25 Aug
2004
25 Aug
'04
3:42 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:34:19 -0400, Paul Winkler wrote:
GAH... I totally forgot about that. I just looked at my RNC and
you're right :-P It has an LED meter like so:
+----- gain reduction ------+
20 16 12 8 6 4 2 0
* * * * * * * *
I could swear I remember seeing an old tube compressor that
had a gain reduction meter with "more" to the right, so it
moved in opposition to the corresponding VU meter.
No idea what model it was, and this was about 6 years ago
so I could be mistaken.
Could well, be I said "one convention", poor attempt at sarcasm.
Here's one that I suppose is non-controversial:
Meters and Data Plots
Vertical meters should be oriented such that upward movement represents
increase in the metered value and down represents decrease.
Heh, non-controversial you say ;)
One convention is that reduction meters got right to left (and presumably
top to bottom, though I dont think I've never seen a vertical one). I wonder how consistent this is in the world of
hardware?
maybe I'll pop a question on rec.audio.pro.
I think that (most of) the meter specifications say how the numbers should
be layed out, not which way the meter indicator moves.
- Steve