STAGE™

Meters & Analyzers

These plug-ins are Consumers only and are used to probe the audio signal at any point in the signal processing chain.

Dialnorm Meter Configuration

Variants are available to support the following audio leg group types:

Mono

Stereo

5.1

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The Dialnorm meter plugin computes the speech-gated integrated loudness (Dolby Dialnorm).

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For this plugin, you need to set the LUFS/LKFS units to use in the Network-Plug-in’s Mixer settings.

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Dialog Detect

Select the channels in which the speech Dialnorm measurement should be made.

C: Only the center channel,

LRC: Left, right and center channels.

LR: Left and right channels,

L: Only the left channel,

R: Only the right channel

This selection is only available in the 5.1 plugin version. In Stereo mode, the detection is always performed on the sum of the left and right channels.

VU Meter

Shows the input signal levels.

[Measurement Algorithm]

Set the measurement algorithm type.

ITU BS.1770-1: An International Telecommunication Union standard for measuring audio loudness and true-peak levels.

Leq(A): The Equivalent Continuous Sound Level using A-weighting, representing the constant sound level with the same total acoustic energy as a fluctuating noise over a given period of time.

Measurement: Reset

Click to reset the Dialnorm measurements.

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Measurement: Pause / Resume

Click to control Dialnorm operation.

Pause: Click to pause Dialnorm measurement.

Resume: Click to continue Dialnorm measurement.

Dialnorm

Shows the speech-gated integrated loudness (Dialnorm).

Dialog Range

Shows the Dialnorm loudness range.

Status

Shows whether the results are valid (ready to be read).

Dialog

Shows the speech content percentage.

Runtime

Shows the measurement runtime since the last reset minus the total pause time.


Loudness Meter Plus Configuration

Variants are available to support the following audio leg group types:

Mono

Stereo

5.1

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The loudness meter plus plugin computes the true peak, momentary loudness, short-term loudness, integrated loudness and the loudness range of an audio signal in accordance with EBU R 128 and ITU-R BS.1770-4 standards as well as the speech-gated integrated loudness (Dolby Dialnorm).

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Preset

The configuration of a SAME Application can be memorized as a preset for instant recall. See SAME Application Preset Configuration.

Reset Max

Click to reset the peak levels shown by the Max meters.

Live Level Meters

Shows the measured signal levels.

Momentary: Momentary loudness (based on a 400 ms window).

Short Term: Short-term loudness (based on a 3 s window).

Integrated: When the Speech Gate option in Dialnorm is:

  • Set to Off: Integrated loudness computed without relative gating (ITU-R BS.1770-1).

  • Set to On or Auto: Integrated loudness, computed using absolute and relative threshold gating (ITU-R BS.1770-4).

Loudness Meters

Shows the Dialnorm loudness range.

True Peak Level Meters

Shows the peak signal level(s).

TP Max: Historic maximum true peak value since the last reset of Reset Max.

True Peak: True peak meter.

Dialog Detect

Select the channels in which the speech Dialnorm measurement should be made.

C: Only the center channel,

LRC: Left, right and center channels.

LR: Left and right channels,

L: Only the left channel,

R: Only the right channel

This selection is only available in the 5.1 plugin version. In Stereo mode, the detection is always performed on the sum of the left and right channels.

[Measurement Algorithm]

Set the measurement algorithm type.

ITU BS.1770-1: An International Telecommunication Union standard for measuring audio loudness and true-peak levels.

Leq(A): The Equivalent Continuous Sound Level using A-weighting, representing the constant sound level with the same total acoustic energy as a fluctuating noise over a given period of time.

Measurement: Reset

Click to reset the Dialnorm measurements.

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Measurement: Pause / Resume

Click to control Dialnorm operation.

Pause: Click to pause Dialnorm measurement.

Resume: Click to continue Dialnorm measurement.

Dialnorm

Shows the speech-gated integrated loudness (Dialnorm).

Dialog Range

Shows the Dialnorm loudness range.

Status

Shows whether the results are valid (ready to be read).

Dialog

Shows the speech content percentage.

Runtime

Shows the measurement runtime since the last reset minus the total pause time.


Silence Detector Configuration

Variants are available to support the following audio leg group types:

Mono

Stereo

5.1

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This plugin detects when a signal is below a threshold for a given amount of time.

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Preset

The configuration of a SAME Application can be memorized as a preset for instant recall. See SAME Application Preset Configuration.

Reset

Click to reset the silence alarm.

Trigger Level

Set the threshold below which a signal is considered to be silence.

Detection Filters

Set the frequency range used to detect sound energy levels that are used for silence detection. The high-pass filter is useful to eliminate hum from masking silence. The low-pass filter is useful to eliminate hiss from masking silence.

Click and drag HP or LP to set the filter’s cut-off frequencies.

Time to Alarm

Set the minimum amount of silence time required to trigger the alarm.

Last Silence

Count-down timer

Shows how much time has passed since the last silence alarm was triggered.

Shows a count-down timer that starts with the value set by Time to Alarm. If this count-down timer gets to zero, a silence alarm is triggered.