It was recently noticed (by Elena Novaretti) that the stock VU Meter is wildly inaccurate. It reads 0 dB when the input is at a level of-16 to -20dB. The original structure (it’s a module that can be opened and modified, like a prefab) is shown below:
Compare the three meters shown below. The top one has had the Float Function module removed, the middle is a third party VU meter, the bottom one is the Stock VU meter (which is off scale when the others read -10 dB!):
Removing the Float Fuction module with its formula values (shown below) results in a meter that gives a fairly accurate result
The working structure is shown below.
Note: You might think “so I can just take out the Float Function, and dB to Animation as the Volts to Float is alreading giving a dB VU output”? The answer is no, this won’t work correctly, we must have the dB to animation conversion module to get the correct (non-linear) meter scaling
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