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why external vu meter/ plug-in vu meter differ?
Hi,
I am using external VU reference meter, RMU25. I did calibration as a reference level 20 for external vu meter. Also, I used plugin Bomb Facotry's meter bridge and set calibration level at -20. The indicating levels of both signal test with sine wave were perfectly same. However, when I playback audio, Bomb factory one indicates higher level than external. (tried both music and voice/ rms and peak) I don't know why they indicate different levels. As I know, all VU meters follow a standard level. Does anyone know the reason? If it is reasonably right, what do I need to do to make them at the same level? |
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Re: why external vu meter/ plug-in vu meter differ?
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the running joke is: Bomb Factory Essentials are Essentially Useless
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Broke as in out of cal or broke like not usable b/c of random errant levels?
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Re: why external vu meter/ plug-in vu meter differ?
the two most accurate vu meters i seen for ptools
are the free psp vintage meter (but broken on macs since intel), or the pay for (but worth it) metering on the slate fg-x. both will track like analog boards/decks. b.o.l. e
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Re: why external vu meter/ plug-in vu meter differ?
Thanks for reply.
Do you mean there should not have any diffrence? The problem is just cuz of the BF meter.. isn't it? |
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Re: why external vu meter/ plug-in vu meter differ?
-3 difference on the Bomb Factory.
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So -3 on the BF is 0 vu on most good meters ??? Just checking
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Re: why external vu meter/ plug-in vu meter differ?
-3 is what I constantly seem to get with ITB VU meters (Bomb Factory, PAZ and VMeters), unless I run them with a K weighting setup. (Google Bob Katz for more info on that).
The inbuilt phasescope has a VU setting which shows -20tone as 0VU, but the ballistics are crazy when it comes to audio program, (Meters about 3db hotter than K system).
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