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at a single meter.
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</p>
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<p>
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Yet, if you want to work in or with the broadcast industry, it is
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Yet, in order to work in or with the broadcast industry, it is
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usually unavoidable to use meters.
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</p>
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<p>
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<li>When tracking, meters are used to ensure that the input
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signal does not <dfn>overload</dfn> and maintains reasonable
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<dfn>headroom</dfn>.</li>
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<li>Meters offer a <dfn>quick visual indication</dfn> of a
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<li>Meters offer a <dfn>quick visual indication</dfn> of an
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activity when working with a large number of tracks.</li>
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<li>During mixing, meters provide an rough estimate of the
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<dfn>loudness</dfn> of each track.</li>
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exact specifications.
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<p>
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Various conventions for DPM fall-off times and dBFS line-up level can be
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chosen in <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > GUI</kbd>.
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chosen in <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Metering</kbd>.
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</p>
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</td></tr>
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<li><dfn>K14</dfn>: Same as K20 with scale aligned to -14 dBFS.</li>
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<li><dfn>K12</dfn>: Same as K20 with scale aligned to -12 dBFS (since 3.5.143).</li>
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<li><dfn>Peak + RMS</dfn>: standard RMS, customizable via
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<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > GUI > Metering</kbd></li>
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<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Metering</kbd></li>
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</ul>
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</td></tr>
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<h2>Ardour Specifics</h2>
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<img class="right" src="/images/mixer-meter-context-menu.png" alt="mixer strip meter context menu" />
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<figure class="right">
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<img src="/images/mixer-meter-context-menu.png" alt="mixer strip meter context menu">
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<figcaption>
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Mixer strip meter context menu
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Meters are available in various places in Ardour:
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</p>
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They all share the same configuration and color-theme which is available in
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preferences and the theme-manager. Settings for the Peak and RMS+Peak meters
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as well as VU meter standards are found in
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<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > GUI > Metering</kbd>.
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<kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Metering</kbd>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The type of meter and the <dfn>metering point</dfn> (the place in the signal chain
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where the meter taps the signal) are configurable in the context menu of each meter.
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Depending on the <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > GUI > Mixer
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Strip</kbd> settings, the metering point is also accessible via a button in
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each Mixer strip.
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Depending on the <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences > Mixer</kbd> settings,
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the metering point is also accessible via a button in each Mixer strip.
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</p>
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<img class="right" src="/images/meter-preferences.png" alt="" />
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<p>
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Regardless of meter type and standard the meter display will highlight red if
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the signal on the given channel exceeds the configured peak threshold.
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</p>
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<p>
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<kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> on the peak-indicator button resets the
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<kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> clicking on the peak-indicator button resets the
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<dfn>peak-hold indicator</dfn> of a single channel.<br>
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<kbd class="mod1 mouse">Left</kbd> resets a whole <dfn>group</dfn>, and<br/>
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<kbd class="mod13 mouse">Left</kbd> resets all meters.
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<kbd class="mod1 mouse">Left</kbd> clicking resets a whole <dfn>group</dfn>, and<br/>
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<kbd class="mod13 mouse">Left</kbd> clicking resets all meters.
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</p>
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<h2>Overview of meter types</h2>
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<figure class="left">
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<img class="mini" src="/images/meter-types-18.png" alt="Bar-graph meters in Ardour">
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<figcaption>
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Bar-graph meters in Ardour
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure class="right">
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<img class="mini" src="/images/needle-meters-18.png" alt="Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins">
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<figcaption>
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Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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The figure on the left shows all available meter-types in Ardour 3.4 when fed with a
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-18 dBFS 1 kHz sine wave.
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</p>
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<img class="right" style="max-width:45%;height:400px;" src="/images/needle-meters-18.png"
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alt="Needle-style meters as external LV2 plugins" />
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<img style="max-width:45%; height:400px" src="/images/meter-types-18.png"
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alt="Bar-graph meters in Ardour" />
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<p>
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Due to layout concerns and consistent look and feel all meters available in
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Ardour itself are bar-graph type meters. Corresponding needle-style
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LV2 plugins (see image on the right):
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<a href="https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2/">meters.lv2</a>.
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</p>
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<h1 class="title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
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{{ content }}
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<div class="clearer"></div>
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{% prevnext %}
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