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The peak meter at top
Each meter is identified by the track number it represents (track names are not shown over
track meters) as well as the color of that track.
Using Post Fader or Track Source Meters
The Track Meters setting in the General Options of the Project Settings lets you choose how
meters in the Fairlight page display their audio analysis. There are two options:
 Post Fader: Meters always display the level of each clip’s signal after whatever fader
adjustments have taken place. Fading a track’s level down diminishes the visible level
of that audio signal in the meter. This setting is good if you prefer a visual indication
of the relative levels you’ve set your various audio tracks to, which is a very NLE-
orientedbehavior.
 Track Source: Meters always use the volume levels of the audio clips in that track,
even if you’ve lowered the level using the sliders. If you’ve keyframed a clip’s volume,
that change will be reflected by the audio meters, even though fader changes are not.
Viewing meters this way means you can always see how much level is available to clips
in your mix regardless of what the current fader levels are set to, in the event you want
to keep track of audio you want to bring back into the mix later on. This is a very DAW-
oriented behavior.
Bus Meters
To the right of the track meters are the bus meters, in which all Mains, Subs, and Aux buses
appear, separated by type, and each displaying the number of meters that corresponds to that
track’s audio mapping. This way you can see the sum of all tracks that have been routed to a
particular bus.
Bus meters for the Mains, Subs, and Aux buses
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