HoRNet LU Meter MK2

A Loudness Meter to Set Your Levels Right

The HoRNet LU Meter MK2 is a digital loudness meter that offers auto gain staging and grouping functions. With its redesigned and resizable GUI, the meter conceals an intelligent tool designed to enhance your gain staging and mixing workflow.

The LU Meter MK2 uses Loudness Units, which measure audio based on human sound perception. This approach ensures that different frequencies at the same level produce accurate readings on the meter, allowing you to make better mixing decisions.

Moreover, HoRNet LU Meter MK2 provides momentary, short-term, and integrated readings according to the EBU R128 standard. It applies the “auto gain” concept to maintain the signal within the chosen LU level, ensuring consistent loudness. You can conduct auto gain and metering operations either by following the EBU standard (summing all channels in a single reading) or by operating separately in a non-standard way.

Loudness Meter with Safety

Since the meter measures loudness, single peaks might occasionally exceed 0 dBFS when auto gain is applied. To prevent this, we have included a safety “peak protection.” Whenever peaks rise above the chosen safety level, the plugin automatically adjusts the gain to keep peaks at the maximum set value.

Additionally, the meter’s default calibration is set to -18LUFS (Loudness Units Full Scale), but you can adjust this reference to aim for higher or lower levels as needed. By providing this flexibility, loudness metering helps you accurately judge the level of your master or individual tracks as perceived by the ear, enabling quicker and better mixing results.

In addition to these features, HoRNet LU Meter MK2 includes our “auto gain” algorithm, which automatically adjusts the track’s gain to stay within the chosen level, saving you time and ensuring consistent results.

Send Parameters to Group or All

Furthermore, you can easily copy many parameters in LU Meter MK2 across different instances of the plugin, either within the same group (such as your drums) or across every instance. This flexibility allows for seamless integration in your mixing setup.

You can share parameters like Gain, Reference, Max. Peak, Target, Mode, EBU Mode, Auto, and Color. To change the default behavior, simply right-click on the specific control to access its preferences. A green dot next to each control shows when “Send to group” is enabled, while an orange dot indicates when “Send to all” is enabled.