VU meters for musicians

(Learning to compress.)


Instead of electronic tuners that sound correct in intonation only to themselves and not to the human brain...

Musicians should give themselves simple SPL (sound pressure level) VU meters.


So that they learn to reduce the objective dynamic range without reducing the subjective dynamic range. For example learning to play from ppp to FFF without making the needle move too much.


So that no electronic compressor is needed.


Bruce Swedien says compression is for kids.


Musicians are sensitive souls and can be the compressors of themselves. Playing and miking technique. It should be fun.


They can teach themselves keeping the VU meter needle not banging all over the place, gracefully moving. This is 2018. And it should be fun.