User Guide

Dugan Model N User Guide
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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
Lowering the weight control for one channel:
• decreases the auto mix gain display during ambience for that channel and in-
creases it slightly for the others;
• makes it more difficult for that channel’s talker to be heard over the others.
For optimal performance, balance the weight controls so the channel gains display
approximately equally when no one is talking.
higher weight lower weight
same
resulting
auto mix gains
input levels