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SPL Meter

SPL Meter is a professional-grade sound level meter, also known as a decibel or dB meter, for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Category Price Seller Device
Music $0.99 Andrew Smith iPhone, iPad, iPod

Modeled after a traditional analog SPL meter, we have faithfully reproduced all the characteristics and qualities found in those meters, including the ballistics, ranges, filters, and decay rates.

Under the hood we have advanced DSP-based algorithms that meet or exceed ANSI / IEC Type 1 standards. And starting with iOS 6, we can disable the mic filters and limiters, to get the real world performance of a hand-held SPL meter.

And now, upgrade SPL Meter with iTestMic, our pro-grade test & measurement mic, made specifically for iOS devices. Using iTestMic with SPL Meter, you get a calibrated, accurate SPL Meter, that meets industry standards for Type 2 performance. See our website for more information.

But don't compare us to a Radio Shack meter, ours is much more accurate!

We have also included a digital LCD display, as shown in the image, to make this the best SPL meter available for iPhone or iPad. And this is something that the old analog meters never had!

The screen will flip when you flip the phone over, so that you can point the iPhone mic directly at the sound source.

SPL Meter is a universal app -- buy once, and use on all of your iOS devices.

SPL Meter is built by the same team that created the other great professional audio and acoustics apps on the store, Studio Six Digital. Built on the engine of our more expensive "SPL" app, SPL Meter's filters and decay rates meet or exceed ANSI type 1. This app is not a toy or a game.

SPL Meter is the one audio app that everyone who works in audio must have on their phone! Not only have we made the best one, but we've priced it so you can't afford not to get it.

*** FEATURES:

FILTERS -- A and C weighting filters are provided.

DECAY -- Choose ANSI Fast or Slow.

RANGES -- 40dB to 120dB in 9 ranges.

CALIBRATION -- Comes pre-calibrated for the typical iPhone or iPad built-in and headset mic, but you can adjust the calibration if you have a professional, calibrated meter to compare it to.

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL MIC -- Select Internal to activate the included compensation filter, which is designed to flatten the frequency response of the built-in or headset mic. External will work with our iPhone Measurement Mic, to be released later this summer. See our website for more details.

SPL Meter is bargain-priced to make it easy for anyone to check out one of our professional, accurate apps. Studio Six Digital is dedicated to making the iPhone and Touch a professional audio and acoustics test device.

Check out our full line of professional-grade audio and acoustics apps: SPL, the professional digital iPhone sound level meter, SPL Graph, for recording SPL over time, RTA, a 1/3 octave real-time analyzer, FFT, for detailed acoustic analysis, ETC, the energy-time curve function, RT60, for automated octave-band decay time measurement, Speaker Pop, to test speaker polarity, and Generator, the iPhone signal generator.

Also, if you are looking for more great acoustical and audio test apps, have a look at AudioTools, our premier app for audio professionals.

Reviews

A real sound pressure level meter!
Ron Charlton

SPL Meter is a real sound pressure level meter. It behaves exactly like the meters on old pro audio recorders. A calibrated microphone is expensive but not necessary for casual use. It will use the iPhone mic by default. SPL Meter is simple to use. Get it and see how loud your sound system is. It just works.


Best SPL Meter I've owned
NotMyPad

I have several SPL meters and this APP rocks them all. Key feature, I always have it with me!'


great
1brianaustin

but I dont know how to use it :/


Blurry UI
DennyZ50021

Since the current update my interface for this app is blurry, very low looking resolution, looked great before this update. Please fix.


The app doesn't scale to screen...
N2LLC

... with iOS 10.3.2 on iPad. It used to be full screen. What happened? Or is this by design?


Great App
davidcowart

It's great to have this type of tool in your pocket.


A "Sound" App! :)
bpeacock

Working as a sound tech with some friends, a buddy got this app and we compared it to a "real" decibel-meter. It was about 10 dB off, but then a quick calibration brought it in to be accurate. Will prove very helpful as we travel venues and locales. P.S. To the guy who gave it 1-star, I would ask if you don't know what the controls are for, you don't know what this is really used for...why rate the app low for YOUR lack of understanding? 2.7: has a bug. if you flip phone so speakers an micro pointed up, you can only see the bottom corner of the app.


Useless with ipod touch and blue mikey v1
plastixeno

If you try to use this with an ipod touch and a blue mikey, all you get is screeching horrible feedback. No option to turn off playback/mic. Completely and utterly useless.


Cool App...
zippywista

I think this is a fun app worth buying. BUT it crashes now on an iPad...


Was loving it...
Scottward

Was loving it on iPad, but now that it crashes, I cannot tell if I love it.


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