User`s manual

Measuring with the AudioSuite Plug-In
Dolby
®
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DolbyMediaMeter2RTASorVSTplugininsertionisperformedona channelbychannel
basisoninputchannels.Onoutputbuses,themetermaybeinsertedonmono,stereo,or
multichannelbuses.Thenumberofinstancesisnotlimited.
WhenyoumeasurewiththeRTASandVSTplugin
s,DolbyMediaMeter2doesnotadd
totheinfinitevaluewhilethesessionisstoppedorpaused.Youcanmovealongthesession
timelineandaddtothe infiniteaveragebyplayingthroughdifferentsections.Doingso
allowsyoutoaverageovertheentiretimeyouworkonyo
ursession.Inaddition,thelog
filewillreferencethemeasuremententrieswithanindicationofboththetimecodeofthe
partofthesessionbeingmeasuredandthetimeofdaythemeasurementwastaken.
WhenyoumeasurewiththeRTASandVSTplugins,thegraphisdisplayedinrealti
me,
lettingyouseeexactlywhatishappening.
Resetting Measurements
ClickReset Alltorestarttheallmeasurements.ClickReset Avgtoresetonlytheinfinite
measurement.Resetthedialoguerangeandpeakmeasurementsbyclickingthe
Reset
buttonbeneaththeappropriatereadout.Clicking
View Logdisplaysthelogfile.
3.5 Measuring with the AudioSuite Plug-In
TheDolbyMediaMeter2AudioSuitepluginperformsfilebasedmeasurement,idealfor
measuring
dialnormvaluesoroverallloudnesswhilepreparingaudioforpackagedmedia
formats.
WhenmeasuringwiththeAudioSuitemeter,youcanselectasectionofyoursessionto
measureinnonrealtimeandpressthe
Processbutton.Toaveragethemeasurementsof
differentsections,selectanewsectionofyourtimeline,andpressthe
Processbuttonagain.
Thatsectionwillbeaveragedintothepreviousmeasurement.Ifyoudonotwishtoaverage
thedifferentsections,simplypressthe
ResetbuttonbeforepressingtheProcessbutton.
Ifyouchoosetocreatealogfile,thelogfilewillreferencethemeasuremententrieswithan
indicationofboththetimecodeofthepartofthesessionbeingmeasuredandthetimeof
daythemeasurementwasmade.Thiswillallowyoutotellwhichpartofyourses
sionis
representedbythegivenmeasurement.
TheAudioSuiteplugincandisplaycansimultaneouslydisplayuptosevenofthenine
possiblemeasurementsdescribedinSection 4.6.Chooseameasurementtodisplayby
rightclickinginameasurementboxandchoosingfromthecontextmenu.
Note: ProToolsalwaysinsertsbothRTASandAudioSuitepluginsasprefader.
Measurementswillnotcorrectlymatchthefinalmixedoutputifthemeteris
insertedontheinputsectionofProToolswhenmixautomationispresent.
Note: Whenmeasuringmultichannelinputchannels,besuretoselectthechannel
routinginthesettingwindowthatmatchesyoursession.