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Cyan = chain stage levels  |  Green = stereo balance
The Problem

Meters that say "fine" on mixes that fall apart next to commercial tracks.

LUFS in range. True peak under. RMS healthy. And the mix still sounds small next to a reference — thin sides, soft punch, low end that smears on anything but your monitors. Conventional meters measure level. They don't measure translation.

Features

Metering built for chain-aware mixing.

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M/S & Correlation View

Monitor mid/side balance and stereo correlation in real time. Catch mono problems and width drift before they reach mastering.

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Loudness & Headroom

Integrated loudness, true peak, and crest factor readouts tuned for pre-limiter staging — not just VU nostalgia.

LUFS-I cross-check — method & results

The reference panel. Built for the chain it watches.

The Plugin
Meter Core interface with VU and analysis panels
Mixed with Meter Core: a recent We Are The Horsemen release was picked up and played by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 6.
Meter Core is built for chain-aware mixing — every stage of your signal path, read on one master-bus panel.

Get Meter Core. Free.

AU + VST3 for macOS (notarized) and VST3 for Windows x64 (signed) — download free, no signup needed.

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