The Sonoris Meter is a high-resolution audio monitoring plugin designed by Sonoris Audio Engineering primarily for mixing and mastering professionals. It functions as a simultaneous peak and loudness meter, allowing engineers to visually monitor audio signals on a single consolidated scale without straining host CPU resources. Core Features
Integrated K-System Support: Beyond traditional audio scaling, it natively supports the integrated K-System created by mastering engineer Bob Katz. It includes three dedicated targets: K-12: Tailored for broadcast and radio productions.
K-14: Optimized for standard pop, rock, folk, and home theater mixes.
K-20: Reserved for wide dynamic range formats like orchestral and classical music.
Intersample Peak Detection: Features an oversampling peak meter mode that models a physical digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion process. This reveals hidden “intersample peaks” that cause clipping distortion on consumer playback systems, allowing engineers to maximize volume safely without creating audio artifacts.
Phase Correlation Monitoring: Includes a dedicated phase correlation meter at the bottom of the interface. It tracks the phase relationship of stereo channels on a linear LED scale from -1 (completely out of phase) to +1 (completely in phase), highlighting potential mono compatibility issues.
Hardware Monitor Calibration: Includes a built-in pink noise generator capable of pushing signal outputs specifically to calibrate external studio monitors to the standard 0dBr / 83dB SPL reference baseline.
Loudness Measurement Options: Tracks signal power through either Flat Root-Mean-Square (RMS/AES-17) or frequency-weighted Leq(A) measurement methods.
Configurable Clip Tracking: Allows users to adjust the specific number of consecutive clipping samples needed to trigger the visual clip warning, and features resettable clipping incident counters. Specifications & Architecture
Processing Resolution: 64-bit internal signal resolution supporting all standard studio sample rates.
Form Factors: Available across standard computer environments for VST, VST3, AU, and AAX hosting architectures.
Retail Value: Priced at approximately $91.82 (excluding VAT) directly from the manufacturer.
If you’re building out a studio signal chain, let me know if you are using it primarily to calibrate your physical monitors or if you need help configuring the oversampling settings to eliminate clipping artifacts. Meter – Sonoris Audio Engineering
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