TC Electronic LM2 Plug-in - Manual (Page 8)

8 / LM6 Radar Loudness Meter
Basic Use
LM6/LM2 makes use of a unique way of visualizing short-term loudness, loudness
history, and long-term statistical descriptors. It may be used with mono, stereo and
5.1 (LM6 only) material for any type of program material.
Press the Radar key to bring up the Radar page. This page will be used most of the
time. The basic functionality of the Radar page is shown in Fig 3.
Fig 3 - Radar page features
Target Loudness is displayed at 12 o’clock of the outer ring, and at the bold circle
of the radar indicated also by the transition from green to yellow. The descriptors
Loudness Range and Program Loudness, are the yellow numbers in the lower part of
the display. Press the Reset key to reset Radar and Descriptors.
Use Reset to clear all current meassurements and restart meter revolution from 12
o’clock position. The Pause function simply makes a temporary break in the metering
an measumenst. Press the “Main” key to set basic setting such as Descriptor type,
Loudness standard and Loudness units. Press the “Setup” key to access Radar page
settings and path for Log file. (LM6 only)
Presets are handled via your host.