Ventrilo and Online Communications

soundguy_99 · Aug 8, 2007, 11:02 PM

Hey guys,
First off I have looked around the forum, and I have noticed there has been a few posts about this already so forgive me if this seems to be rehashing this same topic, but I was interested if anyone has sucsesfully implemented this yet.
I love KX progject and like most people use it to control my surround system for my pc, I also use it for managing my inbound and outbound audio for use with such programs like Ventrillo, especially for online gaming.
So that in mind I have two questions.
When I do online gaming using Ventrillo, and trasmit, I also transmit alot of noise (game noise) that the mic pickes up from my speakers even with the game sound turned down, as well as well as when I recieve I get alot of game noise from my friends end, because of the same situation.
I know there has been talk of noise cancelation plugins, but is there a way, I can clean up the audio I am tranmitting to him, as well as the audio I reciecing from him to cancel out that game noise. Would droping the mic out of phase with my speakers cancel out the noise I am transmitting him, and then what could be done with audio I recieve.
Also I wondering if anyone has sucsessfully done something done this, and could suggest a setup, for both KX project, as well as settings for Ventrillo, I might be able to use.
Any thoughts are greatly apreciated,
soundguy_99

Russ · Aug 9, 2007, 08:47 PM

Honestly (IMO), your best bet is to use a decent headset with a noise canceling MIC.

RetroPhuture · Aug 10, 2007, 10:59 PM

Perhaps you are using a low quality codec in Vent (TeamSpeak always sets it to lowest)?

Also I don't understand "a lot of game noise"? If by that you mean sounds from games are picked up by your mic, then I suggest you start using headphones and/or use push to talk key so game sounds won't get accidentially picked up if that is the problem.

But if you think about actually FILTERING out sounds from games that get picked up while you talk with some equalizers or noise reduc techniques, well that is IMO near impossible.

will5757 · Dec 22, 2007, 04:39 AM

doesn't seem impossible to me, though i don't know how hard it would be to implement

if you take the offending input (wave channel it sounds like,) and invert the phase to cancel it out, the mic sound would be clear. a method like this only works for sounds generated by the pc itself though.

Aug 8, 2007, 11:02 PM	#1
soundguy_99 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	Ventrilo and Online Communications Hey guys, First off I have looked around the forum, and I have noticed there has been a few posts about this already so forgive me if this seems to be rehashing this same topic, but I was interested if anyone has sucsesfully implemented this yet. I love KX progject and like most people use it to control my surround system for my pc, I also use it for managing my inbound and outbound audio for use with such programs like Ventrillo, especially for online gaming. So that in mind I have two questions. When I do online gaming using Ventrillo, and trasmit, I also transmit alot of noise (game noise) that the mic pickes up from my speakers even with the game sound turned down, as well as well as when I recieve I get alot of game noise from my friends end, because of the same situation. I know there has been talk of noise cancelation plugins, but is there a way, I can clean up the audio I am tranmitting to him, as well as the audio I reciecing from him to cancel out that game noise. Would droping the mic out of phase with my speakers cancel out the noise I am transmitting him, and then what could be done with audio I recieve. Also I wondering if anyone has sucsessfully done something done this, and could suggest a setup, for both KX project, as well as settings for Ventrillo, I might be able to use. Any thoughts are greatly apreciated, soundguy_99

Aug 10, 2007, 10:59 PM	#3
RetroPhuture DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Perhaps you are using a low quality codec in Vent (TeamSpeak always sets it to lowest)? Also I don't understand "a lot of game noise"? If by that you mean sounds from games are picked up by your mic, then I suggest you start using headphones and/or use push to talk key so game sounds won't get accidentially picked up if that is the problem. But if you think about actually FILTERING out sounds from games that get picked up while you talk with some equalizers or noise reduc techniques, well that is IMO near impossible. Last edited by RetroPhuture; Aug 10, 2007 at 11:05 PM.

Aug 9, 2007, 08:47 PM	#2
Russ HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,563 Rep Power: 62	Honestly (IMO), your best bet is to use a decent headset with a noise canceling MIC.

Dec 22, 2007, 04:39 AM	#4
will5757 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	doesn't seem impossible to me, though i don't know how hard it would be to implement if you take the offending input (wave channel it sounds like,) and invert the phase to cancel it out, the mic sound would be clear. a method like this only works for sounds generated by the pc itself though.