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TT Dynamic Range Meter
TT Dynamic Range Meter by Pleasurize Music Foundation is a Virtual Effect Audio Plugin for macOS and Windows. It functions as a VST Plugin and an Audio Units Plugin.
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In January 2009, The Pleasurize Music Foundation launched a wide-ranging initiative for ending the "Loudness War" being waged by successive music releases. This initiative aims to introduce a dynamic standard through several phases.

TT Dynamic Range Meter makes it possible to provide releases with a whole-number dynamic value to be printed on the recording medium as a logo, giving consumers an immediate means of knowing the dynamic quality of a recording.

An online database is planned for furnishing information on music already released with the standard. In this way, conditions have been met for the creation of a single standard for audio recorded media – a step which was taken by the film industry over thirty years ago. Music with small dynamic range has a low value, for example DR4 (Dynamic Range = 4dB). Music with a large dynamic range has a higher DR value, for example DR14 or more. In this case, music can breathe and loud events are actually louder.

Founder and conceptual father Friedemann Tischmeyer on the functions and aims of the Foundation:

"We believe that music – as an artistic means of expression – should transmit emotions. Nowadays, this is possible only to a limited degree because dynamics — a fundamental part of expressivity — are often missing. On a subconscious level, emotions are expressed by musicians emphasized with a feeling of urgency or insistence. Modern mainstream music sounds like a flatly pressed board being rammed through loudspeakers and uses the greatest possible amount of intrusiveness just as advertising does – as a means of constantly trying to get the listener's attention. In this way, a fundamental aspect of music is lost. Countless consumers who are old enough to remember more dynamic music are not even aware of what is wrong with releases nowadays. The experience of buying music has become frustrating. Who wants to spend money for music that just beats your ears? This process of over-compressing music has been occurring in such a gradual, insidious way that many industry professionals are unable to draw clear boundaries between music that is over-compressed and music that is not. One thing is for sure: when we turn music off because it is getting on our nerves, then it is probably because of a lack of dynamics. Unfortunately, strongly compressed music is also an unpleasant way of generating aggression. We who create music have a certain responsibility with regards to the rest of society."

How did this phenomenon happen?
"The arrival of digital technology has made it technically possible for this process, thereby answering the commercial need of simply wanting to be heard. The principle is: 'Whoever shouts the loudest will be heard.' For labels and radio stations, loudness is the most important criterion in music. And that is where our work begins: We aim to provide qualified information so that people understand that loudness is not a measure of quality in music! There is a great lack of information in this area which has taken on huge proportions: most young people have never heard truly dynamic music played over a good-sounding hi-fi system. I believe that some of them would be so emotionally overwhelmed that they would cry with joy when hearing truly dynamic music under such conditions."

What made you begin this wide-reaching initiative?
"As a mastering engineer I stand right in the crossfire between the detail-work of trying to obtain the best possible sound and the commercial pressures of my customers. Even when a customer knows that the sound suffers when dynamic range is further decreased, they accept this for fear of not being heard. This makes all my efforts involving working on fine nuances of sound practically obsolete. The only choice we are given is to make the loudest possible master with the least amount of sound-quality damage. Of course, that is not a satisfying way of working – all of the leading mastering engineers in the world agree here."

"We therefore believe that our standard will increase the value of music. It is too simplistic to make the MP3 format out to be the scapegoat with regards to the current market situation in the entire music industry. The truth is more complex. The loss of emotional value in music is also a big part of this. We believe that our standard will strengthen the entire music industry. As soon as good-sounding music is once again purchased, musicians and all the creative people involved in making and producing music will profit."

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steve.reaver
steve.reaver
1 February 2012 at 7:42am

Where is the actual download link for this thing ? I've never been able to find it, but people seem to love this so it must exist. I'm after the VST version and there is no obvious download link for the dll on either the Brainworks site or the Pleasurize Music site.

etherdesign
etherdesign
11 May 2012 at 4:14am

Here's the link to the plugin I found on their forums:

http://www.dynamicrange.de/sites/default/files/DR-Meter 1_4a.zip

stunkit
stunkit
29 July 2014 at 11:52pm

Thanks.

encodemafia
encodemafia
21 April 2017 at 10:07am

thank u.

Hadal
Hadal
29 April 2012 at 7:05pm

I found the VST by googling and going directly to their site. This tool sounds very useful for monitoring the dynamics in a song, but when I use it in Ableton, there is no feedback in the dynamic range box. Perhaps I am using it wrong, but it may also be a bug.

viceverser
viceverser
1 October 2014 at 8:33am

Is there any chance of x64 version of this coming??? or is it a dead project?

itzhak yaron
itzhak yaron
29 October 2014 at 4:20am

I am trying to download the mac version and I get the PC one can someone send a link to the MAc version?

DCocharro
DCocharro
27 June 2015 at 1:24pm

The same with me, can not find the mac version.

DCocharro
DCocharro
27 June 2015 at 1:24pm

The same with me, can not find the mac version.

HARTOJO
HARTOJO
11 August 2015 at 7:31am

Here you go, but you need to register:

Mac version:

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Audio/Dynamic-Range-Meter.shtml.

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micklamm
micklamm
14 August 2015 at 7:38am

Hi.

Can someone please explain to me how to install the TT Dynamic Range Meter on an iMac? I have tried everything with no success.

Thanks.

Michael.

stardustmedia
stardustmedia
30 September 2015 at 7:09am

I'd like to find a page where I can download it. The only one I could find is the bx_meter, but it's 99$ : (.

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23 April 2020 at 4:28pm

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