[Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery

[Justin M]

It's worth bearing in mind that control k and control shift k are 
prefade and pre-fx because they deal with item rather than take or track 
volume so may not give you accurate readings of what's being output to 
your master.


Hope this helps,


Justin


On 14/06/2016 12:03, Andrew Downie wrote:
>
> 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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