NUGEN Audio’s VisLM 3 loudness meter is available with new tools for comparing audio stems, annotating problems and exporting quality-control reports. The manufacturer’s product page confirms availability following November 2 trade coverage of its AES Nashville presentation.
NUGEN lists multi-stem monitoring, a notes tab, loudness-to-dialogue ratio measurement, 9.1.6 support and QC report export among additions over VisLM 2. The stems view brings readings from multiple plug-in instances—such as dialogue, music, effects and the complete mix—into one window.
Its ReMEM history system can retain up to 24 hours of loudness information tied to a production timeline. Full ReMEM functionality requires a timecode lock supplied by the editing application or digital audio workstation, according to NUGEN. Supported 64-bit formats include AAX, VST3, AU and AudioSuite.
For a broadcast or podcast team, the useful evaluation is whether a saved report and timestamped note make a problem easier for the next editor to locate. Test that handoff with the actual host application and delivery workflow before relying on it for routine quality control.
RNN has not independently tested the software. The feature list is the manufacturer’s, and a loudness report by itself should not be treated as proof that every spoken word is understandable.
Related: Speech clarity belongs alongside loudness in production checks.