Just bought this, and love it. One possible suggestion would be to be able to have the option for a vertical placement on the screen. This would make it much easier to get other windows (at least on Mac) to play nice and have another cool look. =)
Bought this, love it! Is there any way to have it not be affected by Equalizer APO (and consequently its frontend, Peace)? Maybe there's some way to have it ignore audio enhancements in Windows (since that's how EQ APO operates)?
I use Peace to have EQ APO load different configurations based on what headphones I'm using or even using a flat config for my studio monitors. MiniMeters reflects the changes EQ APO makes, making the read-out by MiniMeters inaccurate unless I'm using a flat config.
Loading MiniMetersServer before Peace should fix the issue... but EQ APO can only load 64-bit VST2 DLLs - not VST3/AU/CLAP/etc. I've tried for a while to down-convert the MiniMetersServer VST3 to VST2 but it's been quite difficult.
If a x64 VST2 DLL could be created, that would be hugely appreciated. Not sure how else to solve this problem without fundamentally changing MiniMeters.
Hey! I will do more research but when I was writing the WASAPI backend I did not see a way to choose how far down the chain I was capturing from.
As for VST2 support: Unfortunately, Steinberg only allows newer devs to create VST3 Plug-Ins according to their license agreement. I have no interest in breaking their license agreement.
Thanks for the response! If you do eventually look into the WASAPI chain, hopefully it ends up being an easy change to make. I'll stick to using it with the MiniMetersServer VST3 in my DAW for the time being. Though EQ APO + Peace are used pretty ubiquitously, I suspect the chances of VST3 support being added to EQ APO is pretty slim
I did look into it. From what I can tell, WASAPI Loopback can only capture audio after all Audio Processing Objects are finished in the chain. I also looked into implementing my own APO with the intention to capture audio earlier in the chain, but there does not seem to be a mechanism to ensure MiniMeters would be before EQ APO.
For now, I will add a help page clarifying that EQ APO and MM are not generally compatible. I will also sit down and see if I can find any VST3 -> VST2 wrappers that are compatible.
However, do note that the MiniMetersServer Plug-In is open source (at the moment).
I did some tests and was unable to get any of the wrappers I tried to work properly with MiniMetersServer, but I am unsure if that is due to the wrappers or if something is preventing it from talking to MiniMeters properly. I will do more research there.
Hey! MiniMeters includes MiniMetersServer which is a VST3, AU, and CLAP plugin that will send audio to the application. There is more info here regarding the plug-in. Make sure your DAW is looking in the listed folders, and if you could, please double-check the plugin is in those folders. If not, I can definitely provide more support.
Hey! Could you please elaborate on what you mean by zooming in for phase alignment specifically? As for slowing down the Waveform, you should have a Speed setting in the Waveform module. Does that not work as you would expect?
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I've been using these every day for about a month, and they've now become invaluable for me. Fantastic work!
Two feature requests for consideration:
Thanks again, absolutely loving these meters!
Hey! Does the Mono mode not do what you expect in the Waveform? That is the sum of the left and right channels.
I may add a target range in a future update, but it's not planned at the moment.
Hey there! Thanks for the reply. Not seeing "mono" as an option currently. Mid/Side is useful, but not quite what I'm after.
Sorry, I apologize for the terminology confusion. Mid = Mono in this case.
Ahh, that seems to do the trick! Thanks for clarifying.
Love these meters, ty! Is there any way to change the FFT window for the spectrogram?
Hey! Thanks for picking it up. Not in 0.8.23, but that will be coming in an update!
First: Awesome job!!!
Just bought this, and love it. One possible suggestion would be to be able to have the option for a vertical placement on the screen. This would make it much easier to get other windows (at least on Mac) to play nice and have another cool look. =)
Thanks for the get app!
Patrick
Hey! This is highly requested, but has required me to do some light redesigning of some of the modules. This is planned for an update! Stay tuned.
Awesome! Programming can be a challenge, especially if you have to deal with Windows. hehe Will look forward to it.
Bought this, love it! Is there any way to have it not be affected by Equalizer APO (and consequently its frontend, Peace)? Maybe there's some way to have it ignore audio enhancements in Windows (since that's how EQ APO operates)?
I use Peace to have EQ APO load different configurations based on what headphones I'm using or even using a flat config for my studio monitors. MiniMeters reflects the changes EQ APO makes, making the read-out by MiniMeters inaccurate unless I'm using a flat config.
Loading MiniMetersServer before Peace should fix the issue... but EQ APO can only load 64-bit VST2 DLLs - not VST3/AU/CLAP/etc. I've tried for a while to down-convert the MiniMetersServer VST3 to VST2 but it's been quite difficult.
If a x64 VST2 DLL could be created, that would be hugely appreciated. Not sure how else to solve this problem without fundamentally changing MiniMeters.
Sorry for all the text - thanks!
Hey! I will do more research but when I was writing the WASAPI backend I did not see a way to choose how far down the chain I was capturing from.
As for VST2 support: Unfortunately, Steinberg only allows newer devs to create VST3 Plug-Ins according to their license agreement. I have no interest in breaking their license agreement.
Thanks for the response! If you do eventually look into the WASAPI chain, hopefully it ends up being an easy change to make. I'll stick to using it with the MiniMetersServer VST3 in my DAW for the time being. Though EQ APO + Peace are used pretty ubiquitously, I suspect the chances of VST3 support being added to EQ APO is pretty slim
I did look into it. From what I can tell, WASAPI Loopback can only capture audio after all Audio Processing Objects are finished in the chain. I also looked into implementing my own APO with the intention to capture audio earlier in the chain, but there does not seem to be a mechanism to ensure MiniMeters would be before EQ APO.
For now, I will add a help page clarifying that EQ APO and MM are not generally compatible. I will also sit down and see if I can find any VST3 -> VST2 wrappers that are compatible.
However, do note that the MiniMetersServer Plug-In is open source (at the moment).
Thank you so much! I don't know a ton about EQ APO under the hood, but if I can be any help at all, just let me know.
I did some tests and was unable to get any of the wrappers I tried to work properly with MiniMetersServer, but I am unsure if that is due to the wrappers or if something is preventing it from talking to MiniMeters properly. I will do more research there.
Is this a VST3, I am trying to pull it up in the MPC daw But its not finding it at all
Hey! MiniMeters includes MiniMetersServer which is a VST3, AU, and CLAP plugin that will send audio to the application. There is more info here regarding the plug-in. Make sure your DAW is looking in the listed folders, and if you could, please double-check the plugin is in those folders. If not, I can definitely provide more support.
Really nice. Would be cool if you could slower waveform window and zoom in to wave for better look to phase alignment. Thanks!
Hey! Could you please elaborate on what you mean by zooming in for phase alignment specifically? As for slowing down the Waveform, you should have a Speed setting in the Waveform module. Does that not work as you would expect?
I am very happy with it!
But is there a way to stop the updates?