Metric AB from Plugin Alliance

[nachenko]

It’s on sale for $49 with code METRab-49-24 and you can stack your personal coupon. But be very quick. 24hr sale.

For 49$ + the discount you get from your personal monthly voucher, it's a bargain. Totally recommended.

[simon.a.billington]

It’s on sale for $49 with code METRab-49-24 and you can stack your personal coupon. But be very quick. 24hr sale.

For 49$ + the discount you get from your personal monthly voucher, it's a bargain. Totally recommended.

Absolutely. Especially if you don’t have the ideal mix environment or ideal monitoring situation. In this case your ears can be deceived more readily. Having visual tools like this can really help mitigate some of the issues arising from this.

There’s no harm getting a second opinion from your eyeballs.

[dannyhawaii]

I have MagicAB but since this has more comprehensive metering and will be supported long term, I went for it. Also, free with my monthly voucher. Woo hoo!

[e@rs]

Is it me or they didn't provide an uninstaller with version 1.1 on Win?

[simon.a.billington]

Is it me or they didn't provide an uninstaller with version 1.1 on Win?

I don’t think any Plugin Alliance plugins have uninstallers. I imagine that’s a problem they’ll solve at some stage. It might be worthwhile dropping them some feedback, though, if you feel it important enough.

Until then we have to remove it manually.

[e@rs]

All PA plugins have uninstallers, including Metric AB V1.0. V1.1 also had a different looking installer compared to all PA plugins I own or demoed.

[simon.a.billington]

All PA plugins have uninstallers, including Metric AB V1.0. V1.1 also had a different looking installer compared to all PA plugins I own or demoed.

Oh, well you can’t do it via their Installation Manager. So where are the uninstallers then??

[e@rs]

I download/install each plugin separately; never used the manager. Yeah, it's more work, but I actually enjoy it. And trust me, there are uninstallers.

[simon.a.billington]

I download/install each plugin separately; never used the manager. Yeah, it's more work, but I actually enjoy it. And trust me, there are uninstallers.

Well yeah if you do it that way.

I have over 40 of their plugins and it’s just madness to do it manually. I was doing around 30 before they bought out the IM and that took sooooo long. My time is better appropriated to doing things I will actually get paid for. I’ll be buggered if I’m going to start doing that again if I didn’t have to.

[Download SOphist]

new update, now apple silicon native!

changeling is a bit tedious, but here it goes:

ADPTR Metric AB - Changelog

Version 1.4.0 (Aug 4, 2023)
- Full native compatibility for Apple Silicon and MacOS 13 Ventura
UI
- Resizable UI (S,M,L,XL)
- Make Current UI size default option (via UI menu)
Analysis Graphs
- Re-Optimised graphics drawing system - faster and smoother than ever.
Sync Mode
- Sync mode now allows you to place a Cue marker to set the start point for playback - this allows you to select anywhere in the track to start the sync from.
Sync mode now detects invalid song position info and prompts you to start transport to set sync start position. i.e. works in Wavelab etc.
New : PDC Mode - for Hosts which do not report the correct plugin delay compensation to plugins - e.g. Logic PRO when bus tracks are enabled
Method - Click PDC button to open window, you will hear both A+B streams merged - edit the PDC time until you hear the tracks flanging in perfect sync, close PDC window and restart the transport
Loudness Meter and Matching
- Loudness Match buttons now on Compact view (next to Mono button under output meter)
- 4 Loudness Match modes -
A to B,
B to A
Match to target Loudness (you can set the default in the preferences page) - default is -14 LUFS
Match to track with the Lowest volume
Keep meters running when switching between analysis pages (dynamics / loudness)
- (previously Meters restarted when switching between pages)
click transport icon ’latch to DAW transport to active this
Dynamics Meter
- Dynamics metering option to keep meters running when switching between analysis pages
Analysis Modes (Spectrum / Correlation / Stereo Image). - P29 - Video
- You can now select graph types independently for each analysis page - e.g. Plot for Spectrum / Octaves for Correlation / Multi-Band for Stereo-Image
File Compatibility
- M4a audio file compatibility for Windows (Mac has had it since v1)
Filter Bank
- Filters have been re-designed to be more accurate and powerful
- Drag the filter range area with the mouse (left-right motion) to re-position/sweep frequencies
- Use the scroll wheel to edit the size of the filter range (minimum 1 octave - max full range)
- Use the drag ball to move the range (useful for when the range is very small, and you can use the scroll wheel to resize)
- Filter presets now remember last used settings (no need to save as default when switching between presets e.g. bass / mid / high)
- Fixed - high filter band was not correctly calibrated
- Fixed - filters were reducing the volume of the audible range
Organisation -
- Folders for Preset organisation
- Create and save to presets from the preset menu.
- Create and browse presets in user folders.
- Remove Missing Files command on Missing Files menu
Settings and Behaviour
- Revert to A stream when closing plugin (Settings / Default)
MIDI parameters
- All automation parameters are now available to MIDI controllers (previously some parameters were not available in some DAWs)
Loop Markers
- Added - Reset marker to max - right click inside loop region and select
- Added - Delete loop marker - right click on loop marker and select
Text Support for Audio files
- All text now rendered for better clarity / resizing
- Global Languages Character support for audio file names
- Hover over track slot to scroll full name on display (great for long track names which are truncated)
Fixed
- Fixed - Correlation Window gets stuck on Windows
- Fixed - Filter bank Filter slope does not update user preference / load user default
- Fixed - Youtube Loudness preset now -14 LUFS
- Fixed - Tidal Loudness preset now -14 LUFS
- Fixed - Incorrect Latency reporting of 1 sample (found on v1.3)
- Fixed - Spectrum dB/Hz popup on graph was not always visible (Mac only)
- Fixed - dB range on spectrum analyser can now be set to +36dB (was locked at 0dB on v1.4)
the default should be +36dB - Test - Drag edit Zoom dB between 0 and +36 dB -
- Fixed - Loudness Meters did not update when switching to Hi-Resolution mode (0-18 LUFS)
- Fixed - Cue Select buttons now transmit Automation data and Smart Controls
- Fixed - FFT Weighting now only changes Spectrum Plot mode (previously applied to all bar graphs)
- Fixed - Spectrum Bar Graphs callibrated flat to Pink Noise
- Fixed - FFT Weighting - now only applies to PLOT mode (previously applied to all bar graphs incorrectly)
- Fixed - Crashes due to ‘can’t locate missing file’

Version 1.3.0 (May 14, 2021)
- Fixed waveform calculation failing in Studio One 5
- Added OpenGL user setting for Windows version
- Fixed decibel zoom not working for some spectrum plot modes
- Fixed a potential crash during session launch
- Offline bounce now compensates for latency correctly (when graphics latency enabled)
- Offline boounce now passes A stream to the output when B selected

Version 1.2 (Feb 28, 2020)
- Added notarization support for macOS Catalina
- Fixed preset incompatibilities with 1.1.0
- Fixed default user settings being reset after launching a new instance of the plugin
- Corrected version number in plugin alliance Toolbar
- Settings window tidy up
- Fixed potential crash when validating the plugin in Logic


Version 1.1 (May 20, 2019)
- Fixed a host crash when moving files to a different location
- Fixed Metric AB crashes when starting playback of a song in Studio One
- Fixed Metric AB crash in Propellerhead Reason
- Fixed MP3s not getting loaded in Reference Track
- Added 'Presets' sub menu for quick access to user presets
- Added latency compensated graphics rendering option
- Added A and B stream master faders
- Added 36dB and 48dB filter slopes
- Added drag and drop track re-ordered in the playlist
- Added 'Organise Tracks' menu option
- Added 'Apply Current Playback Mode Globally' menu option
- Added infinite average mode
- Added current playhead position time readout
- Added cue and loop marker position time readouts
- Added 'Import Folder...' to load entire fodler of audio tracks at once
- Added frequency marker readout and cross hairs for mouse position on analysis graphs
- Added selecting B track toggles A/B button state
- Added large dynamics target PSR meter readout panel
- Improved compatibility with some MP3 files
- Filter parameters now exposed to host for automation purposes
- Cue points can now be clicked on the waveform overview
- Latch mode playback now starts from the active cue point after a preset or session has been loaded
- Analysis metrics are now computed with loudness match gain applied
- Analysis meter hold times now settable down to .1 second

[adl]

Here's a video about the new features:

[PieBerger]

I've been waiting so long for this update, literally the last essential plugin in my collection to go native and resizable UI is nice too!

[El°HYM]

new update, now apple silicon native!

changeling is a bit tedious, but here it goes:

ADPTR Metric AB - Changelog

Version 1.4.0 (Aug 4, 2023)
- Full native compatibility for Apple Silicon and MacOS 13 Ventura
UI
- Resizable UI (S,M,L,XL)
- Make Current UI size default option (via UI menu)
Analysis Graphs
- Re-Optimised graphics drawing system - faster and smoother than ever.
Sync Mode
- Sync mode now allows you to place a Cue marker to set the start point for playback - this allows you to select anywhere in the track to start the sync from.
Sync mode now detects invalid song position info and prompts you to start transport to set sync start position. i.e. works in Wavelab etc.
New : PDC Mode - for Hosts which do not report the correct plugin delay compensation to plugins - e.g. Logic PRO when bus tracks are enabled
Method - Click PDC button to open window, you will hear both A+B streams merged - edit the PDC time until you hear the tracks flanging in perfect sync, close PDC window and restart the transport
Loudness Meter and Matching
- Loudness Match buttons now on Compact view (next to Mono button under output meter)
- 4 Loudness Match modes -
A to B,
B to A
Match to target Loudness (you can set the default in the preferences page) - default is -14 LUFS
Match to track with the Lowest volume
Keep meters running when switching between analysis pages (dynamics / loudness)
- (previously Meters restarted when switching between pages)
click transport icon ’latch to DAW transport to active this
Dynamics Meter
- Dynamics metering option to keep meters running when switching between analysis pages
Analysis Modes (Spectrum / Correlation / Stereo Image). - P29 - Video
- You can now select graph types independently for each analysis page - e.g. Plot for Spectrum / Octaves for Correlation / Multi-Band for Stereo-Image
File Compatibility
- M4a audio file compatibility for Windows (Mac has had it since v1)
Filter Bank
- Filters have been re-designed to be more accurate and powerful
- Drag the filter range area with the mouse (left-right motion) to re-position/sweep frequencies
- Use the scroll wheel to edit the size of the filter range (minimum 1 octave - max full range)
- Use the drag ball to move the range (useful for when the range is very small, and you can use the scroll wheel to resize)
- Filter presets now remember last used settings (no need to save as default when switching between presets e.g. bass / mid / high)
- Fixed - high filter band was not correctly calibrated
- Fixed - filters were reducing the volume of the audible range
Organisation -
- Folders for Preset organisation
- Create and save to presets from the preset menu.
- Create and browse presets in user folders.
- Remove Missing Files command on Missing Files menu
Settings and Behaviour
- Revert to A stream when closing plugin (Settings / Default)
MIDI parameters
- All automation parameters are now available to MIDI controllers (previously some parameters were not available in some DAWs)
Loop Markers
- Added - Reset marker to max - right click inside loop region and select
- Added - Delete loop marker - right click on loop marker and select
Text Support for Audio files
- All text now rendered for better clarity / resizing
- Global Languages Character support for audio file names
- Hover over track slot to scroll full name on display (great for long track names which are truncated)
Fixed
- Fixed - Correlation Window gets stuck on Windows
- Fixed - Filter bank Filter slope does not update user preference / load user default
- Fixed - Youtube Loudness preset now -14 LUFS
- Fixed - Tidal Loudness preset now -14 LUFS
- Fixed - Incorrect Latency reporting of 1 sample (found on v1.3)
- Fixed - Spectrum dB/Hz popup on graph was not always visible (Mac only)
- Fixed - dB range on spectrum analyser can now be set to +36dB (was locked at 0dB on v1.4)
the default should be +36dB - Test - Drag edit Zoom dB between 0 and +36 dB -
- Fixed - Loudness Meters did not update when switching to Hi-Resolution mode (0-18 LUFS)
- Fixed - Cue Select buttons now transmit Automation data and Smart Controls
- Fixed - FFT Weighting now only changes Spectrum Plot mode (previously applied to all bar graphs)
- Fixed - Spectrum Bar Graphs callibrated flat to Pink Noise
- Fixed - FFT Weighting - now only applies to PLOT mode (previously applied to all bar graphs incorrectly)
- Fixed - Crashes due to ‘can’t locate missing file’

Version 1.3.0 (May 14, 2021)
- Fixed waveform calculation failing in Studio One 5
- Added OpenGL user setting for Windows version
- Fixed decibel zoom not working for some spectrum plot modes
- Fixed a potential crash during session launch
- Offline bounce now compensates for latency correctly (when graphics latency enabled)
- Offline boounce now passes A stream to the output when B selected

Version 1.2 (Feb 28, 2020)
- Added notarization support for macOS Catalina
- Fixed preset incompatibilities with 1.1.0
- Fixed default user settings being reset after launching a new instance of the plugin
- Corrected version number in plugin alliance Toolbar
- Settings window tidy up
- Fixed potential crash when validating the plugin in Logic


Version 1.1 (May 20, 2019)
- Fixed a host crash when moving files to a different location
- Fixed Metric AB crashes when starting playback of a song in Studio One
- Fixed Metric AB crash in Propellerhead Reason
- Fixed MP3s not getting loaded in Reference Track
- Added 'Presets' sub menu for quick access to user presets
- Added latency compensated graphics rendering option
- Added A and B stream master faders
- Added 36dB and 48dB filter slopes
- Added drag and drop track re-ordered in the playlist
- Added 'Organise Tracks' menu option
- Added 'Apply Current Playback Mode Globally' menu option
- Added infinite average mode
- Added current playhead position time readout
- Added cue and loop marker position time readouts
- Added 'Import Folder...' to load entire fodler of audio tracks at once
- Added frequency marker readout and cross hairs for mouse position on analysis graphs
- Added selecting B track toggles A/B button state
- Added large dynamics target PSR meter readout panel
- Improved compatibility with some MP3 files
- Filter parameters now exposed to host for automation purposes
- Cue points can now be clicked on the waveform overview
- Latch mode playback now starts from the active cue point after a preset or session has been loaded
- Analysis metrics are now computed with loudness match gain applied
- Analysis meter hold times now settable down to .1 second

One of the most essential plugins ever. I am sure this post will receive a lot of upvotes from all the kvr pro users.

[dermage]

MetricAB is great, I think have this version running stable since at least 1 year. (got by contacting developer directly as beta)
Must have for anyone mixing/mastering.

[Caine123]

woah i just updated it, awesome update, and again this tool shows it seems how much commercial releases give a f**k about loudness etc. i compare one of my tracks which i think is pretty well sounding and it is in the range of Competitive and the reference tracks are nearly all CRUSHED! lol