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August 2000 - Tip 3 |
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For August 2000 we are examining how recording engineering relates to music production. Many times the engineering skills that allow a person to operate recording gear can be used by the producer to "direct" the musicians that are recording the song. |
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| PRODUCTION BY METERS - PART 4 | |||
Using a VU Meter To Level |
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| BY ROBERT DENNIS | |||
POST DATE 8/21/2000 |
| Last tip I talked about using the VU Meter to level for apparent level (how loud a recording is to the ears). But how do you read the meter? Its not just as simple as adjusting the level of the recording so that the highest VU peak reads zero. |
| When I was the Mastering Supervisor for Motown, I developed a way to reading a VU Meter to get all of the cuts of the record the same apparent level. If you used this method and put all of the cuts of your CD release onto a DAT tape in the sequence wanted, all of the cuts would, more or less, have the same apparent volume. |
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