Topic: quick P2 question

[Gordon]

what are the meter decay rate and meter peak decay??  I haven't messed with those & both are set to medium decay.  the manual doesn't tell what they are.  I googled peak decay and one link said it should be set to hold but didn't tell what it was for.  anyone???

[dennisrtyler]

what are the meter decay rate and meter peak decay??  I haven't messed with those & both are set to medium decay.  the manual doesn't tell what they are.  I googled peak decay and one link said it should be set to hold but didn't tell what it was for.  anyone???

i always assumed it was the rate at which the meters moved up and down. i set mine to fast(i think). if your meters respond at a rate at which you are pleased with don't change it. if you have been thinking that they move kinda slow change it.

[Brian Skalinder]

Doesn't control how fast the meters move up and down, but rather how long the meter lights stay on once lit.  Slower decay = stay lit longer.  Faster decay = stay lit shorter.  I always preferred a slow-ish decay on the peak so if there's a particularly loud peak while recording, and I don't look down fast enough to see the levels as they spike, the peak level holds briefly so I still have a chance to see it.

Change the settings and see for yourself which you prefer. 

[Gordon]

thanks

[dennisrtyler]

Doesn't control how fast the meters move up and down, but rather how long the meter lights stay on once lit.  Slower decay = stay lit longer.  Faster decay = stay lit shorter.  I always preferred a slow-ish decay on the peak so if there's a particularly loud peak while recording, and I don't look down fast enough to see the levels as they spike, the peak level holds briefly so I still have a chance to see it.

Change the settings and see for yourself which you prefer. 

thanks Brian

[macdaddy]

just too add...

the meter rate delay deals with all of the bars in the meter, except for the peak one; the peak light is the bar at the very (right) end of the deal. so if you set your peaks to solid/"hold" (no decay), but let your meter rate decay at a "medium" (normal) rate, then the meters will flicker and be pretty responsive, but your peaks will hold as little rectangles, so you can always see where you are... this way, you can check, and if yer peak light is at limit, you need to back off on the levels a touch, if it hits 'em again, then you need to back off again - in my case, when recording @ 24/96, i dont like to see anything over -6db. ever. so if i check and see that -6db has been reached, i know to back off levels a bit. doesnt matter when it happens, i just need to know it happens, so the peak hold works for me...

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