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Public Forum => Pc Help/Tweak Page => Topic started by: crazydog on December 31, 2009, 11:46:45 PM

Title: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: crazydog on December 31, 2009, 11:46:45 PM

Every clan's Ventrilo has the one person who talks way too loud (usually a young and/or drunk person) and the one person who talks way too quietly. But luckily for us, SOME RANDOM GUY WHO PLAYS WORLD OF WARCRAFT has come up with a handy guide to normalize everyone's voice on Vent:

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 3000
Threshold = Around -30
Ratio = 100
Pre delay = 4.0
Done!
Thrux explains exactly what each of the settings does in his post, but I've found that his recommendations work pretty well. I've been using them myself, and Vent is altogether a more pleasant and quiet place. Now if there were only settings to get rid of the "I'm so high" dude ...

Title: Re: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: MDK22 on December 31, 2009, 11:58:04 PM

http://internetgames.about.com/od/tweaks/a/ventsettings.htm (http://internetgames.about.com/od/tweaks/a/ventsettings.htm)

This guide explains what each option does for anyone that cares that much

Title: Re: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: Hitman Smurf on January 03, 2010, 04:22:50 PM

I did this a while back (although my settings are a bit different) and it's why I can hear everyone clearly all the time. Makes a world of difference.

Title: Re: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: LTK on January 19, 2010, 10:29:42 PM

Excellent post.

Title: Re: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: Taso on March 05, 2010, 01:27:59 PM

I have a problem with my mic. People can hear themselves when they're talking in vent and me at the same time, it's really annoying. And in-game tf2 voice sounds horrendous, anyone got a clue? It was working fine like 3 days ago.

Title: Re: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: Fraggle79 on March 05, 2010, 06:35:52 PM

1. reset vent settings to default, also go ahead and check for a new version of vent if there is one.
2. Sound card/chipset drivers... check for updates.
3. Try mic in another port if you have one.
4. If everything else fails to work, then your sound card/chipset may be damaged. If you have a
  Sound card change mobo to use onboard sound only and retry vent with that if you can.

Title: Re: How to normalize your ventrilo volume!
Post by: crazydog on March 05, 2010, 09:46:19 PM

We already fixed his issue. He had other inputs set to record instead of only his mic.