Ventrilo Normalization

Discussion in 'TriniGamers Ventrilo' started by ck, May 29, 2009.

  1. ck

    ck New Member

    Didn't know where to post this or if it is already known in tg community.

    Taking this guide from my tf2 clan's forum, thought it would be useful to share.

    Vent Normalization makes everyone's voice the exact same volume. In essence, you won't blow your ear's out or have difficulty hearing people.

    Here's how:

    - 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

    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 shitty.

    Attack
    How fast the volume change will happen. Example: setting this to 500 means that anything 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.
     
  2. Hero

    Hero New Member

    Thnx good info to know. ALthough i knew alot of this but the rest was really helpful.
     
  3. Pweffy

    Pweffy New Member

    Trying it out. Thx for the info!
     
  4. scaR

    scaR New Member

    Trying it out also.

    EDIT
    This does work, quite well too. This should be enabled by default in Ventrilo IMO.
     
  5. P3ntdrag0n

    P3ntdrag0n New Member

    that really helped
     
  6. Larutus

    Larutus New Member

    great post
     
  7. mojo

    mojo New Member

    It also helps you deal with random loud outbursts from the Kaizens and Anoreths.
     
  8. scaR

    scaR New Member

    Indeed.

    Just reinstalled here and a shriek from Kaizen had me scrambling to find this thread. >.<

    Now I'm safe again! :D
     

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