wide VU meters (added in 11.1.0)

[newlifedrama]

This is really minor, I almost hesitate to ask.
In SCS 10, the VU meters were wide (the bars were wide), and the bars nearly touched.
SCS11 has thin bars that are far apart, they just look funny to me.
Perhaps add an option to the Meters menu called "VUwide(Levels)" or something?

[Mike Daniell]

It may be a 'minor' request, but it's very easy to implement so this has now been added to the next release.

[alexrosello]

in old versions (10.7.6) the VU meters had three colors (green, yellow and red) and was more usefull to adjust the level of diferent tracks, but in SCS 10.9 and SCS 11 have only 2 colors. Is possible to have VU meters with 3 colors?
regards

[Mike Daniell]

in old versions (10.7.6) the VU meters had three colors (green, yellow and red) and was more usefull to adjust the level of diferent tracks, but in SCS 10.9 and SCS 11 have only 2 colors. Is possible to have VU meters with 3 colors?
regards

I could certainly implement this but I have some reservations about it. I removed red from the display as seeing a VU meter go into the red implies overload or clipping. This does not happen internally, however, with DirectSound (the underlying sound engine that the SCS design is based on) as DirectSound only provides audio attenuation, not amplification. That is why the maximum level is 0dB, and by default SCS sets device levels at -3dB.

Amplification is available with ASIO - both with BASS ASIO and SM-S ASIO, but currently the SCS user interface does not support levels greater than 0dB.