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There is a Meter plugin available for temporarily adding a meter to a specific track, FlexBus, or when using fixed busing to Sub, Aux, or Main. These are sample peak processing meters that are useful for instances where you want a large meter that focuses on a specific bus while you’re working.
These meters are presented very simply, with a gray bar indicating level and a red peak line that holds for two seconds, which indicates the highest peak. A numeric reading at the top of the meter gives the exact level, in dB. This number continues to hold, indicating the loudest level measured for any given stretch of playback. The option menu in this meter’s floating window presents different settings you can choose. For more information, see Chapter 177, “Fairlight FX.”
The Meter Fairlight FX The signal here is radiating more to the
right, indicating the panning of the audio.
Surround Analyzer
The Surround Analyzer is a graphical meter that shows a spatial image of the audio being measured, rather than a typical bar graph meter. Due to its changing shape because of the signal being played, sometimes it is referred to as the “jellyfish meter.”
This type of metering is very useful; rather than relying on bars to indicate the directions in which audio is radiating, you can clearly see the relationship of all of the channels to one another.