So....nar, so good?

My major downer is that the meters are really small, and as yet, I've found no way to make them any bigger.

Track or Console meters? Are you using horizontal meters in the track view?

brundlefly


Track or Console meters? Are you using horizontal meters in the track view?

The console meters - the buss and main master particularly. Is there a way to stretch them vertically?

Now that you mention horizontally, there's the ones at the bottom of the track view. I switched those off. I'll have a look at that tomorrow. Can they be stretched independently of the tracks? That would probably work. Good tip, thanks.

EDIT: I had switched off for the night, but I couldn't resist going to test that - unfortunately, no; they stay the same width as the tracks and they can't be undocked. Shame, but that would be getting into Samplitudes league really. Are the meters the same in all the X1 versions?

edjay

LANEY

Reaper is a toy IMO. 

 Well, that can only mean you haven't used it...

Agreed, I've been keeping tabs on their progress through the v4 alphas and betas and there's a lot going on over there, it's not remotely in 'toy' category at this point. I don't really use it for anything and am nowhere close to a fanchild, I'm more comfortable with Sonar and will be here for the foreseeable future, but Reaper in v4 is definitely a viable and powerful platform. 


About the console meters - do you have the console docked? Do they not stretch when you stretch the console upwards? I'm not clearly understanding this. 


The meters in Track View can be switched horizontal <-> vertical with a right-click contextual menu. When vertical, they will fill the view of that track - which means if you double-click to maximize the track, its meter will also maximize. When horizontal, they should fill the space available in the track infopane, depending on what modules you have selected to view in there. You can also stretch that infopane horizontally and the meters should stretch there too. 


If I'm not making sense or your question is different from what I'm understanding maybe send a screencapture or two to show what you mean?

I always have Roger Nicholls Free Inspector open on my master bus.




Can be downloaded here http://www.kaosaudio.com/roger-nichols-digital-inspector-free/

Thanks Andy!
Just downloaded it, cant wait to try 'er out. 

andychap


I always have Roger Nicholls Free Inspector open on my master bus.
 

A quick lunchtime blether: That looks interesting Andy, I'll give that a look.

I've downloaded this:

http://www.dynamicrange.de/es/es/download#menu1

There's this one too:

http://www.sonalksis.com/freeg.htm

edjay

Even if Reaper may not have so many features, it still has far better meters.

Plus Reaper (v3) has *heaps* of re-sizable GUI elements...
I know, I know... 2011 and it has re-sizable GUI elements?!? They must have stole that from alien technology.

+1!

andychap


I always have Roger Nicholls Free Inspector open on my master bus.
 

I  tried that and the TT tonight when I was moving some more songs over, but it's back to my system being right on it's edge. I've yet to try the Sonalksis - they've got one of these til-death-do-we-part registration systems.

Are you familiar with the TT? That's a pretty mad looking piece of kit.

I'll keep tweaking but it definitely looks like more RAM.

sykodelic


  I don't get why people come to a sonar forum and talk about reaper, etc.

If you read the OP, that might give you an idea

I have an hitachi drill.  I don't try to get everyone using a dewalt to switch.

I thought I made it clear that I'm switching form Reaper at this very moment?

I'm sure they have a forum to talk about there product.

I mentioned that in post #5 regarding arguments and fanbois

I'm not being funny, but it would be nice if you'd jumped in with something relevant to the OP. Is the OP really that much to unravel??

Incidentally, meters, subject matter.......anything interesting to say??

Oh yeah, also on the TT meter, as nice as it is, it can suck your performance. For some reason I have to increase my sample size / latency or I get crackles in it. I typically run at 64 sample (which is hot, I know). If I don't bump it up, the TT meter introduces crackles, so I usually only enable it when I'm specifically looking for it.

JoshWolfer


Oh yeah, also on the TT meter, as nice as it is, it can suck your performance.

Interesting, I got the crackles on that too, so perhaps it's not just my system bottoming out?

I doubt it. 

  I use the vstudio 700, core i7 3 ghz, and 8 GB of ram. It shouldn't be a problem. I think the plugin is just doing something funky. I bet if you increase the latency, the crackles will go away as well. I didn't have to do much. I think I just bumped it up from 64 to 128 samples in the ASIO panel.  

A low-cost (but not free) alternative to TT meter:
http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-ebuloudness/

I also use and recommend Nugen's Visualizer, but it's a bit pricier. 
http://www.nugenaudio.com/visualizer.php

edjay

JoshWolfer


I use the vstudio 700,core i7 3 ghz, and 8 GB of ram.

That's a top rig you've got there though - I'll just nip and put my setup in a sig. ( Duuuuh, already did that...!  )

You can see the difference in our systems though and I think that will make a difference too. It's woth a bit of switching between to see over time.

Worth every penny! I haven't had to worry about dropouts or performance problems ever since I got it. Before that I was using a core 2 duo with the Maudio profire 2626 on 32 bit OS. A solid rig still, but not nearly the cajones this one has.