Keep The Meter on this device. Opens like an app, works offline for measuring.
On iPhone or iPad: tap the Share button in Safari, then Add to Home Screen. The Meter then opens from its own icon.
Measure a song
Drop the file in.
The measurement runs in your browser. The file never leaves your phone or laptop. Only the numbers go to us for the interpretation, and only when you ask for it.
Drop a WAV or MP3 hereor tap to choose a file
Lead vocal on its own? Drop it here tooOptional. A vocal stem lets The Meter check whether the singer is in tune, and show where and by how much.
Reference matchDrop a hit in the same lane. Side by side with the artist's song.
EP or album modeDrop two to twelve songs at once. One table, the odd one out, a running order.
Timing checkDrums, bass or vocal stem against the grid. Where it drags or pushes.
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Technical readout
Energy over time
Spectral balance
Delivery check
The rules most distributors and labels apply. Dither cannot be detected from the file, so ask the mastering engineer. True peak is measured with 4× oversampling.
Repair
True peak is always held at −1 dBTP. Sample rate is kept as delivered. The repaired file is built on your device and never uploaded.
Get it fixed
The Meter has already found what is wrong and where. That makes the repair a known job, not a mystery, so it can be priced up front.
Emberlight Artists' roster has producer and engineer repairs included in management. Everyone else pays the price shown, per song, and gets the file back within five working days.
Reference match
Energy over time, yours in teal, reference in white
Tonal balance, yours relative to the reference
What to say to the artist
EP or album
Suggested running order
Order is a starting point: opens on energy at a typical length, keeps related keys and tempos next to each other with some contrast, and closes on the most dynamic track. Sequence by ear from here.
Is it in time?
Hits against the grid
Each dot is a hit. Above the line is late, below is early. Teal within 15 ms, amber within 30, red further. Assumes a fixed tempo; a live take without a click will show as loose everywhere, which is a different conversation.
Moments to fix, and where they needed to land
Is the singer in tune?
Pitch over time
Teal is on the note, amber is 20 to 35 cents off, red is further. Boxes mark the moments listed below. Lines are the notes of the key; the tonic is labelled.
Moments to fix, and what they needed to be
The CSV imports as markers in Reaper, Pro Tools and Logic (via the marker list) so the producer goes marker to marker in Melodyne rather than listening for the problem.
–release readiness
Genre
Mood and character
Comparable artists
Best audience
Where it fits
Quality against streaming standards
What to fix before release
Pitch fit
The playlist pitch, the sync one-liner and a short bio, written from the reading in the artist's voice. Add the artist's name and story in the context box above for a better result.
The Lyric
Paste the full lyric. It reads for hook clarity, repetition, sync suitability, and what a radio editor would cut. If you have run the audio reading, it uses that too.
Release readiness
The Meter says whether the song is ready. This says whether the release is. Tick as you go; it is not saved.
Loudness is measured to ITU-R BS.1770 (integrated LUFS and loudness range). Peak is sample peak; true peak can read up to 1 dB higher. Tempo and key are estimates and should be checked by ear. Genre and audience are an interpretation, not a fact. We do not keep the file, the numbers or the report.
Measurement runs on this device and nothing is uploaded. The readings, lyric and pitch copy are produced by sending the numbers or text to Soundcheck's server and are not stored. About The Meter · need@soundchecksoftware.eu