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This option selects the placement of the meter in the signal path, either pre-processing
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The Peak Hold option will vary the time that the maximum peak value is displayed in the
meter: the hold time range, in seconds, is 10, 6, 1, None or Forever – which is handy
when you are not watching too closely. There is also a Reset option, useful for those
times when Peak Hold Forever is engaged.
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This option will change the behavior of how the Needle responds to audio. The higher
the value selected, the faster and more “tweaky” the needle will respond to the metered
signal. The lower the value, the slower and smoother the needle will respond to the
metered signal.
The lower the Needle Sensitivity setting, the more likely it is that transients will not be
indicated.
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This option will set the metering scale of the VU meter. When selecting Peak as the
metering scale, you are metering the maximum amplitude of the signal. When “RMS
Average” is selected as the metering scale, you are metering the average amplitude of
the signal, which is approximately a difference of 3 dB on a logarithmic dB scale.
Selecting “RMS Average” may not reflect much signal activity at most settings due to the
overall scale of the meter. Generally, you will want to have “Peak” selected as the default
Meter Scale.
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Typically a compressor will process the entire signal fed to its input. However, with the
Mix control you can process the signal using what is commonly known as “Parallel
Compression”. Parallel compression allows mixing of the processed/compressed signal
with the dry/uncompressed signal. In many situations this will give you the “best of both
worlds”. - The punch from the dry signal and the peak control from compression.
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24/7•C can have several ratio buttons engaged at the same time. When pressing multiple
ratio buttons, the ratios are added together. So, if you engage the 12 and 20 buttons,
your compression ratio will be set to 32: 1. To engage multiple ratio buttons, hold the
“Shift” key while engaging the buttons.
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24/7•C has the ability to engage all Ratio buttons at the same time. This popular trick
will result in a somewhat quirky behavior, that is certainly worth trying.
The VU Meter indicates either the Peak or RMS average of your signal, depending on the
Display Options selected. The numeric readout is always an absolute Peak value, plus the
calibration set by the Meter parameter.
Should your PowerCore cards be fully loaded and there is not enough free
processing on your DSPs, the display will come up in a disabled state. Should this
occur, it is advised to remove the Plug-In from the mix.
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When the “OFF” button next to the VU meter is engaged, the Plug-In is completely
bypassed. Gain Reduction can be displayed when selecting the GR button. It is also
VU METER
DISPLAY OPTIONS
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possible to calibrate the meter to view the level with an offset.
The calibration options are +4 and +8.
The calibration set in the Meter section will affect both the needle and the PPM readout.
