Loudness Meter Settings

In the Loudness Meter Settings dialog, you can set up the appearance of the Loudness Meter window.

  • To open the Loudness Meter Settings dialog, open the Loudness Meter window, and select Functions > Settings.

Short-term Loudness/Momentary Loudness

Top Zone/Middle Zone/Low Zone

Here, you can specify the colors for the top, middle, and low zones of the meter.

From

Allows you to specify the starting point for the middle and top zones.

Show Maximum Values

If this option is activated, the maximum short-term and momentary values are displayed instead of the loudness range values.

Loudness Range

If this option is activated, a moving rectangle is displayed, which symbolizes the short-term loudness range/momentary loudness.

Ballistics

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

Allows you to specify the ideal loudness to match. The EBU R-128 recommendation for broadcast is -23 dB.

Acceptable Deviation

Allows you to specify the loudness range that is considered to be an acceptable deviation from the target loudness.

Outside the Acceptable Deviation

Allows you to specify a color for the range that is outside the acceptable deviation.

Loudness Range

Range Color

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

A loudness range that you consider to be not enough (Below) and too much (From).

Transition

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

Lets you set the colors for the meter background, marks, grid lines, and the loudness distribution curve of the Loudness Meter.

Peak Hold Time

Determines how long the peak LED remains lit after a true peak.

Show Loudness Histogram

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.