VU meters..

[Carl P Clovis]

If this feature have already been requested, I apologize!!!!

Can we please have vu meters in the pro channel???

Thanks.

[Adam Compeau]

I was going to post about what people do about accurate and flexible metering with Cakewalk.

I come from Samplitude with an entire suite of pro meters, so having none besides the  track and mixer meters feels strange...

Do people add 3rd party meters?  

I am used to the attached with Samplitude and this would probably be expensive to add as  a plug in I would expect...

[Adam Compeau]

Even more meters ...

[Josh Wolfer]

Forgive me if I'm being obtuse, but aren't VU meters just RMS? 

I do personally use other metering for things like LUFS, but don't generally meter tracks in VU.

[Starship Krupa]

It is unlikely, but not impossible that such features could be added to Cakewalk.

While you are waiting, there is a plethora of great 3rd-party freeware metering plug-ins available.

MVMeter2 is an excellent VU meter, and the same company has another LUFS meter I use for mastering.

Meldaproduction's FreeFXBundle comes with MLoudnessAnalyzer, MStereoAnalyzer, MAnalyzer, and a couple others. The first two are in every project I do.

Voxengo's SPAN is another popular spectrum analyzer.

If you try these and they are still not enough metering for you, remember: mix with your ears.

[Xoo]

Also, remember that the Pro Channel EQ has a decent frequency plot built in.

[Adam Compeau]

On 8/9/2020 at 2:04 PM, Starship Krupa said:

It is unlikely, but not impossible that such features could be added to Cakewalk.

While you are waiting, there is a plethora of great 3rd-party freeware metering plug-ins available.

MVMeter2 is an excellent VU meter, and the same company has another LUFS meter I use for mastering.

Meldaproduction's FreeFXBundle comes with MLoudnessAnalyzer, MStereoAnalyzer, MAnalyzer, and a couple others. The first two are in every project I do.

Voxengo's SPAN is another popular spectrum analyzer.

If you try these and they are still not enough metering for you, remember: mix with your ears.

I just came on to post about Melda Productions ...Cool.  Everytime I use one of their plugins I get a pleasing result as well!  Very Musical!

[petemus]

I'd like to be able to use a metering VST for recording level monitoring as well. I don't think this is currently possible, or is it?

EDIT:  Nevermind, I don't know what the heck I was thinking...  ?

Edited October 6, 2020 by petemus

[chuckebaby]

Now that LUFS has become the industry standard for streaming content, Cakewalk would really benefit from adding in a professional built in meter.

I know this thread is about VU meters but I'm strictly talking about a hybrid meter that could be designed by Cakewalk for use in the mixing/mastering stages. Giving readings for Peak/RMS, LUFS, The K-system and VU. 

Personally i use Youlean for all my mastering work.  

[Adam Compeau]

I look forward to giving that one a try.