Metric Halo Production Bundle - Manual (Page 26)

Operation
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For the main output stage of Character we have provided meters driven with SpectraFoo metering technology.
These meters show, in addition to the peak metering provided for the input stages, RMS level and VU level.
The peak level is represented by the floating colored bar, the RMS level by the solid colored bar and the VU
level by the overlaid gray bar. Both the Peak and RMS level are represented with fast PPM ballistics. The VU
meter shows IEEE standard 300 ms RMS average level. When Character is on a mono insert there will be a
single meter. When Character is running in stereo mode the top meter shows the left channel output level and
the bottom meter shows the right channel output level. The output section clip lights activate if there is an over
in the output stage or in any of the processing section input stages. It is reset by clicking on the meter; Mac
⌥
(Option)–click or Windows Alt-click to reset the clip lights on all the meters.
A Note About Clipping Indicators:
The clip lights do not mean that the plug-in is clipping; it means that the audio level in the DSP is
currently over 0 dBFS. If you do not lower the signal level you run a chance of actually clipping the
input of another processor or D/A convertor.