TT Dynamic Range Meter

[Paschalis I.]

Hey guys, we know that there are tools to inform us about the RMS and Peak Levels,
but I've found a pretty cool plugin called TT Dynamic Range Meter.

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It shows the RMS Levels, the Peak Levels and also the Dynamic Range Levels.

While I am not sure how this plugin works, I know this:
DO NOT FOLLOW THE PLUGIN BLINDLY, TRUST YOUR EARS

You can use this on a professional sounding/commercial song of the genre you love as a reference and improve your mixing skills though.

You can download it here:
Download | DYNAMIC RANGE | pleasurize music!


Happy mixing!

 

[bouldersoundguy]

I tried it out a year or two ago.

It's a handy demo to make it easier for listeners to correlate the sound of overly compressed audio with a number, but is essentially useless on the production side of things. If a mix sounds good it is good regardless of any dynamic range measurement.

It's too bad. It was made to show listeners that mixes with very low dynamic range really did sound crappy, but now people are using it to see if their mixing/mastering is as loud as some reference. Engineers are using it in place of listening, which is the exact opposite of the intent.

If you want a cool metering plugin that tells you something useful that your ears may not be telling you then get the SSL X-ISM.

 

[Seafroggys]

I've used the offline meter since it first came out in 2009 just for curiosity's sake. Like when I do a final mix I'll check to see what DR rating I got it at. I don't mix with it, nor do I remix if I don't like the "number." Just a curiosity, nothing more.

 

[RAMI]

I've used the offline meter since it first came out in 2009 just for curiosity's sake. Like when I do a final mix I'll check to see what DR rating I got it at. I don't mix with it, nor do I remix if I don't like the "number." Just a curiosity, nothing more.

Yeah, same here exactly. I've had it sitting on my desk top for about 2 years and actually forgot about it. Like the Op says, use your ears, and like Boulder says, it might be being used for the wrong reasons by many people.

When I do use it, it's usually after I've finished mixing a song to my liking. I'll put it through the DR meter for curiosity's sake. But it has never affected any decision I make and I've never gone back to change anything after putting it through the meter. It's a cool toy though.

 

[RAMI]

Speaking of this thing, I just remembered that there was always a discrepancy between what REAPER said my RMS for a song was, and what this thing said it was. If a song averaged -12db in REAPER (for example), the DR meter would show it averaging -11db or -10.5, always hotter. I never knew which one to trust.

 

[Seafroggys]

I never liked or trusted Reaper's internal RMS metering. If I ever needed to monitor RMS in real time I always use Roger Nichols' Inspector plug (used to be freeware years ago, but got taken down for some reason) and that seemed to match the DR program pretty closely.

 

[RAMI]

I never liked or trusted Reaper's internal RMS metering. If I ever needed to monitor RMS in real time I always use Roger Nichols' Inspector plug (used to be freeware years ago, but got taken down for some reason) and that seemed to match the DR program pretty closely.

That's good to know. I wonder if there's another plug that monitors RMS in real time.