[BC] Weston VU Meters -

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 10 November 2005 01:04 pm, Barry Mishkind wrote:
>At 10:37 AM 11/10/2005, khcs at juno.com wrote
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>>If I might be permitted to jump in here, IIRC the "A" scale has the 
>>dB on top and the 0-100+% on the bottom, used more for 
>>recording.  The "B" scale has percent on top (for mod monitors and 
>>suchlike broadcast use) with the dB scale on the bottom.
>
>         Now, the next question is
>         "where did the term VU come from?" 

 "Volume Units" and if memory serves, was intended to be an approximation
 of the ear's response to changes in audio level.

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