Customization - Audio Meter (Advanced)

Figure 617. The Audio Meter section.

Sonar’s meters are extremely adjustable. The Audio Meter section lets you specify the appearance and behavior of audio meters. These settings control meter ballistics globally for all types of meters in Sonar.

The Audio Meter section contains the following settings:

Refresh Rate (msec)

This field determines how often the meters are updated. Valid values range from 25 msec (forty times per second) to 250 msec (four times per second).

Peak Hold

Decay Rate (msec/dB). When Hold Peaks is enabled (see Changing the meters’ display), this setting describes how fast the peaks fall after the established Hold Time.

Hold Time (msecec). When Hold Peaks is enabled (see Changing the meters’ display), this setting describes for how long peaks will sit still before dropping

Rise/Fall Times (times to change 20 dB)

RMS

Rise (msecec). The time it takes for an RMS meter to register a 20 dB rise in signal.

Fall (msecec). The time it takes for an RMS meter to register a 20 dB fall in signal.

Peak

Rise (msecec). The time it takes for a Peak meter to register a 20 dB rise in signal.

Fall (msecec). The time it takes for a Peak meter to register a 20 dB fall in signal.

Here are the default values for the various settings:

Refresh Rate = 40 msec

Peak Hold – Decay Rate = 50 msec

Peak Hold – Hold Time = 750 msec

RMS Rise = 300 msec

RMS Fall = 300 msec

Peak Rise = 0 msec

Peak Fall = 1000 msec

Segmented Meters

The Track View and Console View check boxes let you display the meters in segmented fashion in the respective views.

For more information, see Metering.

 

See also:

Preferences dialog

Customization - Display

Customization - Colors (Advanced)

Customization - Editing (Advanced)

Customization - Snap to Grid (Advanced)

Customization - Keyboard Shortcuts (Advanced)

Customization - Analytics

Customization - Backup/Restore Settings