Vent Normalization !

[Rhadamanthus]

whats Normalization i hear you say
well it attempts to make everyones volum the same
the following instructions work pretty dam well try it out


- Go to Setup

- Enable Direct Sound

- Select the SFX Button

- Select Compressor and click Add.

- Under Compressor Properties use the following settings

- Gain = Adjust for how loud you want people to be. (I use 15)

- Attack = 0.01

- Release = Around 500

- Threshold = Around -30

- Ratio = 100

- Pre delay = 4.0

[Slude]

very nice post

[Riley]

you guys didnt know that rhadam real life last name was Ventrillo ? His farther was born in Millan came over as a young man went to Mit and devloped a voice over internet program i forget the name.

[Rhadamanthus]

I've got some more questions about this the last past few days so bit more info for you all.


Ventrilo Normalization

Highly recommended as this makes every bodies voice the same volume (for both yourself and other listening to you)

- Go to Setup

- Enable Direct Sound

- Select the SFX Button

- Select Compressor and click Add.

- Under Compressor Properties use the following settings

- Gain = 15
- Attack = 0.01
- Release = 500
- Threshold = -30
- Ratio = 100
- Pre delay = 4.0

What the settings do:

Gain
How much volume you feed into the compressor. Not really relevant unless everyone is too quiet, then you can turn this up a little; turning it up too much will sound EXTREMELY *%*%ty.

Attack
How fast volume change will happen. example: setting this to 500 means that any-
thing coming in will only be dropped in volume after a half a second. for vent this should
be set as low as possible.

Release
how fast the compressor stops changing things. not really that relevant with vent, setting it around 500 is good for voice material.

Threshold
This sets the point where we actually start changing what's coming in. Whereas 0 is the absolute loudest you can have for an input, -60 is super quiet. Average users will probably come in somewhere around -25 to -15, with the occaisional few being really quiet, which is why I have this set so low.

Ratio
How much any sound below the set threshold gets compressed and/or modified in the volume department.
If you still want to hear SOME volume variation then set this lower (2-4)... the higher you set it the closer in volume everyone will be.

Pre delay
Mostly just deals with processing; with computer and digital processors they can look ahead a few milliseconds to see what needs to be dropped in volume or changed before it actually comes through the speakers. Highest is ideal.

[Juku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQiJdf-ebIs

[Sigurd]

Do it... when you hear me on Vent, you will know why.

Since Blohit recommended the new headset/mic, it isn't quite as easy to move the mic over my head like the last one and I was loud often even with that, so be afraid... be...very...afraid (OK, maybe not THAT bad, but I like saying "be afraid, yadda yadda")

[Pandala]

I am just bringing this to the attention of people once again, just in case you were interested.