Analog VU meters

[mb944]

Hi all!

What does the midi controller really lack to completely match analog mixers then??  VU METERS!!!! :-*

I had this idea (other poeple must of thought about it allready)...

woudn't it be cool to have live led baragraph vu meters

for each track, and why not a nice vintage stereo Needle vu meter for the sequencer's master output?? ::)

This would really make the mb a sexy piece of kit. And after some thought I came up with two solutions:

-a custom Vst that could convert the db level into a midi controler value (simplest approach, because you could then apply the vst to any track you need metering).

-Some kind of app that could "scan" the sequencer's variables to get the actual virtual vu level, and reconvert it to midi ctr... headach approach.. ???

Once we have the calculated db value in the mb, we could either output it to douts or, even better, use the mf board to output it to real analog meters!

Hey, using a clever vst, we could even meter differant frequency ranges and have ourselves, therfore, a...

MULTIBAND SPECTROMETER!!

no a douzen led baragraphs kicking up and down would really look smart.. hey?

So who out there can create a vst effect that converts the db in level into a midi out value???

I think it could revolutionise the midibox, beating therefore every single midi controller

(seen a vu on one? :P)

just a thought...

-Alex