Your vocal vs. the hits

"Well, most of my vocal mixes were reading within 95-100 range in reference to magic.METER. If what I am reading is industry ideal, then this plugin confirms my vox mix are in par!"

"It said it was "essier" than everything (genre and artist) I compared it to, so I worked on that and got it so it's now only "a touch" essier, and it also said it's wetter than the typical hits, but pretty close to some artists, so I backed off the reverb a hair, but it didn't really impact it. It showed I have a clean recording, as well as good EQ. It also showed my vocals are compressed more (on this particular song, at least) than the typical hit, but pretty close to some individual artists, so I backed off the compression initially to fix the dynamics, but once it got in range, I just left it alone. This is for my song, "Girl What Can I Do?" which I have not yet scheduled for release, but plan to release it on October 30th. I hope I'll get another chance to upload some vocal clips from this song, but I want to do it after it's released. Please let me know if there's a way to do that. Thanks!"

"It's a like treasure map for vocals!"

"ボーカルの素の状態から、メーターに合わせてEQ調整したんだけど とんでもないぐらいに削る必要があった こんなにも削ると破綻するんじゃないかとおもいきや バランスが取れた音になっていて、どういうことなのか困惑しているよ… とにかくすべての要素をメーターに合わせてみたらバランスはとれている気がするからあとは、何を脚色するかは自由ってことかな"

"It really cleaned things up man. I managed to get 98 on the chain I record through with 8ms latency, so my clients hear the MAGIC from the start. Demo they leave with is basically ready to post hah. LOVE IT."

"I downloaded Magic Meter because the UI immediately looked intuitive and useful. After using it for roughly a day, I think the concept is genuinely useful, but the scoring needs some work before I would rely on it as a mixing tool. The biggest issue I ran into was inconsistent scoring. I would make a change, get a score that indicated the vocal was in a good place, and then, without changing or moving anything, the score would suddenly change. That makes it difficult to know where you actually stand or whether you're moving in the right direction. More importantly, some of the recommendations seemed to lead me in the wrong direction. For example, following the scores resulted in a vocal that sounded too thin, while the Level section indicated that the vocal was in line with the reference vocals even though, to my ears, it was obviously too quiet. If I'm going to use a tool like this to guide mixing decisions, I need to be able to trust that the measurements are consistent with what I'm hearing. That said, the workflow and UI are very good. Everything is easy to understand and navigate, and I like the overall idea of comparing your vocal against a large database of professional/hit vocals. I think there is real value in having an objective reference for things like tone, dynamics, level, width, space, and other characteristics of a vocal. If the scoring becomes more consistent and accurate, I would absolutely keep using Magic Meter. I think the underlying concept is strong enough that it could become a really useful part of a vocal mixing workflow. One improvement I'd really like to see is a more structured scoring system. I'd have an overall score, individual scores for each section, and a simple checkmark when each section is satisfactory. I'd also organize the analysis more logically in the order you'd actually mix a vocal—for example, EQ/tone first, then compression/dynamics, then level, space, width, etc. That would make it much easier to use Magic Meter as a step-by-step mixing guide rather than simply looking at a collection of scores."

"MUY BUEN MEDIDOR"