I'll post two contrasting shortly. Maybe there is something I'm doing wrong in the patches?
I'm even using this kind of leveling.
And it works good.
But mostly I use FreeOrbanLoudnessMeter.
When it is configured in the right way, it does it the same way as the internal VU-meter.
With one big difference; It shows even the peak level for a second or more ...
That helps a lot ;-)
If you work with the VUs, it is important, to do it in the right way.
I'm strumming all the 6 (open)strings downwards in a powerful way;
But if doing so, you must have in mind, that chords in the 7th or 9th fret for instance may have a bit higher level.
To set all the scenes and presets to 0 dB, you then should do it allways in the same way (for instance as described above)!
Here's the configuration for the Orban tool:
Use the VU-meter scale to check the levels.
Regards
Mike