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Pooh Bear wrote:
Why on earth would anyone actually *want* VU ballistics ? Possibly the
most meaningless measue of audio level available.

The ballistics simply relate to the inherent limitations of moving coil
meters ! Why be so limited ?

It's an experience thing. I grew up looking at mixes through VU meters
and my head is calibrated to them. It has little to do with getting
proper levels to tape or anything like that (true peak reading meters
are much better IMHO) but it's about evaluating loudness and mix element
balance for me. I think every proper monitor controller should have
some VU meters on it with zero VU calibrated to something meaningful.

Regards,

Monte McGuire