Plugin similar to Hornet LU Meter MK2?

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Hi,

I'm looking for alternatives to the Hornet LU Meter. It is a very useful plugin generally, but there is one very annoying thing about it. If you hit the auto button and start playback the volume is boosted to "braindamage" levels for a split second too often. Is there a plugin out there with a similar feature set but better autogain behaviour?
In other words, I'm looking for a simple plugin where I can set a target LU level and the plugin automatically adjusts gain to reach that level.

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Hi,

I use TbProAudio free dpMeter and mvMeter in same way as Hornet LU Meter: https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/
Do not have an auto gain adjustment on playback, but have a Gain Match option to adjust level to set reference level.
So may be an alternative.

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Thanks for the suggestions. I've checked them both and mvMeter does pretty much everything I want. The GainMatch works really smoothly, no loud peaks.
For some reason the EBU reference level doesn't seem correct, it's 3db to loud. It's not a big deal though because I can just set it 3db lower.

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MLoudnessAnalyzer with Target/Auto Gain function
https://www.meldaproduction.com/MLoudnessAnalyzer

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GoodHertz Loudness is another good option,although it looks like you already found what you need. Loudness is very good though and free
https://goodhertz.com/loudness/

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Thanks guys, I'll check those.

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I also found Hornet's VU Meter (another Hornet auto gain plugin) did not null to a duplicate track with manual gain adjustment, mvMeter did null.
viewtopic.php?p=8889261&hilit=meter#p8889261

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I've tried both and they're both really good. I'll go with the Goodhertz plugin for now because I prefer the overall appearance/layout, but if it didn't exist I'd definitely use the Melda plugin. Both also use only ~1/4 of the cpu the Hornet LU meter uses, which actually matters quite a bit if you use it on 50+ tracks.

Thanks again for suggesting it!

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Another feature of MLoudnessAnalyzer is batch auto gain, this could be applied to a folder of various audio files and level them all to the same target LUFS.

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