Meterbridge

Meterbridge is a compact view of all meters in a session. It is designed to assist for large recording sessions, particularly live recording where the amount of mics is too large to get a good overview of the entire session in either the [Mixer]{.kbd .window} or the [Recorder]{.kbd .window} window.

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By default, the Meterbridge window displays a meter per each track with the track’s name at the bottom and allows resetting the meter’s peak as well as arm a track for recording.

Each meter has a right-click menu to select the type of the meter. Just like in the mixer channel view, tracks and regular audio busses default to [Peak (+6 dBFS)]{.kbd .option} and the master bus defaults to [K14 (RMS)]{.kbd .option}. It’s also possible to set the same meter type to all same-type tracks.

Additionally, it’s possible to select the height of the track name panel by right-clicking above it and selecting one of the options going from Short to Venti (which is a coffee cup size reference).

Just like in the usual mixer channel view, the [Arm for Recording]{.kbd .button} button has a right-click menu to enable rec-safe mode to avoid accidental recording to a track of choice.

The set of readily available controls can be customized per each session on the [Meterbridge]{.kbd .window} page of the [Session Properties]{.kbd .window} dialog.

Additional controls include:

  • Mute button

  • Solo button

  • Monitor buttons

  • Fader as a gain knob

It’s also possible to toggle visibility of MIDI tracks, busses, and the master bus.