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Mixer Max Mics On

Since conferencing applications are rarely intelligible with

multiple simultaneous talkers, Max Mics On sets the maxi-

mum number of Mics that are allowed to turn on per Mixer.

This significantly improves the performance of the

Acoustic Echo Canceller since fewer Mics — and therefore

fewer acoustic paths — exist.

Typical default value: 3 (Can you understand three

simultaneous talkers over a loudspeaker?)

Mic selectors

Selects 1 of 8 Mics to be edited. The box with the dark

blue over-score indicates the Mic whose settings are visible or

editable. Clicking anywhere inside the box selects the Mic for

editing. The Mic spinner may also be used to select Mics for

viewing or editing.

Mic Active buttons

The Mic Active buttons toggle between Active (enabled –

indicator lit) and off/muted (indicator gray). The indicator

above each button has four states:

Gray = Mic Muted

Green = Mic Active (enabled, with no audio present)

Red = Mic Gated (enabled, audio is present)

Yellow = Master Mic

Typical default value: Active button on (indicator not

gray) if a Mic is connected to the given Input.

Mic spinner

Use the up and down arrows to display subsequent Mic’s

settings, or highlight the displayed number and type in the

Mic number whose settings you wish to display or edit.

Mic Name

This button opens a dialog allowing the displayed Mic to

be named, with eight characters maximum. The Mic names

are displayed on the software screen and are printed with the

documentation. The Mic names can also be queried using the

Global (RW 232) message if you wish to display them in the

room controller.

Mic Copy

This button asks “Copy this Mic’s settings to all follow-

ing Mics?” This makes for faster setup in systems using many

of the same Mics. For example, if the Copy button is selected

while Mic 2’s settings are displayed, all of Mic 2’s settings

will be copied to Mics 3 through 48.

The Mic clipboard copies and pastes the following settings:

• Mic Active button status: Active (on – green, yellow or red

indicator) or Inactive (muted – gray indicator)

• Mic Mode (Automatic, Force On or Force Off)

• Gate Mode (Last On or Gated)

• Mic Threshold Level

• Gate Depth

• Gate Release

• Automatic Threshold check box

Mic Signal Detection

Each Mic has an independently assignable Mic Mode.

Threshold Detection — When selected, audio detected

above the Mic’s Threshold Level gates the Mic on. This

allows a speaker’s voice to gate the Mics on rather than

requiring manual selection of a speaker’s Mic. Other mic

mixers call this voice operation or vox mode.

Force Detection — When selected, this forces the Mic

to Gate On. If Gate Mode is set to Last On, the Mic becomes

the Master Mic after the Master Mic Delay time (set in the

System tab). For example: When your application requires

chairman override — enable chairman control (SPL 5) and

Force Detect the chairman’s Mic. No other Mics in the

system will be able to Gate On.

Detection Off — When selected, the Mic will no longer

be able to Gate On. If this is the Master Mic it will remain on

until there is a new Master Mic, otherwise the Mic is set to its

Gate Depth. Only the turning the Active button off insures

that the Mic is off.

Typical default value: Threshold Detection.

Gate Mode

Unique among automatic mic mixers, in ECS each Mic

can be independently set to Last On or Gated. A Mic

assigned as Gated simply opens the Mic when the Input

signal is above the Threshold Level, and returns to its Gate

Depth when the signal drops below the Threshold Level and

the Release Timer has expired. A Mic assigned as Last On

remains on once it becomes the Master.

This is useful in boardrooms where the head table would

require Last On Mics and the audience area requires Gated

Mics. This way, the board members (and their background

noise) are always heard, while the less-often used audience

Mics (i.e., questions) gate off when not in use. Rane has

patented this concept – the marketing buzz word being Smart

Last On™. Having an open Mic also maintains the full duplex

awareness of the conference.

Last On: When selected, the given Mic is included in the

Last On group of Mics and may become the Master Mic.

Once a Mic becomes the Master Mic, it remains on until a

new Last On Mic becomes the Master. See Master Mic Delay

in the System tab on page RW-Manual 11. Note that Last On

Mics do Gate On and Off.

Gated: When selected, the given Mic Gates On when

audio is detected above its Threshold Level. When the audio

goes below the Threshold Level, the Mic Gates Off to its

Gate Depth after the Gate Release time.

Typical default value: Usually Last On. (read the above.)

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