[BC] Weston VU Meters -

[Dave]

Hmmmm....about 25 years ago I (think) I knew this. It means volume unit, and
I think the meters were designed to approximate the way we hear. Having a
meter that sort of showed how loud (and fast ears responded) to constantly
changing audio.

Dave



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Weston VU Meters -


> At 10:37 AM 11/10/2005, khcs at juno.com wrote
> >----------
> >
> >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?"
>
>
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