dB scale on the audio tracks (feature request)

Musicvid wrote on 1/18/2022, 5:35 PM

It's not currently a feature, but if you retitle your thread with the words Feature Request, it will get noticed (I like it!). The developers are quite good about monitoring these forums.

In the meantime, open a copy in Sound Forge using the Vegas menu, and adjust as needed. Raising the volume at the event level in Vegas won't affect the displayed waveform.

rraud wrote on 1/18/2022, 5:48 PM

AFAIK, the waveform level ruler is not available in VP.
An output meter can be added to the track's header though. Right-click the header and select .. (you guessed it).."Show output meters".
I am not sure if it's been changed beyond VP-16.

Dexcon wrote on 1/18/2022, 8:06 PM

I am not sure if it's been changed beyond VP-16.

It's still there in VP19 and, as in VP16, the meter can be chosen display either horizontally or vertically in the track header. And then there's always the Mixing Console window (View/Window/Mixing Console checkbox). Right clicking on the Mixing Console's meters opens a window providing a choice of 8 db scales ranging from '-138 to 0 dB' to '-12 to 0 dB). Right clicking the track header meter also gives the same 8 options of dB ranges.

It's the same in VP18 as well.

rraud wrote on 1/19/2022, 8:50 AM

I am assuming the OP is asking for this type of level 'ruler' , like the one in Sound Forge below:

Otherwise VP has plenty of 'meter' options.

Shimager wrote on 1/19/2022, 1:44 PM

Indeed @rraud, that type of rules. It just brings the soundgraph into some perspective, better than the real time meters... But I understand this is not available, otherwise someone of you experts would already have pointed out. So indeed a feature request @Musicvid (now added). Thanks for thinking along.

Musicvid wrote on 1/19/2022, 3:48 PM

I get a lot more useful information from the ATSC loudness meters in Vegas than I do from the peak scale indices in Sound Forge. Once I learned how to use them, I never looked back. -23 LUFS broadcast, -15 LUFS internet, and a decent LRA (loudness range) is all I need to know. And they will save your behind if anyone picks up your productions for broadcast.

Shimager wrote on 1/19/2022, 4:15 PM

I fully agree @Musicvid , but during mixing in Vegas (yes I still use Vegas this way too as I do like its features) its always good to have a visual on the levels. Then only later I run it through the LUFS.

set wrote on 1/19/2022, 9:19 PM

I still learning on how to read the Loudness meter effectively, as I usually depends only on 'standard' meters.

rraud wrote on 1/20/2022, 9:50 AM

I get a lot more useful information from the ATSC loudness meters in Vegas than I do from the peak scale indices in Sound Forge

Sound Forge Pro has many meters, modes and scales (not to mention the many third-party plug-ins).
When mastering audio for broadcast or streaming, I double-check the final loudness factors using SFP's 'Statistics' tool, which scans the file (or selected region) about 100x faster than real time, which states the "integrated loudness (most important); range; true peak; short term and momentary".. as well as the usual dBFS peaks, RMS and where the max. and min. values occur. The values can also be copied to the clipboard and pasted to a text file or in the file's metadata.