We All Want the
Perfect Mix.
ZEROPINK builds meters that carry their target and read your distance from it — −0.2 VU · ON TARGET — instead of leaving a raw number to interpret.
Every read on every meter
traces back to two references.
ZERO
0 VU is the analogue operating level, and in a ZEROPINK session it sits at −18 dBFS — the level analogue-designed tools expect to be fed. Modern sessions routinely run 15–20 dB hotter, which is why the same compressor sounds effortless in one mix and crushed in another. ZERO is the suite's level reference: stage to it once and every meter downstream agrees.
PINK
Pink noise carries equal energy per octave — the spectral shape a balanced mix settles into. Hold your program against it and every octave answers the same question: too much, too little, or in place. PINK is the suite's balance reference.
The meters are free.
Each free meter teaches one read of the reference system.
VU METER · 1024 × 512
ZEROPINK | VU Meter
Free · Live nowLevel — the sustained average. A stereo needle VU calibrated so 0 VU = −18 dBFS, with the STAGE readout prescribing the correction. One read: are you feeding the session at reference?
Get VU Meter — freeZEROPINK | OPTO Comp
A digital model of an optical compressor: signal drives a light source, a photocell answers, and gain falls. Recovery is program-dependent — fast at first, then a long tail — and there is no ratio control, because in this circuit ratio is not a setting. Three true VUs and a STAGE row prescribe every move.