How to normalize your ventrilo volume!

[crazydog]

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 ...

[MDK22]

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

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

[Hitman Smurf]

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.

[LTK]

Excellent post.

[Taso]

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.

[Fraggle79]

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.

[crazydog]

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

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