Dan Dugan Sound Design E - Manual (Page 30)

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It is important to understand that the Speech System works by detecting the ratios of
the levels between channels, not their absolute levels. The
auto mix weight control is
not a gate threshold!
The following example explains how auto mix weight works (see Figure 5-6):
Raising the auto mix weight control for one channel (Frame 1):
• increases that channel’s auto mix gain display during ambience and decreases it
slightly for the others;
• makes it more difficult for others to speak when someone speaks into the channel
with the higher
auto mix weight setting.
It is important to understand that this does not set that mic’s level in the mix when that
person speaks alone, but only its sensitivity during automatic mixing compared to other
channels.
Figure 5-6 Frame 1: Raising auto mix weight ; Frame 2: Decreasing auto mix weight
Lowering the auto mix weight control for one channel (Frame 2):
• decreases the auto mix gain display during ambience for that channel and increases
it slightly for the others;
• makes it more difficult for that channel’s talker to be heard over the others.
Sound levels
at mics (dB)
Frame 1 Frame 2
40
50
60
70
Resulting
automix
gains (dB)
-30
-20
-10
0