Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community and seasons greetings @JTJack27. I cannot duplicate the hardware meter behavior and do not recall other users with the same issue. Have you tried different meter settings i.e., meter type, range, preset, ect, (right-click the meter). If changing the meter's settings do not resolve the issue, try resetting Sound Forge and clearing the cache: 'File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data"