\Hardware VU Made by 60 Works

\Hardware VU

Turns your grid controller into a VU meter. Free.

Download → Setup
Make your Launchpad do this…
Audio Meter in Butterfly style: the grid blooms green-to-red outward from the centre, live.
\audio meter — Casual · plug in and watch

Point it at anything

Select an input source to visualize the signal on your grid.

…or this.
MCU Meter mode: a virtual MIDI port selector and warnings panel, grid dark until the DAW sends VU frames.
\mcu meter — Technical · for the studio

Meter your DAW over MIDI

Employs a virtual MIDI port and the MackieControl protocol to map the first 8 channels of metering to your pads.

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