User Manual

RECORD HARDWARE INTERFACE
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The Big Meter
To get a better overview of the levels of a particular channel pair you can bring up the Big Meter on the Hardware
Interface.
1. Click the “Big METER” button on the front panel.
The “Big Meter” panel shows up.
2. Select the Input or Output pairs to view in the Big Meter by clicking on the corresponding Channel Selection
button below each Input or Output pairs.
Alternatively, select channel by turning the Channel Selection knob.
D It’s also possible to select various Meter Modes, or combinations of Meter Modes, by clicking the Meter Mode
button to the far left.
The available Meter Modes are:
•VU
The VU Mode simulates the behavior of analog meters and shows the RMS (Root Mean Square) value of the sig-
nal. Since the RMS value is an "average" of the signal level over time it's not suited for detecting fast transients in
the sound. Rather, VU meters are useful for monitoring the overall loudness of the signal.
In VU Mode, the meter response is 300 ms/20 dB for both attack and release. There is no peak segment in the
meter.
D The VU Offset can be set in 2 dB steps between -20 and 0 dB, by turning the VU Offset knob.
This setting determines how the VU dB scale relates to the Peak dB scale. If you have no specific preference in
this matter, you don't need to change the VU Offset.
! The VU Offset setting will affect the readout of all Meters on the Main Mixer channel strips and on their corre-
sponding Rack devices.
• PPM
In PPM (Peak Program Meter) Mode, the meter response is 0 ms rise and 2.8 s/24 dB fall. The PPM Mode is per-
fect for detecting transients in the sound. There is no peak segment in the meter.
•PEAK
In PEAK Mode, the meter response is 0 ms for both rise and fall, which means that this mode provides the most
accurate representation of the signal level over time. Since the fall time is 0 ms, it could be quite distracting to the
eyes to watch the meters in PEAK mode. If so, the PPM Mode might be more convenient since it's equally fast at
responding to transients, but falls more slowly.
The peak segment (the rightmost LED segment, indicating the highest level) has a fall time according to the Peak
Hold parameter setting (5 seconds or infinite). This allows you to more easily spot very brief level peaks.
Channel Selection buttons
for the “Big Meter”
The “Show Big Meter” button
Clip indicators
Reset
button
Channel Selection knob
for the “Big Meter”
Meter Mode
button