Updated the 'Metering in Ardour' page. Added a clearer to the template so that the prev/next buttons never flow in the content.

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at a single meter.
</p>
<p>
Yet, if you want to work in or with the broadcast industry, it is
Yet, in order to work in or with the broadcast industry, it is
usually unavoidable to use meters.
</p>
<p>
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<li>When tracking, meters are used to ensure that the input
signal does not <dfn>overload</dfn> and maintains reasonable
<dfn>headroom</dfn>.</li>
<li>Meters offer a <dfn>quick visual indication</dfn> of a
<li>Meters offer a <dfn>quick visual indication</dfn> of an
activity when working with a large number of tracks.</li>
<li>During mixing, meters provide an rough estimate of the
<dfn>loudness</dfn> of each track.</li>
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exact specifications.
<p>
Various conventions for DPM fall-off times and dBFS line-up level can be
chosen in <kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI</kbd>.
chosen in <kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Metering</kbd>.
</p>
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<li><dfn>K14</dfn>: Same as K20 with scale aligned to -14&nbsp;dBFS.</li>
<li><dfn>K12</dfn>: Same as K20 with scale aligned to -12&nbsp;dBFS (since 3.5.143).</li>
<li><dfn>Peak + RMS</dfn>: standard RMS, customizable via
<kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI &gt; Metering</kbd></li>
<kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Metering</kbd></li>
</ul>
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<h2>Ardour Specifics</h2>
<img class="right" src="/images/mixer-meter-context-menu.png" alt="mixer strip meter context menu" />
<figure class="right">
<img src="/images/mixer-meter-context-menu.png" alt="mixer strip meter context menu">
<figcaption>
Mixer strip meter context menu
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
Meters are available in various places in Ardour:
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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
<kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI &gt; Metering</kbd>.
<kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Metering</kbd>.
</p>
<p>
The type of meter and the <dfn>metering point</dfn> (the place in the signal chain
where the meter taps the signal) are configurable in the context menu of each meter.
Depending on the <kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; GUI &gt; Mixer
Strip</kbd> settings, the metering point is also accessible via a button in
each Mixer strip.
Depending on the <kbd class="menu">Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Mixer</kbd> settings,
the metering point is also accessible via a button in each Mixer strip.
</p>
<img class="right" src="/images/meter-preferences.png" alt="" />
<p>
Regardless of meter type and standard the meter display will highlight red if
the signal on the given channel exceeds the configured peak threshold.
</p>
<p>
<kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> on the peak-indicator button resets the
<kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> clicking on the peak-indicator button resets the
<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.
<kbd class="mod1 mouse">Left</kbd> clicking resets a whole <dfn>group</dfn>, and<br/>
<kbd class="mod13 mouse">Left</kbd> clicking resets all meters.
</p>
<h2>Overview of meter types</h2>
<figure class="left">
<img class="mini" src="/images/meter-types-18.png" alt="Bar-graph meters in Ardour">
<figcaption>
Bar-graph meters in Ardour
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="right">
<img class="mini" src="/images/needle-meters-18.png" alt="Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins">
<figcaption>
Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
The figure on the left shows all available meter-types in Ardour 3.4 when fed with a
-18&nbsp;dBFS 1&nbsp;kHz sine wave.
</p>
<img class="right" style="max-width:45%;height:400px;" src="/images/needle-meters-18.png"
alt="Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins" />
<img style="max-width:45%; height:400px" src="/images/meter-types-18.png"
alt="Bar-graph meters in Ardour" />
<p>
Due to layout concerns and consistent look and feel all meters available in
Ardour itself are bar-graph type meters. Corresponding needle-style
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LV2 plugins (see image on the right):
<a href="https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2/">meters.lv2</a>.
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