Well, let's go. I think I didn't make myself clear.
My complaint about TR6 Metering is that it becomes very confusing when I can't relate its VU to a signal in dBFS.
Example:
All the VUs I have, if I calibrate it to -18 (or any other measurement I want) it will show the pointer at 0, if a signal at -18dbFS comes in.
If I calibrate it to -12, it will show the pointer at 0, when a -12dBFS signal comes in. Right?
I'm not exactly setting the value of -18 as the default, just saying that if I calibrate a VU to -10, the pointer should show "0" when a -10 signal is coming in, that to me is the most logical.
However, the IK meter doesn't work that way.
If I set the value to -18 in "reference" and input a signal of -18dBFS, the pointer shows -4 and not 0.
This is confusing to me.
Why in the name of God do you allow the VU to be calibrated and it shows a different value than the one you calibrated?
If I wanted to make a discount of -4dBs, I would do it manually, choosing another value as the reference. I don't want to have to guess what value is supposedly being input, I just want to be sure that the "0" is marked with the value I calibrated.
I would really like someone from IK to explain this to me. Even though I understand that the default values can vary, this seems like a bug to me.
PS: And there will be no discussions, they are just thoughts, and that is very cool.
My complaint about TR6 Metering is that it becomes very confusing when I can't relate its VU to a signal in dBFS.
Example:
All the VUs I have, if I calibrate it to -18 (or any other measurement I want) it will show the pointer at 0, if a signal at -18dbFS comes in.
If I calibrate it to -12, it will show the pointer at 0, when a -12dBFS signal comes in. Right?
I'm not exactly setting the value of -18 as the default, just saying that if I calibrate a VU to -10, the pointer should show "0" when a -10 signal is coming in, that to me is the most logical.
However, the IK meter doesn't work that way.
If I set the value to -18 in "reference" and input a signal of -18dBFS, the pointer shows -4 and not 0.
This is confusing to me.
Why in the name of God do you allow the VU to be calibrated and it shows a different value than the one you calibrated?
If I wanted to make a discount of -4dBs, I would do it manually, choosing another value as the reference. I don't want to have to guess what value is supposedly being input, I just want to be sure that the "0" is marked with the value I calibrated.
I would really like someone from IK to explain this to me. Even though I understand that the default values can vary, this seems like a bug to me.
PS: And there will be no discussions, they are just thoughts, and that is very cool.
Statistics: Posted by KIMCHRISTOPHER — Sat Mar 08, 2025 6:25 pm