Meters Panel Standard, Ultra

Real-time level, loudness, and spectrum metering for the file you’re auditioning — Peak / RMS, VU, LUFS, FFT, plus a Loudness Radar trace.

Sections

The Meters Panel stacks several visualizations vertically. Each section can be turned on or off independently from its own context menu — the panel resizes around whatever you’ve enabled.

FFT

Real-time spectrum view across the audible range, with peak-hold caps that decay slowly so you can read the dominant bands at a glance.

Peak / RMS

Standard digital level meters. Per-channel Peak (red) over RMS (green) bars with hold ticks.

VU

Classic analog-style VU dials, useful when you want a slower-responding visual reference instead of digital peaks.

LUFS bar

Horizontal loudness bar showing the running LUFS value. Integration window is set by the M / S / I switch in the footer (see below).

Loudness Radar

Circular trace that draws loudness over time — useful for spotting macro-level dynamics at a glance. Display range is −70 to −20 LUFS, with grid rings and a centered crosshair. The numeric LUFS readout sits in the top-left corner so it doesn’t occlude the trace.

LUFS smoothing modes

A 3-way M / S / I radio sits in the panel footer (under the LUFS bar and Radar). The selected mode drives the integration window for both the LUFS bar and the Radar trace.

M — Momentary

~400 ms window. Fast, follows transients.

S — Short-term Default

~3 s window. Standard short-term LUFS feel.

I — Integrated

~10 s window. Slow program-loudness average.

Smoothing is applied in the linear power domain (matching the BS.1770 short-term feel), not as a simple dB average. The footer auto-hides if you have both the LUFS bar and Radar turned off. Mode persists per user.