Peak Monitor

Peak Monitor shows how close each channel is getting to clipping, so you can set headroom and output levels by measurement instead of by ear.

Turning It On

Click Peak Monitoring to turn it on. The meters start updating live as audio plays. Click it again to turn monitoring off.

Clear Peaks resets the peak-hold markers so you can start a fresh measurement — useful when you want to check a specific scene or passage without earlier, louder peaks skewing the reading.

Table and Bars Views

Switch between Table and Bars with the buttons above the meters.

Table view lists each active channel with its peak signal level in dBFS. A channel is shown in red once it reaches clipping.

Bars view shows the same channels as vertical meters, with a scale down the left side from +6 to below −84 dBFS. Each bar has a peak-hold marker showing the highest level reached since you last cleared peaks. The marker is green while there's headroom to spare, amber as the channel approaches 0 dBFS, and red at or above clipping.

If you have a seat shaker channel active, it appears alongside the speaker channels, set apart by a divider and its own icon.

If a Channel Clips

Clipping means the digital signal ran out of headroom and was cut off — you'll hear it as distortion on loud passages. If Peak Monitor shows a channel clipping or consistently sitting in the amber zone:

• Lower Max. Output Level, or
• Raise Max. Digital Headroom

Both controls are on Volume Setup. Play your loudest material while watching the meters, and adjust until peaks land close to 0 dBFS without crossing it.