Metric Halo Production Bundle - Manual (Page 87)

Operation
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Output Meter
Figure 17.11: Output Meter
For the main output stage of Multiband Expander we have provided meters driven with SpectraFoo™ metering
technology. These meters show, in addition to the peak metering provided for the input stages, RMS level and
VU level. The peak level is represented by the floating colored bar, the RMS level by the solid colored bar and
the VU level by the overlaid gray bar. Both the Peak and RMS level are represented with fast PPM ballistics.
The VU meter shows IEEE standard 300 ms RMS average level. When Multiband Expander is on a mono insert
there will be a single meter. When Multiband Expander is running in stereo mode the left meter shows the left
channel output level and the right meter shows the right channel output level. The output section clip lights
activate if there is an over in the output stage or in any of the processing section input stages. It is reset by
clicking on the meter; Mac
⌥ (Option)–click or Windows Alt-click to reset the clip lights on all the meters.
A Note About Clipping Indicators:
The clip lights do not mean that the plug-in is clipping; it means that the audio level in the DSP is
currently over 0 dBFS. If you do not lower the signal level you run a chance of actually clipping the
input of another processor or D/A convertor.