"A unique audio meter and side chaining tool"
Description
Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter Pro (DPMP) is a unique audio analysis tool: it includes very flexible and customizable audio meters as well as advanced side chaining control capabilities thanks to its MIDI and automation output.
The metering capabilities of the DPMP plug-in let you control and monitor your audio signal exactly the way you want: almost every aspect of the meters can be customized. It now proposes five different scales, including Bob Katz's very popular K-System scales (K-12, K-14, K-16 and also the extra K-10). The graphs show the evolution of the audio envelopes over time, and the mid-side switch lets you verify mono compatibility problems and check the "stereoness" of your audio sources very easily.
The peak and RMS envelopes can be combined together, reversed, modified and recorded as automation curves (see the screenshots) or sent as MIDI CC messages to control other effects in real time. The Peak Meter Pro Tutorials explain how to use these unique capabilities in your favorite host. Possibilities are endless, from voice over and ducking to side chain compression, multiple tracks monitoring or dynamic stereo enhancement. It is also possible to control external MIDI hardware (such a synths, MIDI effects), video effects or lighting systems with an audio signal. Thanks to the ability to customize the MIDI output response curve for each parameter, the output can be made compatible with any MIDI device.
Last but not least, the skinning capabilities of this plug-in will let you customize the way you monitor your signal: create your own skins or download skins from our website.
Features
Main Features
- Digital peak & RMS vu-meter.
- Total control over the metering characteristics.
- Bob Katz's K-System scales support (K-12 / K-14 / K-20 and K-10)
- Instant, average and maximum audio levels.
- Stereo or mid-side analysis.
- Control in real time any MIDI-compatible plug-in or external MIDI device with the RMS or peak envelope of the signal thanks to the plugin's MIDI CC output. See the Tutorials section for more examples.
- Record the output parameters (peak, RMS value, transformed envelopes, clip etc.) as automation curves.
- Manage the shape of the output envelope: record reversed envelope, change amount of signal, and offset the generated envelope. This lets you use the plug-in for side chain ducking, compression and much more.
- Advanced signal monitoring with envelopes real time display.
- Easy 'stereoness' and phase cancelation measurement.
- Opacity control for the user interface.
- Multiple skins included.
Blue Cat Audio Standards:
- Available as:
Mac-AAX, Mac-AU, Mac-RTAS, Mac-VST, Win-DX, Win-RTAS, Win-VST, Win x64-DX, Win x64-VST.
- Native DSP code for optimal performance.
- Skinnable user interface.
- Smooth Update: silent, zipper-free parameters update.
- Full automation support.
- No CPU load on idle: when the plug-in is fed with silence, the processing smoothly shuts down, to optimize the CPU usage of your Digital Audio Workstation.
- Real time MIDI control with advanced settings and MIDI learn.
- Automation and MIDI output: record output parameters as automation curves or send MIDI CC messages to other plug-ins for powerful side chain effects.
- Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plug-in with absolutely no noise.
- Undo/Redo.
- Import/Export presets in a host independent format.
- Any sample rate supported.
Screenshots
You can find more skins for this product here.
User Comments & Reviews
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System Requirements
Windows
- SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or later).
- Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.
- Any DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64 bit).
Mac OS X
- An Intel or PowerPC processor.
- Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6).
- Any VST / Audio Unit (32/64-bit) / RTAS / AAX compatible application.
For more information about supported platforms, see our FAQ.
Demo Limitations
- One single instance of the plug-in per session.
- The plug-in is regularly bypassed for a few seconds.
V3.5 (2011/07/11) |
- Output data rate (MIDI CC or automation) can now be customized, from 20 to 500 Hz.
- Increased the default output data rate (from 20 to 50 Hz) for smoother side chaining and increased meters precision.
- All meters can now be reset with a single button.
- Envelope graphs can now be zoomed.
- Windows: improved settings dialog loading time.
- Mac: user interface performance improvement (up to 30% lighter on cpu).
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V3.42 (2011/02/10) |
- Fixed keyboard focus stealing issue in Pro Tools and several other host applications.
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V3.41 (2010/11/29) |
| Fixed incompatibility issues with older presets in the previous version. |
V3.4 (2010/11/18) |
- Added custom K-10 scale support.
- 64-bit Mac VST support.
- User interface enhancements: new look and feel and improved readability.
- Faster user interface loading.
- Reduced memory footprint.
- Improved MIDI and automation output precision: now prevents hosts from wrongly interpolating between values.
- Default release time is now shorter.
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V3.32 (2010/03/19) |
This update only concerns the RTAS version of the plug-in:
- RTAS plug-in bug fix: when using both the mono and stereo versions in the same session, the controls of the instances were linked together.
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V3.31 (2010/02/25) |
- Demo version now displays a nag screen only once per session, and only when opening the user interface of the plug-in.
- Mac: fixed crash with demo version in Ableton Live 8.1.1.
- Mac AU: output parameters routing now works for more than one instance in Logic Pro's Environment.
- Mac AU: fixed output parameters that could exceed defined range and not record properly as automation curves.
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V3.3 (2010/02/15) |
- RTAS plugin format support for Pro Tools (Mac and Windows).
- 64-bit applications support for Windows DX and VST under Windows x64.
- Mac AU 64-bit format support (compatible with 64-bit Logic 9.1 on Snow Leopard)
- Fixed MIDI learn issues.
- Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
- Mac: fixed user interface crashes in some hosts under Snow Leopard.
- Mac: fixed keyboard/mouse focus issues in some hosts.
- Mac: fixed user interface crashes in some hosts, when used with particular display settings.
- Mac: fixed multiple screens issue.
- Mac-AU: fixed user interface resizing issue when changing skin in some hosts (Logic).
- Mac-AU: fixed settings lost issue when doing offline rendering in some applications.
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V3.21 (2009/05/05) |
| Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac. |
V3.2 (2009/02/27) |
- Mac Audio Unit support.
- Improved accuracy of MIDI output.
- Automation output can now be disabled for hosts that do not propose automated parameters choice.
- The average RMS value now corresponds to the RMS level of the entire song played thru the plugin.
- New Windows Installer (you should uninstall any previous version before installing this new one).
- New documentation format.
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V3.1 (2008/12/10) |
- Now available for Mac in VST format.
- Minor user interface changes.
- (Bug fix): keyboard shortcuts are no longer forwarded to host application when entering values in edit boxes.
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V3.0 (2008/03/03) |
- New user interface design.
- Bob Katz's K-System scales support (K-12 / K-14 / K-20).
- You can now blend RMS and Peak envelopes for the tranformed output.
- New mid-side mode: you can now easily switch from Left-Right to Mid-Side stereo mode for instant mono compatibility check.
- Average values display.
- The output envelope can now be a combination of the peak and RMS envelopes.
- Main MIDI settings are now available from the main panel.
- Undo/Redo support.
- Import/Export presets in a host independent format and share them between the directX and VST versions.
- Window Opacity Management: make the plugin window transparent and see behind.
- New toolbar to access main functionalities.
- Main MIDI settings are now available from the plugin user interface.
- Curves are now anti-aliased.
- Improved the display of parameters values in the MIDI settings panel and the host application.
- Improved graphs refresh rate.
- Reduced memory consumption when using several instances.
- Improved Skins loading performance.
- Default values for MIDI controllers have been changed to be more convenient.
- Blue Cat's Skinning Language 1.4.2 support.
- Warning: this new version has so many new features that it is installed as a new plug-in. If you have a previous version installed and do not want to keep it, just uninstall it.
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V2.4 (2006/12/11) |
- (Bug fix): the preset MIDI output settings were not restored correctly when re-opening a project or changing a preset.
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V2.3 (2006/11/29) |
- Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4.
- Curves are now antialiased.
- Parameters can be fine tuned when the shift key is down.
- CPU efficiency improvement: no processing occurs when input is silent.
- Settings window now loads faster.
- (Bug fix): in some plug-in adapters (such as FxPansion's VST to RTAS adapter) the GUI did not display properly when first loaded.
- (Bug fix): when reinstalling the software in another directory, the "skin not found" message was displayed.
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V2.2 (2006/09/27) |
- Minor UI enhancement for hosts not supporting Windows XP Theme.
- (Bug fix): presets load/save did not always work properly in Sonar 5 for some european versions of Windows XP.
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V2.1 (2006/09/05) |
- VST version bug-fix: some host applications did not see the MIDI output of the plug-in.
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V2.0 (2006/09/04) |
- The plug-in is now 100% real time thanks to the MIDI output capability: generated envelopes can be used to control any MIDI device or plug-in.
- Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
- Skinnable User Interface with Blue Cat's Skinning language V1.2.1 support.
- RMS value
- Real time envelopes display
- All parameters can now be fine tuned thanks to a text-edit popup window that appears when double clicking on user interface widgets.
- Warning: because it now supports MIDI events, the DirectX plug-in may appear in the "Synth" or "DXi" category instead of "effects" in some hosts (such as Cakewalk Sonar).
If it does not appear in you host, you might want to use our DXi Manager to de-activate MIDI features.
- Warning: this new version breaks the presets compatibility, and is thus installed as a new plug-in. If you have a previous version installed and do not want to keep it, just uninstall it manually.
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V1.1 (2005/01/10) |
- VST Version released.
- GUI Improvement: now supports non-standard DPI Settings.
- The plug-in now also records clip information.
- The parameters have been simplified.
- Version info now shown in about box (click on logo).
- (Bug fix): host may crash when stopping playback and the "Off" button of the peak meter is pressed.
- decay time can be set up to 1000 ms.
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V1.0 (2004/11/01) |
| First DirectX Version |
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