MiniMeters: Selecting an Audio Input

Once MiniMeters is installed, the next step is to select the audio device you would like MiniMeters to monitor. Each operating system has different capabilities.

To begin, click the Settings button in the toolbar in MiniMeters.

In the area titled “Audio Source” you can select which device you would like to monitor:

The most commonly selected option is Default Output Capture. MiniMeters will attempt to capture the output of your computer.

On macOS 13 Ventura to 14.1, "Default Output Capture" is not available. Instead, it is called "Desktop Audio" in MiniMeters and uses Apple's ScreenCaptureKit API. More info is found on the Audio Routing (macOS) page.

Windows users may experience issues with this when using an ASIO driver in your DAW. In this case, either switch your DAW to using another driver type, or continue reading for the instructions on using the "MiniMeters - Audio Server" plug-in in your DAW.

Audio Server Plug-In:

It is also possible to send audio from your DAW / plug-in host directly to MiniMeters using the included Audio Server VST3 / Audio Unit / CLAP plug-in.

To use MiniMeters - Audio Server, open your DAW / Plug-In Host of choice and insert "MiniMeters - Audio Server" on the main channel in your project.

Next, select "Audio Server (Plug-In)" from the audio device list inside of MiniMeters.

Note: MiniMeters’s individual meters may appear frozen if the Audio Server plug-in is not inserted when this is selected. However, MiniMeters itself is not frozen and can still be interacted with.