# Digital VU Meter
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 7, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850 "2003-07-07T20:26:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Eegba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eegba)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850/1 "2003-07-07T20:26:50Z")
This probably isn’t the best place on the web to ask for answers to code-related questions, but I’ve seen a few here in the past so I thought I’d drop mine in.
I’m writing some software for doing digital recording and I’d like to drop a meter in so the user can set the recording levels. Does anyone know of a site where I might find a discussion of how a VU meter works? Example code would be nice, but learning how things work makes them more fun.
On a related note, could anyone point me at a good site for asking oddball programming questions?
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850/2 "2003-07-07T21:09:03Z")
What programming language are you working in? Most programming boards are pretty language-specific. There’s probably some Active-X controls already written to do what you want with modification, and knowing which language you use will help me find one for you.
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### Author:  [@Eegba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eegba)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850/3 "2003-07-07T21:24:21Z")
I’m using VB6. I know it’s the wrong tool for the job, but it’s what I’ve got the most experience in. I wrote a lot of signal processing code in VB at my last job.
I’ve found a couple of ActiveX controls that do metering, but since this is mostly a personal project I’d like to learn how they work. No sense in taking on a project if you don’t learn something along the way.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850/4 "2003-07-07T21:34:45Z")
I’ll see if I can find the source code for one. Meanwhile, [here](http://www.britstore.co.uk/itm00228.htm) is a fairly decent VB forum.
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### Author:  [@Eegba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eegba)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850/5 "2003-07-07T21:42:54Z")
…not sure if that was a mis-paste on Q.E.D.'s part, or a subtle dig at VB.
_Heinz Spotted Dick Sponge Pudding_ indeed…
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-vu-meter/186850/6 "2003-07-07T21:51:31Z")
Whoops. That was from a completely different thread AND page.
[Fixed link.](http://www.vb2themax.com/Forum/display_forum_topics.asp?ForumID=28)