Polycom EagleEye Director - SoundStructure Studio Configuration File; Selecting Inputs for the SoundStructure Project

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settingwilldisableanyaudioprocessingwiththeHDXandminimizeanyaudiosuppressionthatmayoccurintheHDX
codec.ItisimportanttomakethischangebeforeconnectingtheHDXtotheSoundStructuresystembecausethe
LiveMusicmodeoptionisnotvisibleoncethetwodevicesareconnectedover
ConferenceLink.
TheSoundStructuresystemisconnectedtotheHDXcode cusingtheConferenceLinkconnection.Whenthe
SoundStructuresystemisintegratedwiththeHDX900xcodec,the18”RJ45‐maletoRJ45‐maleConferenceLinkcable,
2457‐23574‐001,whichisincludedwitheverySoundStructuredeviceshouldbeused
toconnectdirectlytotheHDX
codec.
IftheSoundStructuresystemisintegratedwithanHDX800x,HDX700x,orHDX600xcodec,theRJ45femaletoWalta
maledongle,2457‐25646‐001,shouldbeusedwiththe18”RJ45‐maletoRJ45‐maleConferenceLinkcabletoconnect
theRJ45
connectionontheSoundStructuredevicetotheWaltaconnectorontheHDX800x/700x/600xcodec.Seethe
BestPracticesGuidePolycomSoundStructureandHDXMicrophonesonPolycom.comfordetailedinformation,pin‐outs,
andconnectiondiagrams.
SoundStructure Studio Configuration File
TheSoundStructureconfiguration filecanbeeasilycustomizedtosupporttheadditionaloutputchan nelrequiredto
drivetheinputtotheEagleEyeDirector.Tocompletethisintegration,thefollowingstepsarerequired:
1. AddanewStereooutputfromSoundStructuretotheinputontheEagleEyeDirector
2. Addagroup
thatcontainsboththeAmplifierandEagleEyeDirectoroutputs
3. Ensurethein‐roomvolumecontrolisdoneproperlysothatin‐roomleveladjustmentsareheardintheroomare
alsoheardbytheEagleEyeDirector.
Asanexampleofthecustomizationsrequired,anexampleconfigurationfilethatsupports
2HDXCeilingmicrophones,
anHDXcodec,andastereoaudioamplifieroutputwillbecreat ed.
Tostarttheproject,launchtheSoundStructureStudioprogramandselectNewProjectfromtheSoundStructureStudio
Filemenu.
Step 1: Select the Inputs
1. AtStep1,clickMicrophoneandthenclickHDXCeilingmicrophone,
2. Adjustthequantityto2andclickAdd,
3. Next,addtheHDXcodecbyclickingVideoCodec,PolycomHDX,andclickAdd.
TheresultingchannelsthataredefinedareshowninFigure4.
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