Meter Ballistics

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Here is the first in a series of articles I have concerning meter ballistics.

 

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Some Questions and Answers on the Standard Volume Indicator ("VU Meter")

http://www.aes.org/aeshc/pdf/mcknight_qa-on-the-svi-6.pdf

 

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Reviews: Peak Programme, LED, VU Meters (Studio Sound Sept 1976)

Reviews: Peak Programme, LED, VU Meters by Hugh Ford, Studio Sound Sept 1976 pages 54-60, 62-64 and 66-68.

https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Studio-Sound/70s/Studio-Sound-1976-09.pdf

 

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Methods to Evaluate the Ballistics of Audio (VU) Meters

http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=17844

This paper costs $33 for non-members and is free for AES members and E-Library subscribers.

 

[laatsch55]

Here is the first in a series of articles I have concerning meter ballistics.

That's some old school shiot right there Ed!!

 

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That's some old school shiot right there Ed!!

Lee,

I have a lot more of this kind of stuff as it relates to amplifiers.
Months and months of research.............


Ed

 

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A New Standard Volume Indicator & Reference Level (Bell Systems Tech. Journal 1-1940)

A little history on VU meters....

"A New Standard Volume Indicator and Reference Level" by H.A. Chinn, D.K. Garnnett and R.M. Norris Bell Systems Technical Journal Vol 19 Issue 1 Jan 1940 pgs 94-137

https://archive.org/download/bstj19-1-94/bstj19-1-94.pdf

 

[marcok]

Thank you very much , Ed !!!!
Now I have to study all the papers .
Ciao
Marco

 

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AC Meter Ballistics

Here is a copy of General Radio 1396-A Instruction Manual pages 13, 14, Applications: AC Meter Ballistics.

as well as

General Radio 1396-B Instruction Manual 1396-B Instruction Manual page 4-7, Applications : AC Meter Ballistics.

Essentially they are the same with some differences in the model numbers of the test equipment used and shown in figures.

Ed

 

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The Measurement of the Ballistics of Indicating Instruments

The following article was referenced in the Genral Radio 1396-A and 1396-B instruction manual and is also similar to the paper H.C. Littlejohn submitted to the A.E.S.

See pages 23 and 24.

https://www.ietlabs.com/pdf/GR_Experimenters/1962/GenRad_Experimenter_Jan-Feb_1962.pdf