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WAVELAB
8 – 162 Metering
2. Adjust the settings as desired.
By using the Apply button, you can check the results of your changes without closing the
dialog. The following settings are available:
Setting Description
Global colors Click these buttons to select colors for the meter background, marks
(scale units) and grid lines.
Global range This is where you specify the low and high end of the displayed level range.
Typically, you may want to create a preset showing the full level range, and
other presets for detailed view of a smaller range.
Peak meter –
Ballistics
These settings determine how fast the peak level meter falls after a peak
(Release rate) and for how long the numerical peak indication remains dis-
played after a peak (Peak hold time).
Peak meter –
Zones
The color buttons allow you to select colors for the peak level meters’ low,
middle and top zones. You can also define what should be considered
“middle” and “top” zones, by changing the “Middle zone from” and “Top
zone from” values.
Peak meter –
Cursor mode
These settings are only relevant when using the meters in Cursor mode
(“Monitor Edit-cursor position” selected). Here, you can choose by which
units the peak levels should be displayed.
There is also a choice of whether to display the value of the single sample
at the cursor position (checkbox ticked) or the peak value of the range
around the cursor position (this range is set with the Samples to scan pa-
rameter in the VU meter section). Generally, the option is best activated
when you have zoomed in on the waveform to see the details, and best
turned off when you’re working at normal zoom.
VU meter –
Show
Allows you to activate or deactivate the VU meters.
VU meter –
Mode
On the pop-up you can select between Standard and three special K-Sys-
tem modes. The K System metering modes are described below this table.
VU meter –
Ballistics
These settings determine how the VU meter responds:
Resolution is the sample width of the “average window” for the VU meter
(the number of samples continuously evaluated to calculate the average).
The smaller this is, the more the VU meter behaves like the peak meter.
Range inertia determines the “average windows” for the recent minimum
and maximum value lines, and will therefore affect how quickly these re-
spond to changes in loudness.
VU meter –
Zones
The color buttons allow you to select colors for the VU level meters’ low,
middle and top zones. You can also define what should be considered
“middle” and “top” zones, by changing the “Middle zone from” and “Top
zone from” values (only available in Standard VU mode).
VU meter –
Cursor mode
This setting determines how many samples to scan when calculating the
VU meter value in “Monitor edit-cursor position” mode.