https://github.com/mzuther/trakmeter
Loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels (gain staging).
https://github.com/mzuther/trakmeter
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Loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels (gain staging).
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mzuther/trakmeter
- Owner: mzuther
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2018-07-20T21:39:41.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-07-14T00:19:29.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-07-14T01:27:18.283Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: audio, c-plus-plus, gnu-linux, linux, meter, vst-plugin, vst3-plugin, windows
- Language: C++
- Homepage:
- Size: 239 MB
- Stars: 30
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.markdown
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.markdown
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README
# traKmeter
*Loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels
(gain staging).*
## About
**I currently do not have time to develop or support this project. It still
works, so please use it the way it is. Thank you!**
Sadly, most digital audio equipment only has peak meters. This is
readily understandable as you want to avoid digital clippings by all
means. However, badly chosen meter ranges and scales often render
these meters useless. And the lack of average meters does not exactly
facilitate gain staging.
When I had realised this, I started coding traKmeter. It has evolved
with my growing knowledge and recording experience, but the underlying
ideas haven't changed at all.
*Please read the [manual][] for a more extensive introduction.*
## Download
traKmeter can be downloaded in the [releases][] section (you may need
to click on "Assets").
I have dropped LV2 plug-in support for good. However, you can still
use LV2 - just download version **v2.4.6**.
## Documentation
For documentation, licenses and further information, please see the
[manual][] and the directory [doc][].
## FAQ
### traKmeter crashes when the plug-in is loaded / opened
1. traKmeter requires a processor which supports the SSE2 instruction
set (if you run at Windows 8 and above, it does). On Windows, you
might also have to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable for
Visual Studio 2017][VC++ Redist].
2. traKmeter comes with a folder called `trakmeter`. This folder must be
located in the same folder as the plug-in, so please copy it along
and try again!
### Where are the LV2 plug-ins?
- The last release with LV2 plug-ins was version **v2.4.6**. You can
still download them from the "Releases" page.
### The stand-alone version does not work
- Unfortunately, I cannot do anything about it as I did not code this
part of the application. The stand-alone works well for me - try
using another sound card or deleting the settings file.
## Code of conduct
Please read the [code of conduct][COC] before asking for help, filing
bug reports or contributing to this project. Thanks!
## License
Copyright (c) 2012-2022 Martin Zuther
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see .
Thank you for using free software!
## VST2 plug-ins
Technically, my VST2 plug-ins are not free software. However, I
chose to provide them for your convenience. All other binaries really
are free software in the sense of the Free Software Foundation.
*VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, registered
in Europe and other countries.*
[COC]: https://github.com/mzuther/traKmeter/tree/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.markdown
[doc]: https://github.com/mzuther/traKmeter/tree/master/doc/
[manual]: https://github.com/mzuther/traKmeter/raw/master/doc/trakmeter.pdf
[releases]: https://github.com/mzuther/traKmeter/releases
[VC++ Redist]: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/