What are you using for metering?

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What are you using for metering?

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Under Windows, I got quite used to Izotope's Insight.
That doesn't work for me on Linux with yabridge.

What are you using for metering in your DAW?

So far, I could get TBProAudio's dpMeter to work with yabridge.
Would love to get your input.

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Re: What are you using for metering?

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x-42 meters are excellent.
Some others are listed at http://linuxmusic.rocks/category/meter-analyser

I find the built-in meters in most DAWs are perfectly adequate. Most of the extra meters are plugins so you need to run them in a plugin host like Carla, and Carla also has its own Big Meter.

Just tried this one too, the VST2 version seems quite good hosted in Carla although GUI is not resizable. https://github.com/mzuther/K-Meter
Unfortunately the standalone crashed and I didn't try to work out why.

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I always record in a 4/4 meter, or is that not what you meant, ha ha. :wink:

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These look great, thanks!

sunrat wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:34 am

Some others are listed at http://linuxmusic.rocks/category/meter-analyser

What a treasure trove. Thanks for the link!

sunrat wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:34 am

I find the built-in meters in most DAWs are perfectly adequate.

Absolutely.
I switch between 2 DAWs and prefer "the one" meter like I was used to with Izotope's Insight before.

Linuxmusician01 wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:13 am

I always record in a 4/4 meter, or is that not what you meant, ha ha. :wink:

Well, you tried and at least there was no imperial/metric joke inside :mrgreen:

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Carla is a host for audio plugins, and it supports Linux. You can use Carla to host various plugins, including metering tools, and integrate them into your DAW setup.

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Re: What are you using for metering?

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With 32 Bit float digital audio there is hardly any need to meter something, with some exceptions:

  • Inside my DAW I use the compressor's and limiter's built-in meters to get a decent volume.
  • Outside my daw I use ebumeter to get a feeling if I have enough and not too much loudness (everything between -14 to -10 LUFS is ok as a rule of thumb).

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bluebell wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:48 pm

With 32 Bit float digital audio there is hardly any need to meter something, with some exceptions:

  • Inside my DAW I use the compressor's and limiter's built-in meters to get a decent volume.
  • Outside my daw I use ebumeter to get a feeling if I have enough and not too much loudness (everything between -14 to -10 LUFS is ok as a rule of thumb).

Well, there are lots of other things besides loudness that you might want to meter.

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