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The Mini Meter is a free plugin for Pro Tools AAX native and DAWs supporting VST3. The Mini Meter supports mono and stereo tracks. The meter styles supported are Instant, Sample Peak, K-12, K-14, and K-20.
The Massive Meter plugin supports Pro Tools AAX native and DAWs supporting VST3.. The Massive Meter supports mono, stereo, and surround formations such as 5.1 and 7.1. The meter styles supported are Instant, Sample Peak, K-12, K-14, K-20, Linear, VU, and Digital VU.
The Massive Meter Pro plugin supports Pro Tools AAX native and HDX DSP and DAWs supporting VST3.. The Massive Meter Pro supports mono, stereo, surround formats such as 5.1 and 7.1, and immersive formats such as 7.1.2 and 9.1.4 The meter styles supported are Instant, Sample Peak, K-12, K-14, K-20, Linear, VU, Digital VU, Dorrough, and PPM Digital.
The Meter Bridge is a free application that supports connecting and displaying multiple meters in a remote display. The Meter Bridge also supports metering up to 8 channels of audio in mono and stereo formats from a CoreAudio device.
The Meter Bridge Pro is a paid application that supports connecting and displaying multiple meters in a remote display. The Meter Bridge Pro includes advanced customizations and workflows including linking and grouping meters. The Meter Bridge Pro also supports metering up to 384 channels in any channel format of audio from a CoreAudio device.
Downloads, Setup & Installation
The Meter Bridge and Meter Bridge Pro Configuration saves the Massive Meter unique identifier for each system that is connected.
This allows the Massive Meter Bridge to monitor the network and find previously connected Massive Meters in a Pro Tools system.
All Mini Meter, Massive Meter, and Massive Meter Pro plugins are automatically found and displayed as part of the Configuration.
The Meter Bridge Pro Template is a file format that saves the information about which Massive Meter or Massive Meter Pro host (Pro Tools or other DAW) as well as the specific plugins to display.
The Template saves various information such as Linked and Grouped plugins such that it is easy to save and restore settings for the specific system.
When using a Template, the name of the system in the Template must match the name of the Pro Tools system in the Massive Meter settings. Make sure the names are typed exactly the same including capitalization and spaces.
The Template pairs nicely with Pro Tools Session files that are used as templates.
The Massive Meter and Massive Meter Pro system name and plugin names and channel formats need to match between the Template and Pro Tools Session. This allows the Meter Bridge Pro to automatically find and connect the meters.
In Massive Meter settings (click the gear icon in the top right), you can name your Pro Tools or DAW system. This setting is stored in a settings file in the macOS user Preferences folder.
The Massive Meter and Massive Meter Pro allow you to rename the meter display name by either clicking on the meter name in the plugin to reveal a popup to change the name or in the settings under the Plugin tab.
Massive Meter Helper application is a separate application that communicates with Pro Tools to get information such as record, solo, and mute information and plugin order.
The Massive Meter plugin automatically laucnhes the Massive Meter Helper application when a plugin is instantiated.
Daily Use
Create a Meter Bridge Pro Template that matches the Pro Tools session template. This allows you to keep the same Massive Meter Bridge Template open when switching Pro Tools sessions. The Massive Meter Bridge will automatically connect to the new Pro Tools Session when it is opened.
You can double click on the meter in the Meter Bridge Pro. This will cause the meter to zoom and fill the entire space of the application. You can also click on the magnifier glass icon in the Massive Meter Pro (upper right hand corner) to zoom in or zoom out of a meter in the Meter Bridge Pro.
To change the scale of the meters, click and drag on the meter tick mark indicators to the left or right of the meters.
The max and min values along with the scaling can be changed.
To create multiple scale points command-click on the meter tick mark indicators and drag them.
To clear or return the scaling to the default, just double click on the meter tick mark indicators.
In the Massive Meter or Massive Meter Pro plugin, each plugin can be changed individually.
The Meter Bridge Pro supports "folding down meters".
To fold down a meter, hold the option key down and double click on the meter. To expand the meter, hold the option key down and double click on the meter again.
When using the Massive Meter Pro plugin, you can control the fold down state using the small double/single meter icon in the upper right hand bar of the meter plugin.
In the Meter Bridge Pro Configuration, the meters are displayed in the track order of your DAW. You can rearrange the meters by dragging and dropping them.
In the Meter Bridge Pro Template, the meters are displayed in the order they are created in the Template dialog. You can rearrange the meters by dragging and dropping them. The position of the meters are saved and restored in the Template.
The Meter Bridge and Meter Bridge Pro have a "Standard View" and a "Universe View".
The Standard View displays the meters grouped by system. When arranging meters in the Standard View, meters remain grouped by system.
The Universe View displays all meters as one group. In this view, meters can be arranged in any order.
To quickly change between the Standard View and Universe View, the keyboard shortcut command-u changes the view. You can also change the view in the settings/preferences under the Display tab.