[Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery

[Andrew Downie]

Hi Autery


Having been wrestling with levels for the past few days, I am not an 
expert and others may add to and/or correct what follows.


My understanding is that when you press j or k you get the level at 
exactly the point when you hit the key.  You only need to be a few 
milliseconds off to be well below the peak.  On the other hand, pressing 
alt-f9 and alt-f10 for channel 1 and channel 2 respectively of the track 
selected with shift-alt-p will give you the peak since resetting with 
alt-f8.  You can choose to have peaks held for less time if you wish.


Justin's response came in while I was writing this and doing some 
testing to check that I wasn't writing complete rubbish.  Yes, shift-j 
and shift-k give the master level, but if I am correct it is still 
reading the level as you hit the key.  Especially for the soundscape 
stuff that I like doing, finding the peak for the track is most 
important.  To that end, the SWS facility ctrl-k takes you to the peak 
for the current item, which is great.  The other SWS facility I find 
useful is shift-ctrl-k for getting stats on maximum db and RMS levels.


It sounds like you should be trusting your ears (smile).



Andrew



On 14/06/2016 7:39 PM, Autery wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I am trying to mix and master a song in reaper, however, having 
> problem comprehending the readings when I press j and k.
>
> It seems as if my volume level is low, however, I am hearing the music 
> loud in my headphone and monitor speaker. Also if I turn the volume up 
> until I hear distortion, the meters reads about around -8 and -7 peak 
> give or take.
>
> Help me comprehend please.
>
> I usually master with my meter levels reading around -1.
>
> Is reaper configured different? Could someone tell me what I am missing??
>
> Thank YOU
>
> Autery
>
>
>
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