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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