Metric Halo ChannelStrip 2 - Manual (Page 14)

ChannelStrip User Guide
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the meter . <option>–click any meter to reset the clip lights on all of
the meters in ChannelStrip. When ChannelStrip is running in stereo
mode, this meter shows the higher of the two input levels and will
detect an over on either input channel.
Gain r eduction meter
The gain r eduction meter, which
has an orange bar and grows down
from 0 dB, shows the amount of attenuation being applied by its
associated dynamics processor at any given time. Please note that
the dynamic range of this meter is 60 dB which is huge as compared
to most gain reduction meters on other processors. We provided
such a large dynamic range because the dynamics processors in
ChannelStrip are capable of providing tremendous amounts of gain
reduction without artifact or distortion. Since the dynamic range is
so large, it is possible to compress a signal fairly aggressively without
seeing much activity on the gain reduction meter. Please refer to the
knee diagram for feedback in this case.
P eak, RMS, VU output meter
F or the main output stage of ChannelStrip we have
provided meters driven with SpectraFoo metering
technology. These meters show, in addition to the
peak metering provided for the input stages, RMS
level and VU level. The peak level is represented by
the floating colored bar, the RMS level by the solid
colored bar and the VU level by the overlaid gray
bar. Both the Peak and RMS level are represented
with fast PPM ballistics. The VU meter shows IEEE
standard 300 ms RMS average level. When Channel-
Strip is on a mono insert both output meters show the mono chan-
nel output. When ChannelStrip is running in stereo mode the left
meter shows the left channel output level and the right meter
shows the right channel output level. The output section clip lights
activate if there is an over in the output stage or in any of the pro-
cessing section input stages. It is reset by clicking on the meter;
<option>–click to reset the clip lights on all the meters.