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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks </span>Andrew!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Very helpful..<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Autery<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Downie<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> Reapers Without Peepers<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Rwp] Help comprehending meter levels in reaper from Autery<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Hi Autery<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>It sounds like you should be trusting your ears (smile).<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Andrew<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>On 14/06/2016 7:39 PM, Autery wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to mix and master a song in reaper, however, having problem comprehending the readings when I press j and k.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Help me comprehend please.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I usually master with my meter levels reading around -1. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is reaper configured different? Could someone tell me what I am missing??<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank YOU<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Autery<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>RWP mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:RWP@bluegrasspals.com">RWP@bluegrasspals.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>