Great metering equipment is expensive and probably not a wise investment for most home project environments. Understanding metering however only cost the time invested to read up on why things (sonically and dB wise) are they way they are these days.
Try reading Bob Katz discussions on varies dB scales and how they relate to older analog standards. That in and of itself will lead to further discussions on mastering compression and bit-depth maximizing and all those discussions will lead to tools you already have in your software to correct the volume problems your experiencing.
It's a great, no cost improvement to your home recordings.
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