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Implementation of a K-System meter according to Bob Katz’ specifications.

About

K-Meter supports mono, stereo and 5.1 surround sound signals. All meters have been thoroughly validated. The average meter reads either RMS levels or ITU BS.1770-1 loudness weighted levels.

K-Meter was featured in an article by NPR Labs. Also, some users have reported that they use K-Meter for teaching, while others use it professionally such as in post-production.

FAQ

K-Meter crashes when the plug-in is loaded/opened

1. K-Meter comes with a folder called kmeter. This folder must be located in the same folder as the plug-in, so please copy it along and try again!

2. K-Meter requires a processor which supports the SSE2 instruction set (if you run at Windows 8 and above, it does). On Windows, you might also have to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017.

Documentation

For documentation and further information, please see the manual and the directory doc.

Code of conduct

Please read the code of conduct before asking for help, filing bug reports or contributing to this project. Thanks!

Releases

The current version is 2.8.2 (built on 2020-04-18). It requires a processor which supports the SSE2 instruction set. On Windows systems, you may also have to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017.

The source code can be downloaded from GitHub.

Current release

LV2 plug-ins (not updated anymore)

Bug reports

Please report bugs using GitHub’s issue tracker. You may also use it to place your wishes or ideas.

License

This is free software and licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

Please note, however, that the VST2 SDK is not free. I provide a VST2 plug-in because it is a de facto standard that makes life easier for musicians and engineers who just want to make some great sounding albums.

But if you are a free software advocate, you might not want to use the VST2 plug-in. The pre-built GNU/Linux stand-alone and VST3 plug-ins really are free software in the sense of the Free Software Foundation.

Youlean Loudness Meter

YouLean is featured prominently on my master bus. This plugin will give you real-time updates as to the integrated, momentary, and short term LUFS value during playback. It’s also very useful for keeping your True Peak levels in check.

As you can see on the right hand side of the below screenshot, YouLean actually plots a graph showing the historical LUFS vales of the song.

Brainworx bx_meter

This isn’t a loudness meter as such. It’s a dynamic range meter that uses basic units such as peak and RMS. It’s floating dynamic section is a very good indicator of where on the scale the energy of the song is at any given moment. It is especially useful if you are using the K-System for monitoring and serves as a guide to knowing the dynamics of the song you are mastering. The RMS meter can be calibrated to various frequency weightings as to get a better idea of the loudness relative to full scale as opposed to just simple RMS which is very sensitive to bass.

MLoudnessAnalyzer

A very sophisticated loudness meter that allows you to set a ‘target loudness’ which the meters respond to allowing to visually achieve your LUFS goal. It even features a PLR meter. PLR is Peak to Loudness Ratio, the difference between the integrated LUFS and peak value. PLR is good to know when optimising for loudness normalised streaming platforms.

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Klanghelm VUMT

Based on the design of classic VU meters of their time. I personally use this as slow RMS meter, very useful for balancing the louder parts of songs within the context of album mastering. It even features a mono maker for summing everything below a given frequency to mono.

Voxengo SPAN (Stereo Mastering Setting)

This one is always good to look at when you have slight doubts or need validation of the general distribution of energy over the frequency spectrum. Generally speaking, you are looking for a reasonably flat response here rolling off at around 8k. However, this is a huge generalisation and should not be forced out of a given mix if there is energy lacking in some frequency domains. Use it as a reference. The same goes for all meters for that matter.

Orban Loudness Meter

Sometimes I get to the goal quite quickly without the use of meters. Orban is unique in the sense that it’s not actually a plug-in. It’s in fact an app that allows you to get your loudness and true peak levels from a printed mix or master. This saves time as I don’t have to play the song through just to know my LUFS values and such. Good for just checking the numbers after the fact and for comparing tracks.

Meterplugs

Ian Shepherd and the good people at Meterplugs have created a solid range of metering plugins that go way beyond yesteryear’s familiar standards. Their flagship plugins include Dynameter and Perception, helping you find the right balance between loud and dynamic, the sweetspot if you will.

Your Stock Meter

It’s very likely that your DAW features it’s own meters. They will likely give you peak and RMS readings at least. As with all of these plugins, it’s best to start using them with real material and learning how they respond to various types of music. I often drag things from my iTunes library to see what it looks like through the meters I use. This helps me paint a picture of what to work towards, especially when using reference tracks.

Learn Mastering

There is a lot more to mastering than looking at meters, but it doesn’t have to be rocket science. If you are keen to learn more about mastering, here is a coupon for my Mastering Audio in Logic Pro X Course.

Happy mastering!

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