PSP Metra: Advanced Real-Time Analysis & Metering Plugin

PSPaudioware has announced the release of PSP Metra, a high-end real-time analysis and metering plugin designed to give engineers total confidence in loudness, dynamics, and stereo image. This plugin consolidates professional metering tools into one unified interface, featuring various metering options including Sample and True Peak, PPM, RMS and VU, Dynamic Range and Crest Factor, and stereo correlation and balance displays.

Moreover, PSP Metra supports fully standards-compliant loudness metering which includes LUFS, LRA, PLR, PSR, and optional Dialogue Integrated Loudness. This comprehensive setup ensures that everything needed to monitor modern mixes, masters, and broadcast deliverables is always easily accessible.

Comprehensive Metering Features

Inspired by the clarity of classic 1980s plasma meters, PSP Metra combines exceptional visual readability with modern measurement standards. It is particularly beneficial in various environments such as music production, mastering studios, and broadcasting.

PSP Metra delivers a complete picture of your signal in real time, offering Peak, RMS, and VU metering with selectable ballistics. Additionally, it provides monitoring for Dynamic Range and Crest Factor, allowing for detailed micro- and macro-dynamics analysis. Users can also benefit from stereo image analysis, which includes correlation, balance, and goniometer displays.

Furthermore, with history and waveform views that can show up to 120 seconds of level evolution, users can evaluate punch, density, and mono compatibility at a glance without guesswork.

Loudness Compliance

Designed around current industry standards, PSP Metra offers full-featured loudness analysis tailored for modern delivery requirements. This includes Momentary, Short-Term, and Integrated Loudness measurements adhering to ITU-R BS.1770 / EBU R128 standards.

True Peak detection with oversampling ensures accurate inter-sample peak monitoring, while Loudness Range (LRA) provides insights into program-level dynamics. Additionally, users can assess headroom and transient preservation using PLR and PSR metrics. An optional Dialogue Integrated Loudness feature, which uses licensed Dolby Dialogue Intelligence, ensures accurate speech-based measurement crucial for broadcast and streaming applications.

PSP Metra includes built-in presets that configure the plugin instantly for platforms such as EBU R128, ATSC A/85, Spotify, and Apple Music, ensuring compliance with target loudness levels.

Customizable Views for Flexibility

PSP Metra allows users to display two different measurement panels simultaneously, with each panel capable of presenting a different type of measurement. This flexibility is key for professionals needing precise and clear data throughout various production stages.

Each view—Metra View, Minimal View, History View, Goniometer & Lissajous Views, and Loudness View—are designed to reduce visual clutter while ensuring critical information remains instantly readable.

Built for Professionals

Engineered for precision, PSP Metra operates in Stereo and Mono modes with advanced Mid/Side analysis. Users can customize scales, colors, and metering behavior according to their preference.

Additionally, the plugin features a high-resolution GUI with a 100% scalable interface, and it integrates seamlessly into DAWs with support for VST, VST3, AU, and AAX formats.

Price
Intro: $69 (Reg. $99) through January 27th.

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