1.0.0 - A New MiniMeters
Released: Dec 23, 2024
- This update is free for existing users.
Highlights:
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New: Added VU Meter with the following settings:
- Calibration: Calibrate the input volume to match your target.
- Channel Selector: Select between Left, Right, Mid (Mono), and Side.
- Peak: Display a yellow dot when the VU Meter's level reaches the selected value in dBFS.
- Clip: Display a red dot when the VU Meter's level reaches the selected value in dBFS.
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New: VST3/AU/CLAP Plug-Ins for all of modules:
- MiniMeters - Featuring the new Quad Layout.
Plus a separate plug-in for each meter:
- Waveform (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- Oscilloscope (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- Spectrogram (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- Loudness (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- Stereometer (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- VU (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- Spectrum (VST3/AU/CLAP)
- Audio Server (VST3/AU/CLAP) - Formally MiniMetersServer
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New Multiple Layouts:
MiniMeters now has three available layouts:
- Horizontal (Customizable) - As seen in all prior versions of MiniMeters. Best when used on the top or bottom of your screen.
- New: Vertical (Customizable) - Best when used on the left or right of your monitor.
- New: Quad (Limited Customizability) - A simple Layout with Spectrogram, Waveform, Spectrum, and Stereometer modules laid out in a grid with a handy resizer. Perfect for filling a second monitor, or for use within the new MiniMeters Plug-In.
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New Presets:
- MiniMeters can now save presets! Presets store the position and size of the windows and settings of the selected modules.
- Toggle Auto-Save for the currently selected preset.
- Quickly swap between different presets with the "Preset" Drop Down menu in the Toolbar.
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New Audio Recording:
- MiniMeters can now record your system audio or audio from your DAW / Plug-In Host directly.
- This allows capturing audio from the selected audio source.
- See your most recent recordings by Right-Clicking on the Record button in MiniMeters's toolbar.
- Recordings are stored in 32-Bit Floating Point WAV files with the sample rate of your system or DAW (when using the Plug-In).
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New Audio Clip Capturing:
- Similar to the new Audio Recording feature, MiniMeters buffers the previous 60 seconds of audio MiniMeters and can be saved at any time.
- Add the "Clip 10 Seconds" or "Clip 60 Seconds" drag regions in the Toolbar to capture audio and drag it directly into your DAW, Audio Editor, Discord, a File Browser, or anywhere that will accept a WAV file. (Dragging out is not currently supported on Linux)
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New Color Maps:
- Just as Themes change the color of MiniMeters's UI, a Color Map can be selected which selects a gradient to be mapped to volume in the Spectrogram and Spectrum modules, and optionally in the Waveform module.
- Themes files can define a Color Map inline or a preferred Color Map. Selecting "Use Theme Colormap" from the Color Map selector to use this option. // FIXME: Implement.
- MiniMeters v1.0 comes with 8 predefined maps for use.
Notable Changes to the Meters:
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Waveform: Now shows a Time Code overlay when used in the Plug-In or when using the Audio Server VST3/AU/CLAP Plug-In with the Standalone MiniMeters.
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Loudness: Added the following modes: "LUFS: Momentary", "LUFS: Short Term", "RMS: Fast", and "RMS: Slow".
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Stereometer: Added an optional Correlation Meter with Single and Multi-Band modes.
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Stereometer: Added a Point Size option.
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Spectrum: Added Target Curve overlay.
- Drag an audio file over the Spectrum module to load it as a guide.
- Select the File, Offset, and Spread from the "Overlay" tab in the Spectrum Settings.
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Spectrum: FFT Size can now be adjusted from 1024 to 16384.
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Spectrum: Can now be rotated to match the orientation of other meters.
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Spectrum: Added the option to use the "Mel" scale mode.
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Oscilloscope: Now properly snaps to zero crossings with minimal additional latency.
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Spectrogram: Rebuilt from the ground up to be clearer and more customizable.
- Added a new Mode: "Sharper" which now improves the clarity in the time domain.
- Multiple FFT Size options added: 1024, 2048, and 4096;
- Added a simple Piano Overlay.
- You can now select "Mel" as your preferred scale option, in addition to Linear and Log.
- The can now select the speed of the display. This matches the speed of the Waveform module.
- Changing the Color Map updates the whole view in realtime.
Improvements:
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New: MiniMeters now has a brand new rendering engine:
- MiniMeters v1.0 now uses Metal on macOS, DirectX 11 on Windows, and OpenGLES 3.0 or OpenGL Core 3.3 on Linux.
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Audio Engine: MiniMeters is now completely sample rate independent. Previously, MiniMeters would downsample the incoming signal to 44100Hz before displaying the audio.
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General: Audio Devices, Themes, Presets, etc can now contain non-ASCII letters without issue.
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General: You can now disable auto-save by opening the Preset menu and deselecting "Auto-Save Settings".
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General: You can now hide the Reposition Hint in the Toolbar.
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General: Added minimize button to the Toolbar.
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General: Added a Drag Region to the Toolbar so those who cannot hold Alt on Windows, Cmd on macOS, or Super on Linux can still move the window around.
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General: Improved behavior when enabling and disabling modules. This should result in less shifting of modules.
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General: MiniMeters's code for interacting with the OS has been rewritten from the ground-up for macOS, Windows, and Linux to allow for new features such as Drag and Drop.
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General: MiniMeters now uses .ini files for themes and a custom format ".mms" presets and settings. These should be easier to hand edit when needed.
macOS Specific Changes:
- Engine: MiniMeters now defaults to using the Metal API for graphics acceleration.
- General: If the
Option key is held while MiniMeters is launched, a "Launch Settings" screen will display with graphics settings.
- General: You can now use Syphon to capture MiniMeters in OBS or your favorite VJ software. More Info: https://syphon.github.io
- General: MiniMeters now has traditional app menus in addition to its in-app toolbar.
- General: You can now hide MiniMeters from the Dock and display it in the Menu Bar. By selecting this option, MiniMeters can now appear on top of Full-Screen applications.
- Audio Engine: Users on macOS 14.2 and later can now select outputs other than the default for monitoring.
Windows Specific Changes:
- Engine: MiniMeters now defaults to using DirectX 11 for graphics acceleration.
- Windows: If the
Shift key is held while MiniMeters is launched, a "Launch Settings" screen will display with graphics settings.
- Windows: MiniMeters now uses an NSIS installer packages.
- Windows: The installer now remembers previously selected options.
Linux Specific Changes:
- Engine: MiniMeters now supports OpenGLES 3.0 in addition OpenGL Core 3.3. Will default to OpenGLES.
- Linux: EXPERIMENTAL MiniMeters now supports Arm-based Linux systems. This includes the Raspberry Pi, however high performance is not guaranteed. Please join the Discord if you are interested in discussing MiniMeters on the Pi.
- Linux: If set, MiniMeters will read
XDG_CONFIG_HOME for configurations and XDG_DATA_HOME for audio clips and recordings. If those are not set MiniMeters will check for HOME and store settings in $HOME/.MiniMeters; audio clips and recordings will be placed in $HOME/.MiniMeters/Recordings.
- Linux: Now has a hand-written native Wayland Implementation with fractional scaling support.
- Please note: Due to Wayland's lack of support for Clients positioning their application windows none of the window-positioning features in MiniMeters are available when using Wayland.
Changes:
- Terminology: "Audio Device" has been renamed to "Audio Source" throughout.
- Terminology: "Peak/LUFS" has been renamed to "Loudness".
- Terminology: MiniMetersServer has been renamed to "MiniMeters - Audio Server".
- Waveform: Renamed "None" to "Off" in Channel 2 selector.
- Settings: Sliders have been redesigned to be more space efficient.
- Settings: Trim slider now behaves in a more traditional way, hiding the cursor while dragging.
- General: Sliders now behave more consistently to many other audio applications.
Bug Fixes:
- macOS: Improved stability on macOS 13 - 14.1 when using Default Output Capture.
- macOS: Visuals no longer freeze while resizing the window.
- macOS: MiniMeters now positions correctly on macOS when display layout or resolution changes.
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Notes:
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