This MAAT DRMeter MkII Loudness Meter Plug-In combines mandated R128 and A/85 loudness measurements enabling you to manage your Target Loudness and leveling demands for Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, and TIDAL. Designed for music production, though useful for general use, the plug-in displays channel-specific trends and events by augmenting the mandated monaural measurement with classic L/R metering. Use it to meter within your favorite DAW or use it standalone (requires a virtual audio device—not included) to meter outside of your DAW. The included AAC codec allows you to round trip between the plug-in and iTunes for mastering.
Essential Features
- Meter and monitor through MfiT up to 96 kHz
- All standard formats: AU, VST, and AAX Mac/Win
- Operates at all standard sample rates, from 44.1 to 384 kHz
- Compatible with standard operating systems: Mac, Windows
- Low-fatigue visual design
- Compact layout in 5 sizes for every screen resolution
Measurement
- D-MODE: DRMeter (MAAT’s renowned DR dynamic range standard), PSR (Peak–to–Short–term Ratio), LRA (Loudness Range)
- L-MODE: RMS, Momentary Loudness, Short–Term Loudness
- Integrated: DRi, LUi (Program Loudness)
Additional Functions
- MFiT mode—measures and monitors signal through round trip iTunes AAC+ codec
- DRMeter MkII is highly configurable—set it up the way you need
- Measurements always running; easy to switch standards on the fly
- Adjustable, user-defined target loudness
- Adjustable, user-defined maximum True Peak Threshold
- Dynamic Deviation—difference in LU needed to match user defined target loudness
- LUFS/LU mode, LU mode with +9 and +18
- LINK mode; links left- and right-channel Dynamic Displays together to show average of L+R
- Play and Pause control for integrated measurement
- 3 automatic modes for integrated measurement—AUTO ON, AUTO RESET OFF, AUTO OFF
- Gate On/Off for downward compatibility
- Gate indicator; indicates when the R/128 / A/85
- Gate is active for LU integrated measurements
- Global Reset Button
- -∞(dBFS) input indicators
- Adjustable color thresholds for peak and loudness bar graphs
- Factory and user presets
- Optional -30 dB zoom scale
- TP disable option (= SPPM)