Re: metering

metering

Group: rec.arts.movies.production.sound Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2003, 12:24pm
(EST-3) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Flenniken)

Hi- I just finished a doc mix on the online NLE (DS), and the only
meters available were Dorrough 40-A2s. I let the loudest syllables of
the interviews hit zero (persistence.) While laying off to tape, I
watched the VU meters in the engineering dept's McCurdy test set, and
was troubled to see those hot spots hitting +3, though the music
portions tracked identically to the Dorroughs.

Question is, do I need to get some traditional meters, or is the VU
reading not an issue? Will a QC engineer at ABC raise an eyebrow, or
will he think,
"they must have mixed with Dorroughs" and let it go?
Regarding peaks, the Dorroughs show some +11s, which should be -9dBFS,
but I haven't watched the Digibeta meters all the way through yet.
Thanks, John F.   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Peak reading meters will read about 6 db hotter than traditional vu
meters on modulation. I would use peak meters for watching levels.

Network broadcast standards are -20dbfs reference tone with nothing
higher than -10dbfs. A good limiter/compressor can be your best friend.

Eric