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Post by gouge on Dec 22, 2017 0:01:52 GMT -6
i'm doing my first full itb mix and wanted some more visual meters than what's in reaper. prob do some basic mastering as well.
would prefer free but really don't know the landscape so any comments welcome.
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Post by drbill on Dec 22, 2017 0:38:49 GMT -6
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Post by massivemastering on Dec 22, 2017 0:46:27 GMT -6
Step one - Calibrate the monitoring chain (then you won't need the meters).
Other than that, YouLean (?) has a freeware loudness meter that's quite decent.
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Post by gouge on Dec 22, 2017 3:18:16 GMT -6
thanks Bill,
the waves meters seem pretty good. was thinking of grabbing the pie comp as well. :-)
will grab youlean too, thanks John.
i was also looking at the klanghelm meters. has anyone used them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 3:45:50 GMT -6
The Klanghelm VU is great, am a beta tester for them, it's extremely close to my hardware Sifam meters in ballistics.
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Post by gabygab2 on Dec 23, 2017 13:08:16 GMT -6
I like using the bx_meter. Shows a lot of info in not a lot of space. Orban makes a loudness meter if you're interested. It's a freebie too! www.orban.com/meter/ |
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Post by gouge on Dec 25, 2017 22:17:11 GMT -6
picked up the bx meter for the $9 xmas sale. will also get klanghelm at some point.
pretty happy.
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Post by gouge on Jan 3, 2018 0:54:12 GMT -6
am really liking the bx meter.
i did a mix recently with 4-5 guitars and put the meter at the end of each channel allowing me to gain match left and right panned guitars giving me a more balanced stereo image and dare i say it encouraged me to pull the levels down so i ultimately ended up with a clearer sound by not pushing the busses so hard.
i was using a desk to mix through, the bx meter enabled me to get a clearer image of the daw side of the workflow. they are a default move for me now on guitars.
on acoustic instruments they show me the difference in dynamic range between instruments which is helpfull figuring out what could benefit from compression.
thx for the heads up.
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Post by gouge on Jan 3, 2018 0:59:32 GMT -6
almost forgot. plus i can eq an instrument and then check levels post eq and trim or boost as required. now that was handy too.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 3, 2018 10:14:42 GMT -6
Step one - Calibrate the monitoring chain (then you won't need the meters). Other than that, YouLean (?) has a freeware loudness meter that's quite decent. John, Can you speak to this calibration a little more in depth? Thanks. |
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 3, 2018 10:28:01 GMT -6
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Post by Guitar on Jan 3, 2018 11:10:25 GMT -6
The new FabFilter Pro-L2 master limiter has some cool metering built into it. It's a nice feature, for me, since it's sort of 2-in-1 in that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 12:21:06 GMT -6
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Post by gouge on Jan 4, 2018 3:50:35 GMT -6
Thanks john,
On a positive note I calibrate my chain from daw to master fader prior to every mix session.
I've recorded test tones from the console to the daw and have a template I use from the daw through the console.
It has however been a very long time since I've run pink noise and used a db meter. Guess what I'm doing next session.
Really glad it was raised.
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