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<p>
Meterbridge is a compact view of all meters in a session. It is designed
to assist for large recording sessions, particularly live recording where
the amount of mics is too large to get a good overview of the entire session
in either the <kbd class="window">Mixer</kbd> or the
<kbd class="window">Recorder</kbd> window.
</p>
<figure>
<img style="width:50%;" src="/images/meterbridge.png" alt="Meterbridge window">
<figcaption>
Meterbridge window
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>
By default, the Meterbridge window displays a meter per each track with
the track's name at the bottom and allows resetting the meter's peak
as well as arm a track for recording.
</p>
<p>
Each meter has a right-click menu to select the type of the meter.
Just like in the mixer channel view, tracks and regular audio busses default
to <kbd class="option">Peak (+6&nbsp;dBFS)</kbd> and the master bus defaults
to <kbd class="option">K14 (RMS)</kbd>. It's also possible to set the same
meter type to all same-type tracks.
</p>
<p>
Additionally, it's possible to select the height of the track name panel
by right-clicking above it and selecting one of the options going from
Short to Venti (which is a coffee cup size reference).
</p>
<p>
Just like in the usual mixer channel view,
the <kbd class="button">Arm for Recording</kbd> button has a right-click
menu to enable rec-safe mode to avoid accidental recording to a track
of choice.
</p>
<p>
The set of readily available controls can be customized per each session
on the <kbd class="window">Meterbridge</kbd> page of the
<kbd class="window">Session Properties</kbd> dialog.
</p>
<p>
Additional controls include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Mute button</li>
<li>Solo button</li>
<li>Monitor buttons</li>
<li>Fader as a gain knob</li>
</ul>
<p>
It's also possible to toggle visibility of MIDI tracks, busses,
and the master bus.
</p>

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part: subchapter part: subchapter
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title: Meterbridge
include: meterbridge.html
link: meterbridge
uri: meterbridge
part: subchapter
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--- ---
title: Signal Routing title: Signal Routing
include: signal-routing.html include: signal-routing.html

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