[BC] Weston VU Meters -

[Gary Zocolo]

Ding Ding Ding....Cowboy is a winner....I think Volume Units are also related to the Bell....which is another unit...named after Alexander Graham of the same name....divided into 10, we recognize it as a decibel. or dB. The capital B is for Bells last name.
 
Gary Zocolo
Cumulus Engineering
Youngstown-Canton-Sharon



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cowboy 
  To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [BC] Weston VU Meters -


  On Thursday 10 November 2005 01:04 pm, Barry Mishkind wrote:
  >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?" 

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

   Did I win ?

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