Open the page in edit mode, tap an empty spot, and pick a meter from the Add sheet. Meter from track… shows a track’s level. GR Meter shows how hard a compressor is working. Meters on Control View pages and in plugin templates are part of the one-time unlock.
A level meter
- Open the page in edit mode and tap an empty spot.
- Choose Meter from track…. The Pick tracks sheet opens.
- Tap one or more tracks, then tap Add meter (it counts the meters you picked).
- Tap Done.
A gain-reduction meter
- Open the page in edit mode and tap an empty spot.
- Choose GR Meter.
- In a plugin template, the meter is placed and bound to that plugin straight away. On a Control View page, touch any control on the compressor in REAPER to bind it.
- Tap the meter to set its Style (Line, Bar or Arc), its Range in dB and Show ticks. Line and Bar also have an Orientation. Tap Save.
- Tap Done.
For loudness, spectrum, phase and VU meters, choose Meter (analyzer)… instead, or add a whole ready-made page: see Add a loudness and metering page to Control View.
If it doesn’t work
- The GR meter stays flat. It reads the gain reduction a plugin reports to REAPER. Most VST, VST3 and AU compressors do; JSFX compressors do not.
- The meter watches the wrong track. Tap it in edit mode and tap Re-bind…. The same track picker opens.