Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro (DPMP) is a comprehensive audio analysis tool that combines highly customizable metering with advanced side chaining control capabilities. This unique plug-in allows you to monitor peak, RMS, and crest factor levels with great flexibility, offering control over nearly every aspect of its meters. The tool supports five default scales, including Bob Katz’s popular K-System scales (K-12, K-14, K-20), and allows you to create custom scales to match your specific workflow.
DP Meter Pro provides visual feedback with large, colored statistics displays and histograms that show dynamic range. The real-time graphs track the evolution of your audio envelopes, while the mid-side switch helps detect phase and stereo image issues. With its multichannel support, the plug-in is compatible with mono, stereo, and surround tracks.
Beyond metering, DPMP also functions as a powerful side chaining tool: it generates MIDI CC messages and automation curves that can be used to control other plug-ins or external MIDI devices. You can customize, reverse, and combine envelopes to trigger side chain effects, ducking, dynamic stereo enhancement, and much more. The plug-in also includes a range of tutorials to help you unlock its full potential in your DAW.
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Audio Metering: Measure peak, RMS, and crest factor levels with customizable meters and multiple scales, including Bob Katz’s K-System scales.
- Dynamic Range Histograms: Visualize true dynamic range with real-time histograms that track the audio signal’s envelope over time.
- MIDI and Automation Output: Use the generated audio envelopes to control other effects via MIDI CC messages or automation curves, enabling dynamic side chain effects.
- Flexible Side Chaining: Combine, reverse, or offset envelopes to create custom side chain compression, ducking, and dynamic effects in real time.
- Phase & Stereo Monitoring: Easily analyze mono compatibility and stereo image with mid-side analysis and phase cancelation detection.
- Multichannel Support: Works with mono, stereo, and surround tracks, fitting seamlessly into any audio workflow.
- Customizable Interface: Modular user interface with multiple screen sizes and adjustable transparency and zoom.
System Requirements
Compatible with both macOS and Windows platforms. Specific plugin formats and hardware requirements apply.
Operating System:
- Windows: Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10
- Mac: OS X 10.9 or newer
Hardware:
- CPU: Intel or Apple Silicon (Mac), SSE2-enabled processor (Windows)
- Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AU, AAX
DP Meter Pro is optimized for low CPU usage and integrates smoothly with major DAWs for precise metering and control over audio signals.
