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Quick Start

Barometer is a gain staging and metering utility - it provides precision loudness measurements alongside essential utility controls, all with zero added latency. Use Weather Station for Barometer on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Here's how to use it.

1

Insert on your master bus

Add Barometer as the last insert on your master bus (or any track you want to monitor). It adds zero latency. Use it for both metering and gain staging.

2

Read the meters

Play your track and watch the meters. The main readouts are:

  • •Integrated LUFS - cumulative average loudness from start of playback
  • •True Peak - highest inter-sample peak detected (should stay below -1 dBTP for streaming)
  • •Momentary LUFS - real-time loudness (400 ms window)
3

Check your targets

Compare your readings against platform targets:

PlatformTargetTrue Peak
Spotify-14 LUFS-1 dBTP
Apple Music-16 LUFS-1 dBTP
YouTube-14 LUFS-1 dBTP
Broadcast (EBU)-23 LUFS-1 dBTP
4

Gain-stage with the built-in tools

Use Barometer's utility controls to prep your mix:

  • •Gain - adjust input level (-96 to +24 dB)
  • •Mono - check mono compatibility
  • •Phase - invert polarity to check phase issues
  • •DC Filter - remove DC offset (5 Hz HPF)
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