[Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery

[Autery]

Thanks Andrew!!!

                

Very helpful..

 

Autery

 

From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:03 AM
To: Reapers Without Peepers
Subject: Re: [Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery

 

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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