fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 07:32:37AM +1100, cal wrote: > >> I started off my working life with 17 years in radio broadcasting, so the >> "traditional" vu meter and it's rigidly defined characteristics were very >> much a staple of life. I think that experience still colours my thinking. > > :-) That probably means you are US based, as I've *never* seen a > real VU in any European public broadcast studio (the 'pirates' had > them but reverted to peak meters when they becamce legal and could > afford UK gear). I got my exposure to VUs by occasionally working > on US manufactured desks (MCI!) and aligning Ampex multitracks... No, Australia, where in those days I think we lived with a perverted mix (eg 0vu == +8dbm) of Brit/BBC influences and US equipment realities. Ah yes, tweaking the old Ampexes, that was fun! cheers! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
