[Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery

[Autery]

Thank You Justin!!!

 

Autery

 

From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Justin M
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:59 AM
To: Reapers Without Peepers
Subject: Re: [Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery

 

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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