The circuit was designed to create a volume unit meter that would be used to measure the intensity of audio or sound level. Volume Unit (VU) – an entity equal to a decibel for expressing the magnitude ...

Sound is pressure — the louder the sound, the greater the pressure. The greater the pressure, the more damage it can do to your ears. If you’re in a noisy environment, it’s important to know how ...

With a calibration DVD and sound level meter in hand, you can play a test pattern and set levels for your speakers. It also is a good idea to set all treble and bass controls to 0 as well. Set your ...

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 ...

While refurbishing an ageing audio mixer, I decided that the level meters needed special attention. Their rather horrible 100 µA edgewise movements had VU-type scales, the drive electronics being just ...