Level/Pan Meter Settings Dialog

To open the Level/Pan Meter Settings dialog, open the Level Meter window, and select Functions > Settings.

Peak Meter Section

Peaks pop-up menu: On this pop-up menu, select Digital Peaks if you want WaveLab Pro to use sample values and True Peaks if you want WaveLab Pro to use analog reconstructed values.
Ballistics – Release Rate: Determines how fast the peak level meter falls after a peak.
Ballistics – Peak Hold Time: Determines how long a peak value is displayed. The peak can be displayed as a line or a number. If the meter is too short, only the line is displayed.
Top Zone/Middle Zone/Low Zone: The color buttons allow you to select colors for the low, middle, and top zones of the level meter. You can define the range for the top and middle zones by changing the corresponding values.
Cursor Mode – Unit: Allows you to specify which unit is used to display the peak value.
Cursor Mode – Show Value of Single Sample: If this option is activated, the value of the single sample is displayed at the cursor position. If this option is deactivated, several samples are scanned around the cursor to determine the peak value. Generally, this is best activated when you have zoomed in on the waveform to see the details.

VU Meter (Loudness): Activates/Deactivates the VU meter.
Modes pop-up menu: On this pop-up menu, you can choose between the standard mode and three K-System modes. The settings for K-System modes are shown in the Zones section.
Ballistics – Resolution: Sets the time that is used to determine the loudness. The smaller this value, the more the VU meter behaves like the peak meter.
Ballistics – Range Inertia: Sets the time that is used to determine the recent minimum and maximum value lines, and therefore determines how quickly these respond to changes in loudness.
Top Zone/Middle Zone/Low Zone: The color buttons allow you to select colors for the low, middle, and top zones of the VU level meter. You can define the range for the top and middle zones by changing the corresponding values.
Cursor Mode – Samples to Scan: Determines how many samples are scanned when calculating the VU meter value at the edit cursor position. For this, the Edit Cursor monitoring mode must be activated on the Analyze tab of the Audio Editor.

Panning Meter: Shows/Hides the panning meter in the Level Meter window.
Range: Determines the dB range of the panning meter.
Peak and Loudness Left/Right: Lets you specify the colors for the different elements.

In this section, you select colors for the meter background, marks (scale units), and grid lines.

In this section, you specify the minimum and maximum values of the displayed level range.