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Post by gouge on Nov 6, 2021 6:03:13 GMT -6
looking for tips on the best way to use vst meters to monitor channels while tracking in reaper.
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Post by christopher on Nov 6, 2021 9:19:58 GMT -6
Which VSTs? Be sure input monitoring is enabled on the track and track is armed. (I lower fader/mute the track because I monitor analog style and don’t need slap echo)
There are some tweaks I’ll do to channel meters so I can see the noise floor, which isn’t shown by default. Also some downloadable themes have awesome options, in the heat of the moment I forget which themes and options.
For Calibration, try JS: Reaper Frequency Spectrum Analyzer plugin. Click on the Text in upper right, FFT: increase it to see more detail. Floor: I’ll drag it down to -300 to see where the bits end. Excellent plug-in! I wish it showed Left/Right traces, but it’s still great.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 10:08:59 GMT -6
Reaper just gained a bunch of new metering options in recent updates.
For plugs, I like to use the PSP triple meter gainstaged for vu 0 around what plugs Im using. Or use the meter in the plugs. I like the PSP for the true peak behavior.
Klanghelm VUMT is good too. So is Waves VU. Waves has excellent needle movement but I don’t know if it goes by the samples or estimates the true peak.
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Post by svart on Nov 6, 2021 10:40:39 GMT -6
Reaper track meters for me are just to make sure I'm not clipping.
The master meter I set for RMS loudness. I put an L1 limiter as the last thing in the chain and set the out ceiling as -0.1db.
When I mix I try to get the RMS to around -11db with the L1 barely twitching.
There's absolutely no reason to worry about calibrations or whatever. Just don't clip the channels or the output and you'll be fine.
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Post by christopher on Nov 6, 2021 11:02:44 GMT -6
For calibration, I mean visually seeing where noise floor and how loud the harmonics are being introduced at different gain staging levels. That plug-in is awesome for that, along with the tone generator. It’s mostly for when I print to tape, but also good for stereo loop back through gear
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Post by gouge on Nov 6, 2021 15:13:59 GMT -6
im really liking bx meter set to k20 for mixing. am thinking of metering tracking levels with it.
to do that would i load it in as an input fx and turn off monitor for the channel as i'm monitoring audio via focusrite zero latency.
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