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novice · **Joined:** Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:00 am **Posts:** 30

i don't know how many of you use ventrilo, but for those of you who do, here's a nice little tip

Ventrilo's Equalizer
(note: not the official name)

what this does is it forces everyone's volume to be on the same level
in other words, when someone sounds really low, you don't have to raise their volume anymore (and vise versa, if they're too loud, you don't have to lower their volume)

no additional program is needed, all you need is a working ventrilo

Step 1:

Setup -> SFX -> add Compressor

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Step 2:

Gain is your "Volume," i am currently using 14 (other people i know use 17 or 20)
(YOU CHANGE GAIN TO YOUR LIKING!)

the other settings stay the same:
Attack: 10
Release: 500
Threshold: -30
Ratio: 100
Pre delay: 4

and that's it...

i've used this for a long time, and i've never experienced any problems

i hope you guys find this useful!

Tuck · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:18 pm

Excellent information! I'll try it next time I play.

By the way, anyone is welcome on our vent server.

Dago · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:29 pm

Great post novice. I use this all the time cuz some are louder / softer than others.

Redonk · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 3:39 pm

OMG...seriously, I had no idea about this. I have manually adjusted so many people's volume on vent it's not even funny. (E.g. I accidentally left vent on once, and my headset scared the crap out of me with a loud and booming god-like voice, turned out to be Tuck before a scrim). Thank you very much novice!

Killm3 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:47 pm

Ill give it a go , thx.

KJB · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:00 am **Posts:** 1112

I'm waiting for Dom to post about me

Shiver · **Joined:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:00 am **Posts:** 245

This is awesome. Now I don't need to dynamically adjust my volume to hear some people. *glares at KJB*

KJB · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:00 am **Posts:** 1112

Shiver wrote:

[smilie=thankyou.gif] This is awesome. Now I don't need to dynamically adjust my volume to hear some people. *glares at KJB*

At least my mic works and doesn't explode and make ears bleed. :p

TheBob · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:19 am

Nice!

Really helps me out.

Sharp · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:54 am

Thanks for the info....

I also concur with Shiver

Tuck · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:18 am

I'm considering a new rule. Whenever an HK member is in game, he/she needs to be on vent. Makes me sad no one uses it

St. Allerdyce* · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:52 am

ooh, this'll be useful. Thanks for the tips!

@tuck: not sure I'd mind that, frankly

Shiver · **Joined:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:00 am **Posts:** 245

KJB wrote:

Shiver wrote:

[smilie=thankyou.gif] This is awesome. Now I don't need to dynamically adjust my volume to hear some people. *glares at KJB*

At least my mic works and doesn't explode and make ears bleed. :p

Well played sir.

Vent messing with Steam's in game mic because of my crappy stock sound card. There seems to be an issue on XP when both programs are monitoring the input simultaneously, causing feedback. There's nothing I can do on my end save purchasing a USB mic. This will be resolved as soon as I get off my ass and order a converter off ebay (which will probably be within a few minutes of this post).

Redonk · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:01 pm

Tuck wrote:

I'm considering a new rule. Whenever an HK member is in game, he/she needs to be on vent. Makes me sad no one uses it

It does get awful lonely on there

5ylver · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:20 pm

bump because this is awesome.

I just set this up on my vent, I will try it out tonight.

TheBob · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:39 pm

But how do I turn Brian Viper down?

The Human Sentry · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:32 pm

Does anybody know what's the program that lets you use Vent and TS at the same time? I remember my friend mentioning it, but he hasn't been online for over 2 weeks and I been meaning to ask him...

Spiky · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:00 am **Posts:** 2182

TheBob! wrote:

But how do I turn Brian Viper down?

But why would you want to?

Foxhack · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:56 pm

TheBob! wrote:

But how do I turn Brian Viper down?

Next time he asks you out, tell him you're washing your hair that night.

(Couldn't resist! Sorry!)

Invader Amoto · **Joined:** Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:00 am **Posts:** 83

Mumble is so much better. It has a built in capability to connect with TF2, so at the top right of the screen you see everyone's names in mumble and their name lights up when they talk. It also has 3D sound for peoples' voices. It takes the players position on the map and makes it sound like his voice is coming from that direction. It's so damn amazing. Also I'm pretty sure Mumble does this voice equalizing automatically.

ZMan · **Joined:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:00 am **Posts:** 120

Question: How confusing is it to tell if the voice you just heard came from in-game, or came from Vent? Is it just a matter of noticing whether or not the little voice graphic appears?

I've only ever used a third party voice chat app (TeamSpeak) with games that did not have voice built in (Diablo 2, Guild Wars, Hellgate: London)
But then, I've also only played two games that did have voice built in (CS:S, TF2)

My fear is saying the wrong thing through the wrong channel. I try not to be Joe Serious TF2 player, but I do get pissed if/when I give strategy away, which is why I generally don't like all-talk.

KJB · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:00 am **Posts:** 1112

It's not too confusing. There will be a distinct noise whenever someone hits the vent key to speak if you leave it on. As well as sometimes the voice sounds louder and clearer (IMO)

However if you run the 2 at the same time, you may get confused. I always when just talking to friends in vent while playing tf2 say "spy" in vent.

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