Evergreen Audio Design Group, founded by software engineering veteran Bob Brown, has announced the immediate release of the Post Production Metering Suite offering powerful new tools for flexible metering in post production studios.
The Post Production Metering Suite is a flexible software package combining the Massive Meter AAX plugin and Massive Meter Bridge desktop application for viewing of multiple meters in a single, customizable view.
The Massive Meter Bridge can view multiple Massive Meter plugins independent of what computer the plugins are hosted on. No special hardware or complicated second computer are needed, removing the considerable cost and complications often associated when creating such a system.
The suite provides one iLok based license for the Massive Meter Bridge application and four licenses for the Massive Meter plugin. Additional licenses for the Massive Meter Bridge desktop application can be purchased separately to expand the system and allow multiple views of the Massive Meters.
Post Production Metering Suite In More Detail
The Massive Meter can be used on tracks of any channel format and as many Massive Meters as needed can be used in a single Pro Tools system. The Massive Meters operate independently of the Massive Meter Bridge application and can be used on their own.
The Massive Meter Bridge desktop application allows a user to view as many Massive Meter plugins as there are and can view plugins on one, or multiple, Pro Tools systems. The Massive Meter Bridge application can run on the same, or different computer, as Pro Tools.
The real power of the Post Production Metering Suite is that the system can be setup to have multiple Massive Meter Bridge applications each with a customized view and each viewing Massive Meters on any Pro Tools system. This allows large post production stages to have custom meter views for each mix engineer or multiple views for each mix engineer.
Evergreen Audio Founder Bob Brown, who previously worked as a software engineer at Avid, explains why he created the Post Production Metering Suite. "In early 2022, I was speaking with a mix engineer and product design friend of mine about some challenges he was having with metering audio on large mix stages. He was looking at building a dedicated computer with an audio interface to route audio to for metering.
As we were speaking about this, I thought this is similar to other problems I have worked on. It seemed that I could create a software that would provide more flexibility and better workflows for a cheaper price than buying dedicated audio interfaces and easier than routing audio between systems."
Key Features
Meter as many audio tracks across as many computers as needed
Multiple copies of the Massive Meter Bridge viewing plugins at the same time providing each mix engineer with their custom meter view
Run the Massive Meter Bridge on different computer than Pro Tools to save system resources
Resizeable user interface to use as little or as much screen real estate as desired
Customized scaling to focus on the important ranges
Independent coloring for each meter
Customizable meter and system names
Show and hide individual meters or systems
Universe View shows all meters independent of which system the belong to
Gradient or segmented meter indicators
Meter Linking group meters together to provide PEC/Direct style metering
Meter in Peak or RMS mode
Meter Focus provides zooming into a specific meter in the Massive Meter Bridge
Supports "Always On Top" to allow the Massive Meter Bridge to be on top of a Pro Tools Session
Create Templates to match Pro Tools Session Templates for fast setup
Create Configurations that match specific Pro Tools Sessions
Supports all Pro Tools channel formats
Pricing & Availability
The Post Production Metering Suite works with macOS Mojave 10.14 through Monterey 12 in Pro Tools 12 and above. It has an introductory price of $399 until 19th November 2022 (normally $499). Additional licenses for the Massive Meter Bridge Application are discounted to $199 during the introductory period (normally $249). A free 14 day trial is available by clicking here.