We run into people with different speaking levels a lot during meetings here at ACCESS. The way we handle it is to try and identify a microphone for the soft spoken speaker and boost the fine gain control for it using gware.
_______________________________________________ At 12:16 PM 2/17/2005, Natalia Costas Lago wrote: >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"> > >Hi Paul, > >I think we do really need the AGC settings, the audio levels are >uncontrolled without it. We avoid echo issues with them, maybe do you use >the Compressor feature?. > >There is some trouble with people that speak louder or lower. I think >there has to be a right way to set it... >I am CC'ing clearone tech guys, maybe they have some advice? > >Kind regards, >Natalia. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[email protected]>Paul Kuchar >To: <mailto:[email protected]>'Natalia Costas Lago' >Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:54 PM >Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] XAP setup - urgent > >Dear Natalia, >We advise AG nodes to use the default value of OFF for AGC/SL as trying to >configure it causes all kinds of strange audio noises. > >This is also the advice from inSORS. > >AGC tries to control the gain and SL expands the sound of anything quiet. >Unless you make any progress with the parameters, try switching AGC/SL off. > >Regards, >Paul Kuchar, AGSC >Collaborative Working Developments >=============================== >Manchester Computing, Kilburn Building >University of Manchester, M13 9PL, >United Kingdom >=============================== >Tel: +44(0)161-275 0668 >Fax: +44(0)161-275 6800 / 6040 >Email: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > > >---------- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Natalia Costas Lago >Sent: 17 February 2005 16:25 >To: ag-tech >Subject: [AG-TECH] XAP setup - urgent > > > >Dear all, > > >We are quite in an emergency: our inauguration is about to happen (25th >february). And we still have too many audio problems. I've followed some >advices given here and given by te people from clearone and they helped us >to understand the proceedings to configure the XAP settings. However there >are some issues still. I hope someone out there with much experience in >this equipment (and in audio systems) could help us: > >- We would like to know how to set the best AGC parameters (most >importance) and Gating parameters. I think proper AGC settings would solve >a big part of our problems. >- The group the mics belong is set to none, I hope this involves only >gating issues (we want to hear whatever speaker wanna say, so we are not >interested in priority of one mic over another mic). May we have any >problems derived from this point? > > >Any help is greatly appreciated. > >Thanx a lot. >Kind regards. > >Natalia. > >----------------------------------- >Natalia Costas Lago >email: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > >Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA) >Avenida de Vigo, s/n Campus Sur >15706 Santiago de Compostela - SPAIN >Tel: +34 981 56 98 10 >Fax: +34 981 59 46 16 ><http://www.cesga.es/>http://www.cesga.es/ ___________________________________________________________ Tom Coffin .......................... [email protected] NCSA-ACCESS cel: 703-477-5948 901 North Stuart Street, #800 tel: 703-248-0105 Arlington, Virginia 22203 fax: 703-248-0100 _________________________ http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~tcoffin
