 1.5% overshoot,
+ Their specification is very strict (300ms rise-time, 1–1.5% overshoot,
flat frequency response). Ardour's VU meter adheres to that spec, but for
visual consistency it is displayed as a bar-graph rather than needle-style
(more below).
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<p>
<kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> on the peak-indicator button resets the
- <dfn>peak-hold indicator</dfn> of a single channel.<br />
+ <dfn>peak-hold indicator</dfn> of a single channel.<br>
<kbd class="mod1 mouse">Left</kbd> resets a whole <dfn>group</dfn>, and<br/>
<kbd class="mod13 mouse">Left</kbd> resets all meters.
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<p>
Due to layout concerns and consistent look&feel all meters available in
- Ardour itself are bar-graph type meters. Corresponding needle-style meters
- — which take up more visual screen space — are available as
- LV2 plugins (see image on the right):
- <a href="https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2/">meters.lv2</a>.
+ Ardour itself are bar-graph type meters. Corresponding needle-style
+ meters—which take up more visual screen space—are available as
+ LV2 plugins (see image on the right):
+ <a href="https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2/">meters.lv2</a>.
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