On my Master Bus, I've changed the meter to RMS Peak but I don't understand the peak. Normally, Peak briefly holds the highest value reached before either falling or disappearing but with RMS Peak, the peak is always about 10 db or more higher than the highest value shown on the meter. Why?
 
Thanks - rev

It sounds like you've selected the "lock peaks" option and not just the "hold peaks" option. Give it a look because I set up my meters the way you describe so I can see all the peaks after playback and adjust as needed.

Normally (for example) the meter might reach -12 and as it falls away it leaves a peak marker at -12.
 
Hold Peaks, as I understand it, should briefly hold the peak before it falls or disappears.
Lock Peaks should continue to display the peak at all times.
 
But on both those options, the meter might be at -12 and the peak is well into the red all the time.
 
That's the part I don't understand, where is the real peak? Why is the peak indicator in the red when the meter never goes there?

When set to display RMS and peak the main body of the meter display (the coloured band) shows RMS volume. The little line bobbing around a few (or more) dB above it is the peak indicator. It is quite possible for the (transient) peaks to go into the red while the RMS display is well below it.
 
Does that help?

Yes, that actually does help because it tells me that I probably have transient peaks that should be squashed.

Heres some more information on meters. Remember the online help has over 2000 pages of really helpful information.


http://www.cakewalk.com/D...mp;help=Mixing.17.html

http://www.cakewalk.com/D...mp;help=Mixing.17.html
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The link works for me in Win7, FireFox 38.0.1
Although for the current version of SONAR, pretty sure meters have not changed since 8.5

I've just checked using the latest ni in your post. I was editing a typo in my post maybe that was the problem. Want to try it again. Thanks.

OK, the link worked for me this time.
So assuming I have consistent peaks well above the RMS, how would I set about finding them and squashing them? I have a couple of Multiband Compressors. Would Cakewalk analyst be of any use?