DRMeter MkII User Manual M A AT Inc. MAAT Incorporated 101 Cooper St Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA More affordable yet essential tools & tips at: www.maat.digital Table of Contents Installation & Setup .................................................................................7 Licensing .................................................................................................................................... 7 Online Activation .........................................................................................................................................................................8 Offline Activation ........................................................................................................................................................................8 Quick Start ............................................................................................ 10 Introduction .......................................................................................... 10 Another Metering Tool? .......................................................................................................... 10 The Evolution of Metering ....................................................................... 12 Who Needs DR Metering These Days? .....................................................................................12 Evolution of DR ........................................................................................................................13 DR Basics .............................................................................................. 13 Pitfalls of DR measurement .....................................................................................................13 Interpreting DR measurements ...............................................................................................14 DRM2 Features ....................................................................................... 14 Main .........................................................................................................................................14 Unique Features ...................................................................................................................... 15 Additional Functions ............................................................................................................... 15 The Interface ......................................................................................... 16 Description of Functionality .................................................................... 17 [1] D–t button (Dynamic Mode) ...............................................................................................17 Mode 1 — DR ..............................................................................................................................................................................18 Mode 2 — PSR ............................................................................................................................................................................18 Mode 3 — LRA ............................................................................................................................................................................18 [1.1] Numeric Display .................................................................................................................................................................18 [1.2] D–MODE Bar Graph ..........................................................................................................................................................19 Friedemann´s User Tip #1 ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 [2] L-MODE button (Loudness Mode) ..................................................................................... 20 [2.1] Numeric Loudness Displays ........................................................................................................................................... 22 [2.1] L–MODE Bar Graphs ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 [2.2 & 2.3] Display Thresholds (Back Panel) ......................................................................................................................... 22 Friedemann´s User Tip #2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 [3] Integrated DRi & LUi/LUFSi ................................................................................................ 23 Friedemann’s User Tip #3 .........................................................................................................................................................24 [3.1] Play/Pause ...........................................................................................................................................................................24 [3.2] Auto Mode ..........................................................................................................................................................................24 Integrated Measurements ...................................................................................................... 25 [3.3] Gate ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Friedemann’s User Tip #4 — for Advertising Clients ........................................................................................................ 26 [3.4] Gate Enable (Back Panel) .................................................................................................................................................27 [3.5] DR .........................................................................................................................................................................................27 [4] True Peak ............................................................................................................................ 27 True Peak Numeric Display ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 True Peak Bar Graph ................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Limiters ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 [4.1] True Peak Enable (Back Panel) ....................................................................................................................................... 29 [5] True Peak Threshold .......................................................................................................... 29 [6] 0 LU/Target Loudness ........................................................................................................ 29 [6.1] Relative Scale .................................................................................................................................................................... 30 [6.2] Absolute and Relative Switch (Back Panel) ................................................................................................................ 30 [6.1 & 6.2] Absolute Versus Relative ...................................................................................................................................... 30 [6.3] Relative Scale +9 & +18 ....................................................................................................................................................31 [7] -18 ㏈FS Reference ............................................................................................................. 32 [8] LINK .................................................................................................................................... 33 [9] RESET .................................................................................................................................. 33 [10] Digital Silence .................................................................................................................. 33 [11] AAC .................................................................................................................................... 33 [12] Dynamic Deviation ........................................................................................................... 35 Dynamic Deviation Examples .................................................................................................................................................37 More about Dynamic Deviation ............................................................................................................................................ 38 Drag & Drop with DRO2 .......................................................................................................... 38 Back Panel Setup ................................................................................... 39 [13] Back Panel .......................................................................................................................