Re: Software VU Meter

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Mike wrote:
>just been playing with the "on line" computer here, not the studio
>computer, so I'm using just the simple built-in AC97 sound card and
>it's stock MME (or maybe WDM) driver.
WOUldn't know, but my question has more to do with wehther
folks might be better served to calibrate regular vu meters
to digital, i.e. 0vu = -12dbfs, etc. Whatever your house
standard happens to be.
tHen watch your analog vus.

>The idea is to get people accustomed to keeping a half an eye on
>the meter during an hour-long program where the level is likely to
>change. The goal is to end up with a finished recording that
>doesn't need to be level-adjusted throughout before it's suitable
>for human consumption.

tHis is something imho used to happen all the time when
people did live broadcasting and direct to 2 track, etc.
DOn't people use tools for this sort of application that
provides this anymore?

Yah yah, I know, my MCI console in the truck has nice analog
vu meters.
Am I that much of a dinosaur? <g>.





Richard webb,
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