So it's coming clear to me we have to keep talking about, gag, audio to keep Jimmy around for our daily dose of humor and wit. Perhaps I'll start a thread on Auratones being used in a psychological experiment related to the acoustics of ferret habitats. ;-)
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jimmy Dutt <bytemonkey@...> wrote:
>
> Mark Spano wrote:
> > Standalone apps and Audiosuite plugins require the audio be in file form.
> Depends on the available rigs for the gig. For example, I can run the
> standalone Nugen VisLM app on my old '06 Macbook Pro and feed it my Mac
> Pro's live playout via optical digital (TosLink > Mini-TosLink). If I
> want, I can run Orban's standalone meter (free!)* at the same time.
>
> If you want to do everything on one (Mac) rig, grab a TosLink > TosLink
> hose, jack the Digital Out to the Digital In (so the metering app can
> see it) then use Rogue Amoeba's "LineIn" app (also free)* to pick off
> and pass thru the Digital In feed to whatever output you want for
> monitoring. This way, you can meter *anything* you feed to the Mac's
> Digital Out: Quicktime player, VLC, Garage Band, AE, etc.
>
> Depending on how you do this you'll probably have the typical offset
> issues to pix, but if you're concentrating primarily on the sound and
> just making sure levels are good before mastering then it shouldn't be
> terribly bothersome.
>
> This may all sound "kludgey" -- but you can at least spend virtually
> nothing to try it out. And if your specs don't specifically require
> strict DD Dialnorm adherence then the A/85 or ITU-1770 LKFS setups
> should keep you on Santa's "nice" list for a lot less than an LM-100 or
> TC box. As always, YMMV. Tax and Delivery Charge Extra. Plastic Bag is
> Not a Toy.
>
> -jimmy
>
> * http://www.orban.com/meter/
> ** http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
>
> You can also grab the "Sound Source" I/O router while you're on the
> Rogue page, but for what this needs you can just Option+Click on the
> speaker icon in the Mac Menubar to accomplish much the same thing.
>
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