SampleMetering – The Peak Meter That Shows You The Actual Numbers

Sample Metering is a new kind of volume meter plugin. Instead of the usual dBFS bar that we all been using since the beginning of time, this Sample Meter allows you to see exactly how loud each peak is. And not only that, it let's you:

1. Customize how long that peak stays

2. At what volume that peak triggers

3. And weither or not your peaks should trigger only when Max Volume is reached
   

Now, this might be confusing at first, seeing all those big numbers. That's why I took the time to implement 3 features that take care of everything for you: The Decibel Peak Pannel:  As you probably already noticed, there are 2 huge numbers: - The left number is your highest volume in Sample Values- The right number is your typical dBFs peak that you would see on your favorite volume meterThis allows you to compare the numbers in real time, so you always have a clear idea of your actual volume. The Bit Depth Detector and Auto-Scaler: SampleMetering will automatically detect the Bit Depth (Bitrate) of your project; 16 bit, 24 bit, 32 bit float. Sample Values are particular in that way, for example, if your DAW is set to 16 bit, then the Max Volume in Sample Values will be 32 767. However, if your DAW is set to 24 bit, the Max Volume is now 8,388,607! But here's the beauty of this plugin; I implemented an Auto-Scaler that you can activate or deactivate at will. When activated, let's say your project is in 24-bit but you would like Sample Metering to be in 16-bit so you can work with smaller numbers, you can select 16-bit and the Auto-Scaler will SCALE ALL THE NUMBERS back to their exact 16-bit equivalents!

So you don't need to do any math, you don't need to break your head over anything, this audio metering plugin is designed to make your life as ''sample'' as possible.

And that's not all. I was tired of all these fancy volume meters not letting me customize my peak thresholds and the behavior of the peak detection. Here are a couple features I included so you can really set Sample Meter the way you want it to work: The Stereo Channel Selector: That's right! You want to monitor only the Left side of your Stereo Audio Track? No problem, click on the L Button and voilà! You want to monitor only the right side, click on the R button. You are worried that Sample Metering is gonna do some funky stuff if your track is either Mono or Stereo? Don't worry, I took care of that, SampleMeter auto-detects if your track is Mono or Stereo. The Peak Bulb Trigger and the Danger Zone: This majestic Red Light Bulb can be set in a way that it will only trigger when reaching a specific custom threshold set by you.Introducing the Red Zone, aka the Danger zone! At the bottom, you can customize your Volume and Peak Tresholds. If let's say, your Peak Bulb Trigger is set to Red Zone, and that your Red Zone Treshold is set to 25 000 (in 16-bit), the Peak Bulb will turn ON everytime the volume goes above 25 000. If however, you switch the Peak Bulb Trigger to Max Sample, then you will only see your volume peaking when it goes above the Maximum Volume, which would be in this instance 32 767, or 0dB. The Peak Reset Timer: Finally, how about a feature that let's you decide for how long the Peak Light stays ON? This is what the Peak Reset Timer is for. I was always annoyed by the fact that when my audio was peaking in my project, weither it was during an artist recording session or a simple composition project, that the Peak Indicator was always just a tiny red rectangle at the top of my volume meter and that it was just staying red without telling me where or when it actually peaked.Well, I solved that issue once and for all. With the Peak Reset Timer feature, you can choose for how much time your Peak Bulb will stay ON. And not only that, while it is ON, both the PEAK in Sample Values and in decibels will also stay there in their respective pannels as long as the timer hasn't reset. So that way, if you play back your audio, you will instantly recognize which part of the audio had peaked, since the numbers shown are always precise and accurate.

Features:

• Peak in sample integer values (16/24/32-bit)

• Peak in dB with noise floor detection

• Ballistic meter with peak hold line

• Peak Bulb alert for Red Zone or Max Sample clipping

• Stereo L / R / L+R channel selector

• Configurable Peak Reset Timer (0.5 to 5 sec)

• Customizable zone thresholds with auto-scale

• 4 themes: Phosphor, Bronze, Navy, Ivory

• Fully saves settings per project

• Windows VST3
  

Perfect for: audio engineers, game audio designers, music producers, sound designers — anyone working in Adobe Audition, Cubase, Ableton, FL Studio, Reaper, Studio One, Logic Pro (soon?) and more.

Life has never been more "Sample" — Lajaudio