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Pinguin Audio Meter 4.5 Pro: A Comparison with Other Audio Metering Tools



Long-term research led to a comprehensive library of acoustic fingerprints. Those 3D fingerprints simulate natural ambiences in a unique way: 3D Audio.Pinguin created solutions for advanced 3D Audio entertainment systems in cinemas and cars. The company designed in 2005 the immersive, acoustical lab (called "3D Akustikprojektor") as a mobile construction for simulating ambiences and holds the patent for AuroMatic method. (an upmixer from mono/stereo to latest immersive audio formats including height channels, eg. Auro3D)


Studio 1 is a hybrid analogue post-production facility for stereo and 5.1-surround. A SSL 48ch Duality console with a STAGETEC Nexus converter/matrix exhibits the best workflow even for huge sessions in different formats.Studio 2 is the digital post-production studio for 3D sound formats like Auro3D. At the same time it serves as a 3D laboratory for R&D projects. Pinguin is capable of converting given audio material to any current format, including the Auro-3D format.




Pinguin Audio Meter 4.5 Pro




Up-mixing any input format to 3D audio is either a fully or half automated process and can be done in many efficient ways. Moreover Pinguin can record channel intensive live concerts for various budgets for immersive audio productions.The company has extensive experiences and the required infrastructure for handling complex music productions and creating CD/DVD/Blue-Ray as well as streaming masters. All studio work is done by a quality-conscious team, meeting highest standards, caring for accuracy, always the best result in mind.


Analyze and manage your audio files. Apply the built-in tools to enhance your sound quality: stereo monitor oscilloscope, correlation meter, real-time spectrum analyzer, peak meter for digital tracks, and many others. Process your music for 16-bit audio cards.


Pinguin Audio Meter has 4 build in high quality 16bit instruments for audio applications.1. High resolution digital peak meter.2. Real-time audio spectrum analyzer.3. Correlation meter.4. Stereo monitor oscilloscope.5. Works with every standard sound card with 16bit and above.6. Each instrument sizable.7. Select orientation (vertical, horizontal) of PPM and Correlation meter.8. Save and restore up to 8 meter sets.


Pinguin Audio Meter has 4 build in high quality 16bit instruments for audio applications.1. High resolution digital peak meter.2. Real-time audio spectrum analyzer.3. Correlation meter.4. Stereo monitor oscilloscope.5. Works with every standard sound card with 16bit and above.6. Each instrument sizable.7. Select orientation (vertical, horizontal) of PPM and Correlation meter.8. Save and restore up to 8 meter sets.9. User selectable thread priority.10.User selectable audio device.11.User selectable sample rate (44100Hz/48000Hz).


In the present world of streaming and online broadcasting, mixing and mastering your audio to the standard maintained by specific platforms is essential for quality assurance. Metering plugins are the tools that help you ensure the specs of your music match the specified criteria.


It has all the tools you could need to ensure your track fits the criteria of various music platforms such as Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music. As we can see in the picture below, there are six kinds of meters in this plugin.


A few of the pages have filters inside them to help you dissect your audio material even further. We also liked the main input filter at the top of the plugin. It can turn the sound mono or playback only the Mid/Side or just the Left/Right channel.


The Bass Space page is interesting. You can analyze the bass content of your track using this metering. It asks you to mute the bass drum and the bass to see how bassy the rest of the instruments are together. This implies you should use Levels on the master channel of your mixing project. Theoretically, it should help you keep the bass tight and clash-free.


Along with the graph and meters display, this plugin also has a compact mode where you still get a comprehensive numeral reading, making it highly screen space and CPU-saving. In addition, the graph keeps logs of your entire timeline. So, you can quickly go back to the middle of your song and have it reread the loudness.


You can set the meters to read either LUFS or True Peak. And it can also display absolute scale readings as well. The graph shows True Peak, LUFS-S, LUFS-M, and RMS. Each can be enabled or disabled as required.


The loudness metering section on the left has LUFS integrated, short-term, and momentary metering along with RMS, Peak, and Dynamic Range metering. You can set any of the LUFS units to display in the meter or numerically. Similarly, you can also set the peak meter to use True Peak. The RMS window size cannot be changed, however.


For measuring the loudness of your audio, you have the Loudness module and the Levels module. They have LUFS short-term, integrated, and momentary, Loudness Range, True Peak, Peak, and RMS metering.


For post-production engineers/sound designers, iZotope has an Intelligibility module, which measures the clarity of your dialogs from the rest of your mix. It even has listening environment emulations to ensure your audio is intelligible for every audience.


The WLM Plus is an excellent loudness metering plugin with an integrated limiter. With Waves Shell v12, you can have a resizable GUI as well. However, the price of this plugin without a sale is outrageous. With sales happening at Waves almost every day, though, the discounted price is undoubtedly worth the features.


This plugin is a complete loudness metering tool. It has all three kinds of LUFS (and Max values), various loudness ranges, and True Peak measurement. With the zoomable graph view, you can analyze precise details of your audio.


SPAN offers detailed frequency analysis, stereo correlation, adjustable LUFS/K, RMS, and True Peak metering in a gorgeous user interface. Also, you can customize the frequency spectrum to different FFT resolutions and window times.


You will find SPAN to be an essential plugin once you start discovering its capabilities. Other than frequency analysis, you could use its correlation meter to see if your track has any phasing issues as well. The other statistics it offers are further icing on the cake.


What keeps dpMeter 5 different from the rest of the flock is its fully customizable RMS analyzer, LUFS-I/M/S, and Dolby Dialog Gated LUFS measurement. Dialog Gating uses code from Dolby itself to only analyze the loudness of the audio when dialogs are present. This ensures the consistency of volume based on dialog levels.


For a free plugin, it does offer quite a lot of features. It could be of particular interest as a gain-rider or for analyzing film/game audio. And if you enjoy having comprehensive RMS reading, all the more reason to give it a try.


The plugin gives you the real-time frequency analysis of your audio, divided into three ranges: low, mid, and high, for each of which it gives separate decibel (dB) ratings, width ratings, and correlation meter ratings. Further, you can load up presets of genres like Rock, Jazz, Hip-hop, etc., for which you can compare the different frequency ranges and their energies.


Even with the best studio monitors or headphones, you would still need audio analyzing plugins to ensure your audio is problem-free. These plugins also help you predict how various streaming platforms analyze their content. So, you can prepare for any potential change they may make to your audio.


ListenHub is a CoreAudio device that functions as a virtual audio interface. It has four stereo input channels that send the incoming signal to several tools for analysis and then onto one of two stereo output channels. Unfortunately, being a CoreAudio device means ListenHub is available only to Mac users.


You can check your audio levels and details during different stages of your mastering chain but also get true level feedback through the automatic loudness compensation feature onboard.


MCompare is another excellent reference tool that manages to offer some unique and refreshing features. The blind test feature has to be my favorite for comparing and judging your mix, while the automatic loudness compensation is one of the smoothest on the market. The interface is clean and easy to use, while the standard loudness meters and readings are also available.


Pinguin Audio Meter has 4 build in high quality 16bit instruments for audio applications. 1. High resolution digital peak meter. 2. Real-time audio spectrum analyzer. 3. Correlation meter. 4. Stereo monitor oscilloscope. 5.


Blue Cats Digital Peak Meter Pro is a audio plugin, support any VST or DirectX compatible host application., control in real time any MIDI-controllable plug-in or external MIDI device. 2ff7e9595c


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