Dan Dugan Sound Design M - Manual (Page 35)

Dugan Model M User Guide Dugan Control Panel Software
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It is important to understand that weight does not set that mic’s level in the mix when
that person speaks, but only its sensitivity in activating automatic mixing. The Speech
System detects the ratios of the levels between channels, not their absolute levels. The
weight
control is not a gate threshold!
The following example illustrates how weight affects auto mix gain (see Figure 5-9).
Raising the weight control for one channel:
• 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 weight setting.
Figure 5-9 How changing one channel’s weight control during ambience affects the auto mix gains
higher weight lower weight
same
resulting
auto mix gains
input levels