Using Ambient Sensing Levelers to ensure audio can be heard in a noisy venue

Each Ambient Sensing Leveler device provides an automatic volume control when the ambient noise levels in a venue start to affect the perceptibility of paging announcements and background music.

The device measures the following:

The device then applies gain to the input signal based on the detected ambient level.

The different variants of the device provide the following features:

Continuous sensing

The ambient sound level is measured continuously.

Gap sensing

The ambient sound level is measured during gaps in the program material.

The Gap version of the Ambient Sensing Leveler is easier to set up and consumes fewer DSP resources than the regular version. Also, the device accurately calculates the necessary gain even when there are long gaps in the program material.

Router

The device switches inputs based on the ambient noise level.

In this section

Setting up an Ambient sensing leveler with continuous sensing

Setting up a Gap ambient sensing leveler

See also

Control devices

Using XDAB to share DSP resources

Using echo cancellation in your design

Storing and reusing devices using plugins

Using the Feedback Ferret to eliminate feedback in your design

Linking NWare projects together