Hi, I’ve got a couple of questions related to the use of the accessible peak meter and spectrum analyser, and in case this is useful to someone else, I’ll paste inn my answers below. I should also add that the manuals for these plugins are found in the users/shared/documentation folder on your startup drive.
Hi, Yes, all the meters will alert you when the threshold you set are touched. So that’s also the case when the meter is set to show peak values. So, if you aim to have the meters at a maximum level of -14 dB LUFS or -16 dB RMS, or -0,5 dB peak level, you simply set the threshold to the value you aim for and raise the volume until you hear the threshold is touched by the music. For some music genres, it might also be a good idea to make sure the dynamic range of your song, that is the difference between the loudest and the most silent parts of your song, is not more than for example 8 dB. You can check this by setting the threshold to a value 8 dB lower than what you aim for as the highest loudness, and then play the most silent parts of your song. If the threshold is not touched here, you might consider fixing that issue by using automation or compression to even out the dynamics in the song. I’m working on a set of presets for the plugins in Pro Tools, to simplify this, since you then can have separate presets for different meter types and different situations. but you might of course create such presets yourself in Logic Pro or Pro Tools. If you would like to know the specific value of the meter at different parts in a song, you should adjust the threshold up and down until you hear the threshold value is touched by the music. If you would like to work with the K system (K14,K20 etc.), you set the threshold to the K value, but use the RMS+3dB mode. The spectrum analyser works the same way, but here you should first set a freq value and a range, and then set the threshold until you hear the music is touching the threshold for that frequency range. So, if you set the freq to 1k (1000Hz), the range to 500Hz, and the threshold is touched at a certain value, you know that this is the volume between 1000 and 1500 Hz. By moving the freq value up and down, and change the threshold until it is touched by the music, you’ll get a picture of how loud the music is in different freq ranges for this song. Does this make sense? ;) Best, John André On 24 Oct 2018, at 14:37, John André Lium-Netland <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Some great news today: Based on a previous external project and their own plugin framework, TBProAudio this month upgraded/developed AccesiblePeakMeter2, an accessible meter that will work for RMS/LUFS, VU, peak level and even for K12/K14/K20 if you set up some presets. It’s compatible with both Pro Tools/VoiceOver/Mac and other DAWs and platforms. Using the same method, they have also upgraded/developed AccessibleSpectrumAnalyser 1.01, an accessible spectrum analyser that will work with Pro Tools/VoiceOver/Mac as well as other DAWs and platforms. They are also working on a possible idea for an accessible phase meter. I really appreciate the efforts they have put into this, only based on my request for some accessible meters. There are currently no other accessible meters that does all this. The products can be downloaded free of charge from TBProAudio here: https://www.tb-software.com/TBProAudio/download.html Look for the AccessiblePeakMeter2, and the accessible spectrum analyser. The products are calibrated for 0 dB FS, so no further calibration is needed. I’m working on a set of presets that will speed up the setup of different meters for different situations. I’ll share them when I have done some testing. Hope this will help others as well! Best, John André -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
