# Add Trim (or Gain) to Waves VU Meter

**URL:** <https://forum.waves.com/t/add-trim-or-gain-to-waves-vu-meter/9623>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 22, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/add-trim-or-gain-to-waves-vu-meter/9623 "2024-07-22T18:01:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JunkyardSam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/junkyardsam/32/2178_2.png) [@JunkyardSam](https://forum.waves.com/u/JunkyardSam)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/add-trim-or-gain-to-waves-vu-meter/9623/1 "2024-07-22T18:01:35Z")

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The Waves VU meter is great… but imagine if it had +/-20dB trim (or full range of gain, either way.)

Then you could use that plugin not just to **read** your level, but to **set** your level.

This would be incredibly helpful for use with non-linear Waves plugins that don’t have dedicated input meters or input controls.

I understand there is a cost to new UI… But implementation could be dead simple! Simply dragging up or down on the meter could display the + or - gain in dB (with a single decimal, i.e. +6.8dB ) Simple numerical reading. Nothing fancy needed.

Double-clicking would reset it to zero.

This wouldn’t be an enormously costly addition to the plugin, but it could be very useful. Please consider! 🙂

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**Author:** ![simon.a.billington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.waves.com/simon.a.billington/32/158_2.png) [@simon.a.billington](https://forum.waves.com/u/simon.a.billington)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.waves.com/t/add-trim-or-gain-to-waves-vu-meter/9623/2 "2024-08-08T11:38:11Z")

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A small horizontal correlation meter across the bottom would also be a nice touch, but I don’t want to push my luck!! 😳🙃