Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter Pro is an audio meter and side chaining tool with automation functionality.

As the big brother of the Peak Meter plug-in, the Digital Peak Meter Pro is able to record the peak information of the signal as an automation curve, as well as the fact that the signal clips.

Beyond this unique feature, its built-in automation management tool enables you to control the generated envelope: reverse and offset it, change the amount of signal... With these enhanced features you are now able to build you own 'voice over' tool with a few clicks: record the reversed envelope of your 'voice' track with an amount of 50%, assign it to the music track and you have an automated cross-fade between your track when the voice talks. You can also automatically cross fade video tracks depending on the volume of your audio tracks, apply a particular video effect depending on your drummer's strength or your keyboardist's mood... You have total control!

Changes in 4.05:

• Windows VST Installer now remembers where the plug-in was initially installed to simplify upgrades.
• Alt-Click on a control now resets the value to default in Pro Tools, as expected.
• Copy/paste the plug-in's current state from the presets menu using the system clipboard.
• Improved plug-in's memory efficiency
• Fixed version number reported to host application for VST and Audio Unit versions.

New in v4.01

• Changed default preset so that the plug-in fits into small laptop screens when opened.

New in v4

• Instant and average crest factor measurement.
• Peak, RMS and crest factor histograms.
• Control the attack and release shape of the peak envelope.
• Surround support (up to 8 channels).
• Brand new fully customizable user interface:
• New look and feel.
• Show/hide what you need.
• Fully customizable meters characteristics (range, headroom, color ranges).
• Control the brightness of meters and graphs.
• Meters and curves can now be frozen.
• New colored statistics display.
• Multiple display sizes.
• Improved readability.
• Animated transitions.
• New integrated presets manager:
• Load/save presets from the plug-in's user interface.
• Organize presets with folders.
• Customize the default preset.
• Exchange presets easily.
• Automation range and response curve can now be customized for each parameter (in and out).
• Automation and MIDI settings (channel, MIDI learn etc.) are now accessible from the main user interface.
• AAX plug-in format is now also supported on Windows (Pro Tools 10.2 required).
• Audio Suite support for the AAX version for offline levels measurements in Pro Tools.
• Various other improvements and bugfixes

New in v3.5

• Windows: improved settings dialog loading time.
• Output data rate (MIDI CC or automation) can now be customized, from 20 to 500 Hz.
• Increased the default output data rate (from 20 to 50 Hz) for smoother side chaining and increased meters precision.
• All meters can now be reset with a single button.
• Envelope graphs can now be zoomed.

New in v3.31

• Fixes random crashes with "Multi" series user interfaces.
• Demo versions improvement: demo popup window now only appears once per session, and only when opening the user interface.
• Mac: fixes a crash with demo versions in Ableton Live 8.1.
• Mac: fixes multiple screens issues with free plugins.
• Win x64: fixes issues with several hosts not recognizing plug-ins or not showing the settings window properly.
• Misc other bug fixes (more details available in the release logs for each plug-in).