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- An engineer reading and using audio level meters compares to a musician - reading or writing sheet-music. Just like there are virtuoso musicians - who can't read a single note, there are great sound-engineers who just - go by their ears and produce great mixes and masters without ever looking - at a single meter. -
- -- Yet, if you want to work in or with the broadcast industry, it is - usually unavoidable to use meters. -
- -- Audio level meters are very powerful tools that are useful in every - part of the entire production chain: -
- -- A general treatise on metering is beyond the scope of this - manual. It is a complex subject with a history... - For background information and further reading we recommend: -
- -- There are different metering standards, most of which are available in Ardour. In short: -
- -- Various conventions for DPM fall-off times and dBFS line-up level can be - chosen in Edit > Preferences > GUI. -
-- These loudness and metering standards provide a common point of - reference which is used by broadcasters in particular so that the - interchange of material is uniform across their sphere of influence, - regardless of the equipment used to play it back. -
-- For home recording, there is no real need for this level of - interoperability, and these meters are only strictly required when - working in or with the broadcast industry. However, IEC-type meters have - certain characteristics (rise-time, ballistics) that make them useful - outside the context of broadcast. -
-- Their specification is very exact, and consquently, there are no - customizable parameters. -
-- Meters are available in various places in ardour: -
- -- They all share the same configuration and color-theme which is available in - preferences and the theme-manager. Settings for the Peak and RMS+Peak meters - as well as VU meter standards are found in - Edit > Preferences > GUI > Metering. -
- -- The type of meter and the metering point (the place in the signal chain - where the meter taps the signal) are configurable in the context menu of each meter. - Depending on the Edit > Preferences > GUI > Mixer - Strip settings, the metering point is also accessible via a button in - each Mixer strip. -
- -- Regardless of meter type and standard the meter display will highlight red if - the signal on the given channel exceeds the configured peak threshold. -
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- Left on the peak-indicator button resets the
- peak-hold indicator of a single channel.
- Left resets a whole group, and
- Left resets all meters.
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- The figure on the left below shows all available meter-types in Ardour 3.4 when fed with a -18 dBFS 1 kHz sine wave. -
- -- Due to layout concerns and consistent look &Â 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 upper right). -
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