Re: [LAD] [ANN] Invada Studio LV2 Plugins 1.2.0

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Fons Fons Adriaensen wrote: You are not changing the signal, you are changing the amount of headroom the VU meter has. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Headroom To put it simply, 0dB on analogue equipment is indicating the optimal level. There is an amount of headroom above that level before distortion will occur. In the digital domain 0dB is the absolute maximum level and distortion occurs at this point.. So whenever analogue equipment needs to work with digital equipment it is configured so that 0dB in the analogue domain is at some (hopefully calibrated and consistent) level below 0dB in the digital domain. The actual value is arbitrary and depends part on preference and part on the quality of your analogue gear. So if you elect to have 9dB of headroom on you analogue gear, then you'd select -9dB on the plugin, and then VU metering 0dB will have the peak metering -9dB. - -18 to -9 is common, but I've seen all sorts of things. I can't reproduce that. A clue may help. (distro, arch, kernel, soundcard, host etc). The plugins have been built on ubuntu studio (hardy) x64 and tested on ubuntu jaunty (x64), Arch linux (x64) & AV linux (x32). Correct since this plugin isn't in the analogue domain. It's a simulant. It does convey the 'perceived volume' of a signal better than a peak meter and does help if you are mixing to tape. please advise where this standard is. AFAIK there are just algorithms that simulate the behaviour of electronic RC circuits with varying degrees of success, and yes I have a munge. Sorry if it disturbs you. Apart from the relative phase difference between the left and right channels. With the demise of vinyl the importance of phase has been lost too to some extent so it doesn't surprise me you don't what this meter is for or what it's trying to tell you. On vinyl out of phase signals make the needle go up and down instead of side to side, this makes the needle bounce out of the groove. Worse still is what happens when you have low frequency out of phase sounds. The wave length (on the vinyl) is large enough for the cutter to go through the vinyl... => This is why everything below 200Hz is mono'd for vinyl during mastering in case you were wondering. A quick guide to interpreting the phase meter: * A mix that never goes +/- 20 is too mono. Pan something. Create some space with reverb. etc * A mix that spends all it's time between +/- 45 is as 'wide' as you want to get. You should able to see some variety in there of course, ie a verse and a chorus should be different widths. * If the phase meter spends any time over +/- 55 then audible cancellation will occur if the mix is mono'd or listened to from a distance. * Any travel over +/- 60 is trouble, there is something out of phase in the mix. although this may sound great with your head between the speakers it's going to suck when heard anywhere else. * If the meters stays at +/- 90 then the whole mix is out of phase :) regards, Fraser