It is roughly the average signal level though not precisely. A VU meter is not recommended as the sole metering method for digital systems - it is too slow to catch transients which may overload the ...

Given its appearance in one form or another in all but the cheapest audio gear produced in the last 70 years or so, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the ubiquitous VU meter is just one of tho ...

Last month we featured a project that aimed to recreate the iconic mechanical VU meter with an Arduino and ... but anything that helps improve the digital approximation of this sort of vintage ...