Shure MXA310 - Automix Channel; Automix Settings

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Channel Gain (Pre-Gate): MXA310 > Channels
These faders affect a channel's gain before it reaches the automixer and therefore affect the automixer's gating decision.
Boosting the gain here will make the lobe more sensitive to sound sources and more likely to gate on. Lowering gain here
makes the lobe less sensitive and less likely to gate on. If you're only using direct outputs for each channel without the au
tomixer, you only need to use these faders.
Automix Gain (Post-Gate): MXA310 > Automixer
These faders adjust a channel's gain after the lobe has gated on. Adjusting the gain here does not affect the automixer's
gating decision. Only use these faders to adjust the gain of a talker after you are satisfied with the automixer's gating be
havior.
Note: The level meters in the Automixer tab only display pre-gate channel gain, but the faders adjust post-gate channel gain.
Automix Channel
This channel automatically mixes the audio from all channels to deliver a convenient, single output. The automix channel must
be routed in Dante Controller to the desired output.
Note: Automix is disabled when using the toroid polar pattern. Inversely, the toroid pattern cannot be selected when automix is enabled.
To enable automixing and modify settings:
Select Configuration
Open the AUTOMIX tab
Check the Enable box
To modify settings from the channels screen:
Select Channels
In the AUTOMIX channel, select the AUTOMIX button
Automix Settings
Leave Last Mic On
Keeps the most recently used microphone channel active. The purpose of this feature is to
keep natural room sound in the signal so that meeting participants on the far end know the
audio signal has not been interrupted.
Gating Sensitivity Changes the threshold of the level at which the gate is opened
Off Attenuation Sets the level of signal reduction when a channel is not active
Hold Time
Sets the duration for which the channel remains open after the level drops below the gate
threshold
Maximum Open Channels Sets the maximum number of simultaneously active channels
Priority
When selected, this channel gate activates regardless of the number of maximum open
channels.