User guide

Dugan-MY16 User Guide The Dugan Control Panel
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The mixer’s input gains and the Dugan’s
weight controls balance the auto mix gain me-
ters when no one is talking. If a mixer input gain is decreased, increase that channel’s
weight to compensate, and vice-versa.
To change a channel’s weight, drag the slider or enter a value in the field below the
slider.
It is important to understand that the Dugan Speech System computes the ratio of a
given channel’s input level to the level of the sum of all live mic inputs. The weight
control is not a gate threshold!
The following example explains how weight works (see Figure 3-5).
Raising the weight control for one channel
•increases that mic’s auto mix gain display during ambience, and decreases it for the
others;
•makes it easier for the mic with the higher weight setting to acquire system gain
than the other mics.
The weight control does not set that mic’s level in the mix when operated alone, but
only its relative sensitivity with respect to other mics during automatic mixing.
Figure 3-5 Changing one channel’s weight control
Sound levels
at mics (dB)
Higher weight Lower weight
40
50
60
70
Resulting
automix
gains (dB)
-30
-20
-10
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