Modulometer - Merging Pyramix User Manual

Modulometer

Modulometer floating Window
The Modulometer is a faithful reproduction of the classic meter fitted to Nagra portable Tape recorders.
Common operational practice to is set levels so the meter reads (average) - 8 when recording speech. This is partly
due to the modulometer's characteristics as a quasi peak meter (quasi because it has the ballistics of a mechanical
meter) and it also reflects the caution required in location dialogue recording where a lost take can represent
many thousands of dollars. Although not by any means desirable, a low level signal is better than one with distor-
tion from peak clipping.
Right-clicking anywhere on the window pops up a context menu. This has several options which control the
behavior of the Modulometer.
Modulometer menu
Reset
Restores the default settings
Presets
Offers the standard Preset options
Display (Frame / Sec)
Sets the display refresh rate
Release (dB / Sec)
Sets the Release time
Acceleration (dB / Sec)
Sets Acceleration rate
Reference (dBFS)
Sets the Reference level in DeciBels Full Scale
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