How To: Vent normalization

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


Q u o t e:
Edit:

What the settings do - Copied and pasted from page 8

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.

Edited by Cham, 28 January 2009 - 05:05 AM.

Neat, thanks.

Yeah, thanks for saving that. I know if I ever have to reinstall Vent for whatever reason, I'll want it again.

yeah I backed it up when the forums started to die

Stickied. Thanks for reposting this.

I'm also going to personally be backing up the forum database at least once a month. I learned my lesson the hard way. :P

Glad this is back, I had to reinstall recently. Thanks Girryn.

I originally looked this up to deal with how loud Cronuz was compared to people that can't figure out what mic boost is.

I blame the man that lives in Cronuz's stomach.

He's a hungry man that's hard to please.

Update: Since we're using TS3 now, here's how to normalize the volume:


1.) Install TS3
2.) Logon to the server.
3.) Done. It's normalized already.

Cham said:

Too complicated, I'll continue to yell at the cat and expect you fucks to know what I want.

Rum?

RUM? I'm not some cabin boy friendly pirate

http://www.novagamer...=1&pictureid=87

What the fuck. Last time I said Wild Turkey you complained that only red necks drink that shit. Make up your mind woman.

I don't think that was me or Maybe I was drunk (on rum, see what happens?)

Either that or you're a big blubbering vagina.