one thing that often distracts me is, that the metering in LV1 is “calibrated” to -12dBFS (at least at this point it goes from green to yellow/orange).
This is kind of odd, as many plugins use -18dBFS as reference point.
Also, gaining drums this hot makes everything hot.
Yes, I can gain lower, but then also the visual feedback is kind of “wrong”, as the level meter “feels” very low (though it goes to “0dB” on the fader anyways, so there is a extra 10dB “visual” range left).
So it would help if we could set the reference point for the meter.
Thanks, I’ll pass this along as a feature request. One clarification on your point that “many plugins use -18dBFS as a reference point”: that mainly applies to certain analog-modeling plugins, which tend to sound best when the signal stays near that level. Most plugins will perform optimally as long as the signal doesn’t clip above 0dBFS.
And yes, I’m absolutely aware of the fact, that -18dBFS is by nature of analogue modeled vs. true digital plugins a critical number.
But looking into my LV1 session, almost 80% of my processing is done with modeled plugins (SSL Channel, Comp, API 550, 560, 25000, CLA-76, CLA-2A. CLA-3A, NLS. AbbeyRoad Plate, TG Mastering, Scheps73, dbx160, BSS Comp, etc.).
So it IS very essential to me, to stay within this window.
And yes I can (and should) use my ears. But in a stressful live situation (f.e. in festival with an only 5-10min linecheck) with over 25 years experience in mixing I know my gainstage-ing by heart and learned to interpret what I see.
So yes - having a correct calibrated metering is very essential to me.
Regards Peter
P.S.: off topic; even on DAW like Logic, where metering is also kind of weird, it drives me nuts.