On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:34:19 -0400, Paul Winkler wrote: > > > Here's one that I suppose is non-controversial: > > > > > > Meters and Data Plots > > > > > > Vertical meters should be oriented such that upward movement represents > > > increase in the metered value and down represents decrease. > > > > Heh, non-controversial you say ;) > > > > One convention is that reduction meters got right to left (and presumably > > top to bottom, though I dont think I've never seen a vertical one). > > GAH... I totally forgot about that. I just looked at my RNC and > you're right :-P It has an LED meter like so: > > +----- gain reduction ------+ > 20 16 12 8 6 4 2 0 > * * * * * * * * > > I could swear I remember seeing an old tube compressor that > had a gain reduction meter with "more" to the right, so it > moved in opposition to the corresponding VU meter. > No idea what model it was, and this was about 6 years ago > so I could be mistaken. Could well, be I said "one convention", poor attempt at sarcasm. > I wonder how consistent this is in the world of hardware? > maybe I'll pop a question on rec.audio.pro. I think that (most of) the meter specifications say how the numbers should be layed out, not which way the meter indicator moves. - Steve
