dpMeter 5: free metering plugin by TBProAudio
Free multi-standard loudness meter: LUFS, RMS, true peak.
Opens TBProAudio's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your drums, 808s and vocals
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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dpMeter 5 FAQ
Is dpMeter 5 free?
Yes. dpMeter 5 is a free metering plugin from TBProAudio. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is dpMeter 5 good for?
Free multi-standard loudness meter: LUFS, RMS, true peak.
What are the best alternatives to dpMeter 5?
Other free metering plugins worth trying are Youlean Loudness Meter (free), SPAN and MAnalyzer. See the full ranked list of free metering plugins.