HoRNet VU Meter MK4 v4.0 WIN & MACOSX
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What Is A Vu Meter
Stereo VU meter (FREE) LVLMeter is a VU meter plugin for VST, AU and RTAS hosts on Mac and Windows. Vintage VU-meters. 0dB VU calibration from -24dBFS to 0 dBFS. 32 bits and 64 bits versions. Select Analog VU Meter from the list (Playback Visualization) Disable layout editing mode; Parameters: Right-click the meter: Layout submenu / Horizontal or Vertical / Dual or Single / Mono / Lock Aspect Ratio; Select skin; Preferences / Advanced / Display / VU Meter: VU meter sensitivity – Default left and right preamp (db): 20 and rise time.
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The HoRNet VU Meter MK4 is a digital VU meter plugin with automatic gain setting and grouping functions, the new GUI is now scalable and has been optimised to take less space than the previous version and let you focus on the meter bars. In addition to the GUI VU Meter MK4 also allows you to give names to your tracks and groups, send every parameter change to any instance of VU Meter MK4 (not just the ones in the same group) and display the level of any of the other instances in the project without closing the GUI and choosing a new track.
Know your levels before it’s too late
Monitoring the signal level coming into your DAW is crucial for a correct mixing, VU meter helps you both in recording and mixing stage.
When recording your tracks it’s useful to have a loudness indicator like the VU meter that with its 300ms of integration time gives you a helpful view of the perceived loudness of your signal. Used in conjunction with peak meters it can help you to improve your miking technique since it’s always desirable to have loudness and peak value as close as possibile. VU Meter MK4 has a calibration setting that will allow you to set the 0VU point to the best level for your A/D converters (by default is set to -18dBFS but you should read the spec of your A/D and set the calibration to the specified internal headroom). This is because every A/D converter has an analog front-end and if you record too hot (close to 0dBFS) you risk to overload that analog stage.
Auto gain for quick mixing preparation
In mixing VU Meter plugin is even more useful, used in conjunction with the peak meter of your DAW can help you identify critical tracks that have too much energy in the transients and not enough loudness, but the single most useful feature is the auto gain. Gain staging is a crucial part of every mix, especially if you use analog emulating plugins, hitting them too high means creating too much distortion that then adds up in the mix.
To avoid this you can simply engage the automatic gain function of VU Meter MK4 that will adjust the internal gain to make the signal peak at your desired level (between -3 and +3 VU). With transient heavy sounds it may happen that auto gain boosts too much your tracks and drive them into clipping, to avoid this we have provided a max. peak ceiling that will prevent your signal from going higher than the set value.
The grouping function allows you to group instances of vu meters together (say your Drums group) and apply auto gain, reference and color settings to every instance belonging to the same group with just one click, choosing the “Send to all” option of any parameter, you can copy that value to every other VU Meter MK4 in your project, even iff they don’t belong to the same group.
HoRNet VU Meter MK4 Features:
- VU Meter spec. conformity (300ms attack and release time)
- VU Peak hold
- RED Blink clipping indicator
- reference level settable from -60 to 0 dBFS
- input gain from -30dB to +30dB
- bar color freely selectable
- Stereo automatic gain adjustment with 6 different settings
- Peak protection between (no peak can exceed the set limit)
- Auto Gain and meter setting can be set to whole group or to every instance at once
- Eight different assignable groups
- Stereo display
- Every instance can be named
- Groups names freely editable
- Ever instance of the plugin can display the value of every other named instance
- Mac OS X (10.7 and later) and Windows (Vista and later) support
- 64bit plugins for macOS, 32 and 64bit for Windows
- Audio Units, VST, VST3 and AAX format
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GeneralRMS
Version 1.51 - Now with option to make your own BMP panel and style!Professional analog volume unit meter. DSP & Math algorythm to emulate a real VU meter. Logaritnic scale. Applicatiom use: to control and tune PREAMP volume in Winamp EQUALIZER. Now with option to make your own VU skin or panel!
| July 18, 2001 by Boris Ribov | 211519 downloads |
Staff review
Vu Meter for Winamp
Classic analog style... cool VU meter readout. Pretty straightforward. New version that is skinnable. -dg
Comments
Since 2001 not updated - Since 2001 not updatedBut it's nice vu-meter parameterizable - August 6, 2009 by accbster
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Just what I needed - I was looking for a VU meter to complement Nucleo_Nlog_v102_ skin and found this. Then I made a skin for it using art from Nucleo. Have a look:http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/vv161/el_dino/NUCLEO%20VU%20meter/VUNucleo.jpg - March 17, 2009 by eldino 1
very nice, now better then Aimp2 - the only bad thing is the development is freezed and so you can't change Needlecolour, NeedleWidth, and so on. Would be nice for better self made VU-Meter skins ;-) - December 8, 2008 by ALEX Vercetti
doesn't work - Can't get it to display...when loading the plugin the window just flashes on and then disappears. How are you guys getting this to work? Tried multiple times uninstalling and reinstalling. - December 1, 2008 by Michael Ludwig
similar to what I am looking for - What will make it cool is to make it look like a McIntosh power amp Blue meterhttp://www.mcintoshlabs.com/http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/mcintosh-mc12kw-1200-watt-power-amplifier.aspThanksRick - April 24, 2008 by Rick Cheng
WOW! nice - pefert - April 20, 2008 by soon peng
nice - this is verry cool. looks nice near my equalizer. still... one question: can i configurate this so it can start when i start winamp? not when i press play, not when i press start plug-in! i want it to start when i start winamp! thanksps: i made 2 compatible skins for the vu.. compatible with 2 classic winamp skins... how can i post them? - April 20, 2008 by a b
???????? - This plug-in just seems to be a bunch of HTML, JPG and GIF files. I can't find a DLL file for it anywhere and so of course a bunch of pix of VU meters isn't gonna magically turn into a viz in Winamp. What am I doing wrong. - April 7, 2008 by Daniel Rueben
vu - nice plug.... - November 25, 2007 by tony argy
Nice Try but only basic - i cannot place the window anywhere else, it has to be displayed on top, left, right or bottom of the main WinAmp-Window. No support for docking on other Windows (Playlist or Equalizer). The Main function does it work good and it is the first Visual that allows me to see the parts of a mp3 that are too loud. - November 8, 2007 by Richard Wroblewski
Not bad but take care - This is not a bad little plugin with a good pleasant meter. however remember when you right click on the face of the meter, don;t mess around with 'panel', cos it crashed my winamp. - May 4, 2007 by Edmund Tan
Super - Alt und gut! - January 4, 2006 by Juergen wickert
GOOD but still have to work on it... - good job, keep up the good work and make this work along with winamp5 (current vers works only with big panels). I highly appreciate the precision and I sugest to make a modern skin (I have in mind reel to reel ZDL analog studio) to fit with the plugin or viceversa whatever you like it:) - September 27, 2005 by Firekeeper 1
VU accuracy - As an old radio guy I really appreciate these meters. Well done.GOOOD, Good good. I sit and stare at the screen watching the meters.Thank you.www.deantiernan.com - March 6, 2005 by Dean Tiernan
Wow - I have always been a fan of VU meters, one of the reasons why I like Modern Skins. However, some of the Modern skins with Vu's are just ugly, and the VU meters are not too accurate. I have always like the way that Classic skins look and I have wished that there was a VU meter on them. This plug-in fulfills that request - September 14, 2004 by the bonehead
Best help for recording - It was not until this analog VU meter that I noticed the 10 dB difference in output level between CD's. The VU are a bit nervous compared to the real (yes, still have them) ones. But, over all, this plugin is for me the reason to go back to Winamp 2. Skins are thrilling. Hope you can make more and bigger ones.. - August 10, 2003 by Joop van Steijn
GREAT AND ACCURATE .!!!. - IT IS A GREAT PLUG IN. IT INTEGRATES PERFECTLY WITH NUCLEO_NLOG_V102 SKIN AND IT IS VERY ACCURATE TOO. A TRULLY FINE JOB. - April 22, 2003 by Lorien King
New WEB site with many skins and panels... - http://www.qsl.net/lz1bjr/vu/index.htmHere you can find more skins and panels for VU meter!Regards,Boris - February 28, 2003 by Boris Ribov
Best VU Meter I've ever used - Man, this is the best VU meter out there. It would be nice if it could capture the elements from the Winamp skin the user is currently using, but I kinda like it the way it is. Excellent!!!! - February 25, 2003 by Professor Tom
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Skins and Winamp 3! - May be you can do this great thing for Winamp 3! That would be great!And maybe you could make a skin, that is styled more independant, so that it doesn't *grmpf* with any other WA Skinz - December 8, 2002 by Marcel Schroeter
Skins - Internal skin is best but want more - June 6, 2002 by Antony Smith
Not under XP - Doesn't work under Xp - but it's my favorite! Hope it can be made to work...Thanks! - May 16, 2002 by Dennis Hill
WOW! - What can I say?!! - March 7, 2002 by Ani Savage
TNX - It gave to me not only good memories, but more good feelings. TNX - November 25, 2001 by Toni Angelov
Best - Best that I ever seen, but I want more VU designs, like reversed ones, verticale ones and more. - November 25, 2001 by Marian Johnes
Hey, Great! - Gread old style. It gaves to me good memories.... - November 23, 2001 by Dimo Filev
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Good... - Good work my friend. I'll be waiting for a new version. - November 23, 2001 by Danny Morati
Hey... - ...it's cool! - April 7, 2001 by Anders Str�m
Great Plug-in for WinAmp! - That looks veri nice and it moves exactly with the rhythm. Very good work BoardMan!!! - April 5, 2001 by J T
Great, Simply The Best!!! - That's fantastic plugin for my favourite mp3 player WinAmp!!! It looks like the old analog stereo meters and that's why it's so cool!!! I like it very much and i hope so that the author will continue to invent other plugins like that!!! Good Luck, BoardMan!!! - April 1, 2001 by Krasi Makaveev
Super realistik - I`m very surprised that there is a fans for analog (clasic) gadget - April 1, 2001 by Dimitar Kolev