Dynamic Range Meter is a foobar2000 component designed to give the same information as the Dynamic Range Offline Meter. This component can process all audio formats foobar2000 can handle (a.o. flac, ape and wavpack) and also supports higher sample rates and bit depth. Using the Open Audio CD option it can also directly read audio CDs and calculate the Dynamic Range values without the need of ripping the CD to disk. Log information with extended statistics is automatically copied to the clipboard and can be pasted back in any text editor. ~ web.archive.org/web/20130317013715/http://pleasurizemusic.com/free-downloads
Dynamic Range Meter is a foobar2000 component designed to give the same information as the Dynamic Range Offline Meter from the Pleasurize Music Foundation. I wrote this component because the original Dynamic Range Meter is limited to reading only wav, aiff and mp3 files. This component can process all audio formats foobar2000 can handle (a.o. flac, ape and wavpack) and also supports higher sample rates and bit depth. Using the Open Audio CD option it can also directly read audio CDs and calculate the Dynamic Range values without the need of ripping the CD to disk. As an option, a log file with information and extended statistics can be saved to disk. ~ web.archive.org/web/20130428024316/http://www.jokhan.demon.nl/DynamicRange/
Warning: This component is known to be problematic, due to repeated crash reports, and should be installed with caution. ~ wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components/Dynamic_Range_Meter_(foo_dynamic_range)
- Install the foo_dynamic_range component
- Navigate to File > Preferences > Advanced > Tools > Dynamic Range Meter
- Enable “Write DR meta data tags“
- Add a new toolbar button and assign Context>Dynamic Range Meter
- Download DR toolbar icon and change button icon
- Navigate to File > Preferences > Display > Default User Interface > Playlist View
- Add a new custom column, name it “DR” and assign this pattern, “[%DYNAMIC RANGE%]“
- Select an album and click the new DR toolbar icon to scan the files

Download ~ drive.google.com/file/d/1rQHOYrzEmV6MSKEj-hENM09C2yQsCFfh/view
Database ~ dr.loudness-war.info
Discussion ~ hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,88373.0
Icon ~ drive.google.com/file/d/1x4AjjKEHTH9BZWTHb-5PQoNKOboXJJcq
Reference ~ www.metal-fi.com/measuring-dynamic-range
Thank you for this very useful tool! 🙂
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Yes, the developer deserves praise. Happy to share.
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The linked version doesn’t work anymore because of expiration date.
However, this one still does:
http://dr.loudness-war.info/downloads/foo_dynamic_range_1.1.1.zip
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The direct download link from my page is working. Are you referring to the link in the article I liked to as a reference?
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Um… er… yes.
I had re-downloaded the plugin from the archive version of the Pleasurize Music Foundation, but that one gave me an expiry error message in foobar2000.
I had overlooked the fact that you have a direct link here. Sorry! 😀
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No problem, I’m always happy for any feedback, Thank you,
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