Dan Dugan Sound Design E-2A, User Manual

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Dugan Model E-2A 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 6-9).
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 6-9 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 increases
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