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VU Meters

Posted on May 5, 2010

Here’s a link to some nifty software VU meters.

http://www.darkwood.demon.co.uk/PC/meter.html#PPM1

Here’s a link to some nifty software VU meters.

http://www.darkwood.demon.co.uk/PC/meter.html#PPM1

One which I find particularly useful has a built in audio test generator. The bad news is that they only respond to the input to a sound card and not to the output but I found a workaround. On my computer’s volume control panel>options>properties>recording I can enable a panel called “What U Hear”. This loops the sound card output back into the input and, when selected, causes the VU meters to display the volume of what is playing on the sound output. The down side to the volume control change is that the card output becomes the input for recording which means that the output adjustments will be applied when recording (source, volume, tone controls). I have to remember to set it back for line input when recording from external sources.

For use with a transmitter, VU meter calibration is needed but that is not too hard since they can be internally calibrated. The author provides a -4dB test tone which helps establish the digital “red line”.

For those of us who miss the good ole days when analog VU meters ruled, here’s one:

http://wareseeker.com/Audio-Multimedia/vumeter-1.1.zip/336997

Have fun playing with these.

Neil

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