We ask that you use Ventrilo's "Push-to-talk hotkey" function to activate your mic when you want to speak-this is accomplished via the "Setup" menu in Ventrilo. Note: if your outgoing volume is painfully loud when you first log in (you may not know this until it's too late) be prepared for screams of pain from other chatters! If you can't achieve a desirable outbound volume setting by using the Ventrilo slider, you may need to adjust some hardware settings or possibly activate/deactivate Mic Boost (be CAREFUL with this). Click the "Setup" button in Ventrilo, then adjust the "Outbound" slider up or down to make yourself louder or softer until others in the channel agree that you're at a good volume. Generally, the goal is for everyone in the channel to be outputting at a similar volume so that nobody dominates the conversation just by being louder than everyone else. Your first move (after introducing yourself, of course) should be to adjust your outgoing volume. So, if others are telling you you're raping their ears, take their word for it and change something! One important thing to remember about reverb-in an ironic twist of aural fiendishness, the person whose mic/speaker setup is causing the reverb doesn't get to hear it. Also, be sure to use Ventrilo's "Push-to-talk hotkey" function (see below!) so that your mic isn't constantly transmitting. Even one person reverberating back to the Ventrilo channel can be harsh on the ears more than one at a time is downright painful.ĭo your best to keep the microphone away from the speakers, and never try to "talk over" other chatters-the ensuing reverb will cause mass chaos. If you use a mic/speaker combination, you will have to be sensitive of reverb issues-if other people are speaking while your mic is activated, your speakers will play what they say and your mic will send it back to them. If you don't have a headset and wish to use a standalone mic, use headphones while speaking on Ventrilo if at all possible. The best way to use a standalone microphone is in conjunction with headphones.
One thing you may particularly want to look for in your new headset is an in-line volume control function, which is quite useful. Other forumers have experienced good results with headsets by Plantronics and Logitech, though almost any recognizable brand is probably safe to go with nowadays.
If you're going shopping for a headset to use with Ventrilo, just keep in mind that you generally get what you pay for-a $10 bargain headset is most likely going to give you some pretty poor transmission quality. Note the Terms of Service in the Ventrilo MOTD-they're mostly meant to mirror the forum rules that apply most directly to the voice chat medium, but they aren't there to scare anyone off.īy far the best hardware to use with any voice chat program is a headset, because there's zero chance the sound you hear will reverb through your microphone, even if your mic is constantly transmitting. Once all that is done, just click "Connect" and you should be logged on. Make SURE you change the port number field-this server doesn't use the default Ventrilo port number. For the "Hostname or IP" field, enter "", and for the "Port number" field, enter "". Click "New" and enter "Penny Arcade Forums" for the server name (or whatever you want to call it, I guess). You'll have to pick a server next, but since you don't have any server info entered yet, click the -> next to Server. Don't worry about adding any info other than the username. Do this by clicking the little -> next to the User Name field, then clicking "New". Once you have Ventrilo installed (shouldn't take long at all), run it for the first time, and choose a username (preferably your forum account name so we know who you are-keep in mind that people probably won't recognize your voice at first).
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Both Windows and Mac users should download the latest beta client available for their operating system (as of 1/3/06, a very few Windows users achieve better performance with the current official version of the client, but nearly all of us get the best performance with the current beta client, so start with that).
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Here's how to connect to the server, in intelligence-insulting easy steps: If you don't already know, Ventrilo is a voice communication program that runs quite unassumingly behind your other Windows (or Mac!) programs, letting you use it to talk with others while you do whatever the hell else you want to do.
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