Instruction Manual

1240 Dialog Reference

Audio Meter Settings dialog

SONAR’s meters are extremely adjustable. The Audio Meter Settings

dialog allows you to adjust the rise and fall times of both the RMS and Peak

Meters. These settings control meter ballistics globally for all types of

meters in SONAR.

The following is a description of each option:

Refresh Rate (msec)

This field determines how often the meters are updated. Valid values range

from 25 msec (forty times per second) to 250 msec (four times per second).

Peak Hold

• Decay Rate (msec/dB)—When Hold Peaks is enabled (see Changing

the Meters’ Display), this setting describes how fast the peaks fall after

the established Hold Time.

• Hold Time (msecec)—When Hold Peaks is enabled (see Changing the

Meters’ Display), this setting describes for how long peaks will sit still

before dropping

Rise/Fall Times (times to change 20dB)

•RMS

• Rise (msecec)—the time it takes for an RMS meter to register a 20dB

rise in signal.