DB Meter by Neuronaut - Great features, but I need your help to make it better!
Howzit? I'm working on a very simple metering tool. I've attached the compressed max 5 patch below.
Features:
- See the output levels between plugins inside an Instrument or Effects Rack (grouped plugins).
- Monitor levels during freezing!! To see if tracks peak anywhere in the freezing (or mixdown process)
- Frozen tracks retain the meter data which makes it easy to see detail DB info afterwards (find clipping, etc)
- Simple and clean design - it's as small as possible and chromeless
I would like help making it better! :)
Here's a short wish list for now:
- How would I reduce CPU by taking fewer samples per second (a slower refresh rate)?
- How do I receive a message when Ableton starts playing - so that I can reset the meters when play is hit
- How to I communicate with multiple instances? - so I can reset all the meters in every instance when a button is clicked
Also, I'd love to add loudness meters (LUFS), as an option. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks so much!
Here's the current version:
About the ableton transport question : you can observe its state through the Live Object Model, then use the result with a sel 1 to reset your meters.
hey :)
- How would I reduce CPU by taking fewer samples per second (a slower refresh rate)?
by downsampling.
- write your process to disk and call it mycoolmeter~
- call it from a mother patch using poly:
[poly~ mycoolmeter~ down 8]
hint: put several channels into one poly~ patcher, or the poly~ will eat up more CPU than what you saved by downsampling the process.
- How to I communicate with multiple instances? – so I can reset all the meters in every instance when a button is clicked
by [send] and [receive].
- add [r #1] to the mycoolmeter~ patch, and connect this receive to trigger the initialisation of your process.
- now give all poly instances which should be linked the same variable name as argument #1, such as
[poly~ mycoolmeter~ down 8 args mycoolmetertotalresetgroup1]
[poly~ mycoolmeter~ down 8 args mycoolmetertotalresetgroup2]
now you can use "bang"-[s mycoolmetertotalresetgroup1] to reset all downsampled processes of group 1.
Also, I’d love to add loudness meters (LUFS), as an option. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
custom code; afaik there are no externeals around which do exaclty that.
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Awesome! Thx for the replies! I'm going to play with this now. I'll post an update for anyone who's interested. (I use this meter every day!)