Is it possible to customize meter colors in SPlat?

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2016/01/10 11:54:42 (permalink)

Is it possible to customize meter colors in SPlat?

I just ran across this video that shows how to adjust Cubase's meter bar colors to assist with gain staging. From the quick check I just made, it seems that SONAR does not offer this level of customization. Is it possible with the stock meters?
 


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    Re: Is it possible to customize meter colors in SPlat? 2016/01/10 13:09:46 (permalink)
    I can recommend Mr. Anderton´s article:
    : The Overachieving Meters.
    It´s the first article of Craig Anderton´s 
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    Re: Is it possible to customize meter colors in SPlat? 2016/01/10 14:12:23 (permalink)
    Go to Preferences > Customization > Colors and type VU into the search box. You can customize both the high and low level colors. This blog post shows one example of customized meter colors. You can't change the levels at which the colors change, but in the post Pragi references, it describes how to set the meter resolution, which I find tremendously helpful (as well as how to show peak and RMS values at the same time).
     
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    Re: Is it possible to customize meter colors in SPlat? 2016/01/10 17:38:17 (permalink)
    Thanks! I'll give these a go.

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