VU and dbfs peak measurement

[Ty Ford]

Hello Grzegorz and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

Pro Tools has an Audio Suite plugin called Gain that let’s you first measure the rms or peak level of the file before you change it.

Regards,

Ty Ford
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[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski]

Hello Ty,

I dont use Mac. I am working with Vegas and Sound Forge.

My tv station requires dbfs not to exceed -10dbfs and 0VU, however the
average VU should be around -4VU.

I d like to see the peaks of these two meters and for example average values without having to go through the whole audio by myself.

[Ty Ford]

Grzegorz,

Pro Tools is not a Mac only application. You don’t need two meters. The correct meter shows both at the same time. I’m guessing vegas and sound forge both do something similar. Check preferences for metering adjustment.

If you can’t find them, go here:
https://www.dorrough.com/products.html

Dorrough has been making great metering for years.

Also, Sound Devices mixers have this metering.

Regards,

Ty Ford
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[Jordan Wolf]

Orban has a downloadable meter program that you might be able to use.

Take a look here.

Wolf
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[Peter Groom]

Would you like it to mix it for you as well.

Mixing is all about a collaboration between your ears, fingers, heart (emotion) and technicals (like desks, DAW, and meters. Its about creation.
Pop a limiter on it to protect your maxes if you cant do it in the mix yourself, and the mix will be right if your ears say its right, not some wrtten spec from a broadcaster.
They can remix it themselves if they arent happy.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Grzegorz Kwiatkowski]

Peter,

with all respect to you… but if I said something like this to my tv station technicans, I would be out of job hihi.