VU meter

VU meter
a) A display in audio equipment that represents the loudness of the signal.

VU (volume unit) meters are wonderful to look at as their pointers swing merrily back and forth across their brightly-lit faces.

b) Any animated graphical representation of the volume of sound or music (often subdivided across channels).

The accuracy of VU meters is sometimes questioned in two areas.


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