Loudness Meter Settings
In the Loudness Meter Settings dialog, you can set up the appearance of the Loudness Meter window.
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To open the Loudness Meter Settings dialog, open the Loudness Meter window, and select .
Short-term Loudness/Momentary Loudness
- Top Zone/Middle Zone/Low Zone
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Allows you to specify the colors for the top, middle, and low zones of the meter.
- From
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Allows you to specify the starting point for the middle and top zones.
- Show Maximum Values
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If this option is activated, the maximum short-term and momentary values are displayed instead of the loudness range values.
- Loudness Range
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If this option is activated, a moving rectangle is displayed, which symbolizes the short-term loudness range/momentary loudness.
- Ballistics
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Determines the inertia of the loudness range for the short-term loudness/momentary loudness, that is, how fast the range edges meet each other after a new minimum or maximum loudness is reported.
Integrated Loudness
- Target Loudness
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Allows you to specify the ideal loudness to match. The EBU R-128 recommendation for broadcast is -23 dB.
- Acceptable Deviation
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Allows you to specify the loudness range that is considered to be an acceptable deviation from the target loudness.
- Outside the Acceptable Deviation
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Allows you to specify a color for the range that is outside the acceptable deviation.
Loudness Range
- Range Color
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Lets you specify the range colors if the range size is above the associated value (Too Much), exactly as the associated value (Good), or below the associated value (Not Enough).
- Below/From
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A loudness range that you consider to be not enough (Below) and too much (From).
- Transition
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Lets you specify how fast the color changes from Good to Too Much, and from Good to Not Enough. 0 % means that the color changes abruptly when a threshold is reached. 100 % means that the color changes gradually.
Additional Settings
- Background/Marks/Grid/Curve
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Lets you set the colors for the meter background, marks, grid lines, and the loudness distribution curve of the Loudness Meter.
- Peak Hold Time
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Determines how long the peak LED remains lit after a true peak.
- Show Loudness Histogram
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If this option is activated, a loudness histogram is displayed in the Loudness Meter.
Scale
In this section, you can specify the low and high end of the displayed level range.
The EBU +9 scale and the EBU +18 scale are EBU recommendations. Both of these scales are centered around 0 LU, which represents -23 LUFS, the recommended EBU loudness.