We all love seeing data represented in pretty ways — whether it’s necessary or not. Take VU meters for example. They’re a super useful tool for audio editors to balance signals, but they also look ...

Last month we featured a project that aimed to recreate the iconic mechanical VU meter with an Arduino and a common OLED display. It was cheap and easy to implement, and promised to bring a little ...

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Once a mainstay of every station, the reel-to-reel recorder is now a mystery to some people. While most radio stations are fully digital now, there are still a few limited (often forgotten) parts of ...

Before starting Techaeris, I didn’t think too much about headphones, like many people I just picked up a pair of cheap buds and went about my day. It wasn’t until I started testing headphones of ...

What else would you expect from a company named Meters Music? What else would you expect from a company named Meters Music? Who’s Meters Music, you ask? I was pondering that same question when I first ...

Juergen Grau has once again returned to Kickstarter to launch his Nixie IN-28 Dot tubes VU-Meter, under the Make 100 banner allowing those interested to help create a small production one of 100 units ...

The best laid schemes of mice, men and niche British audio brands can go awry when the world is gripped by a global pandemic. Meters Music announced its new flagship headphones back in January, with ...

VU is an abbreviation for volume unit. Thus, a VU meter is a device for measuring the level of sound intensity with audio equipment, such as amplifiers and tape recorders. Although the measurements ...

It is roughly the average signal level though not precisely. A VU meter is not recommended as the sole metering method for digital systems - it is too slow to catch transients which may overload the ...