ClearOne Interact Manual - Manual (Page 41)

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Gating
Click the Gating tab to access microphone gating features.
The Gating tab screen provides the user access to setting the Gate Mode, Gate Ratio, Hold Time,
Attenuation, Decay Rate and Control Chairman Override parameters for each microphone.
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Set Gate Mode allows you to set the gate mode. Choices are limited to Manual On, Override On and Auto.
• Manual On: Activates a Mic - the microphone contributes to gating parameters.
• Manual Off: Deactivates a Mic - the microphone no longer contributes to gating parameters.
• Override On: Activates a Mic - the microphone does not contribute to gating parameters.
• Auto: Automatically gates the Mic on or off, based on input levels and other parameters programmed
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• PA Adaptive Mode: Uses the audio level on a specified output as the new ambient level when audio
is present at the power amplifier. This prevents loudspeaker audio from gating on the mic while still
allowing people in the room to gate on microphones when they speak (provided that their voices are
louder than the loudspeaker audio). For example, you might decide to play background music from a
CD player during a presentation. PA Adaptive Mode allows you to use the output routed from the CD
player as the ambient reference to prevent the CD player’s audio from gating on microphones. The
default is Off.
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Gate Ratio specifies how much louder the Mic audio level must be above the ambient noise level before the
Mic gates on.
• Using the slider, adjust the gate ratio to the desired level.
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Adjust hold time allows you to set how long the channel stays gated on after the Mic gates off.
• Using the slider, adjust the hold time to the desired level.
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Set decay rate allows you to set how quickly a Mic gates off after the hold time expires.
• Click the Decay Rate radio button for the desired amount of decay after the gate is lost.
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Chairman override provides gating priority for a Mic. When a Mic with chairman override enabled gates on,
all Mics that don’t have chairman override enabled will gate off.
• Click the Chairman Override radio button enable the chairman override feature.