For those that could use this and didn't know.
You can make bif time adjustments and get that
"ECKO" out.
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Configure your Windows Sound
Step 1 - Configure your Windows Sound
- Go to the Control Panel, open "Sound and Audio Devices"- Select the
Audio tab and press the
Volume button.
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- Now on the Options menu - Enable
"Advanced".
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- Options menu, select
"Properties"
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- "Adjust Volume" for "Playback"- Enable Microphone setting (to verify Microphone output).
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- Check that Mute is ENABLED (you dont want to hear your own voice over your own speakers).- If you have "Advanced", press it.
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- If you have a checkbox that gives you a microphone-boost (20db) - enable it. (Usually mic boost is the desirable. On some mic and sound card combinations sound quality may be better without it. You can test which option works better for you using "local test mode", see below) Press Close.
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- Go to the Options menu again, and select "Properties".
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- In properties, select Recording, press Ok.
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- Check that your Microphone input is at MAX level. Max level is a good starting point for finding the best setting with most soundcards and mics.Ask others if they hear you too soft or too loud, and if your voice breaks down or has too much disturbancies behind it. Adjust this setting accordingly. The mic boost option mentioned earlier affects this. If you find that you will want to lower this very much, then you may be better off disabling the mic boost option in the advanced mixer settings. You should experiment to find the optimum setting.
Take into account what the others have to say about the quality of your sound.
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Soundsetting in Windows should now be done.
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Configure Teamspeak
Step 2 - Configure Teamspeak
Please note, that you need at least TeamSpeak client V2.0.29.47 (released in June 2003), since the older versions don't contain the new codec "speex".
Voice activation works better when we play, since voice communication is most important in the busiest moments of the game action. It's a bother to push the talk button in the hottest firefights. If you know you like more push to talk, you can of course use that, but I recommend you give voice activation a try. I'm sure properly tuned voice activation and a key to mute the mic is much better than push to talk in any action game.
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Settings->Sound Input/Output Settings:
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1. Adjust the output Volume here. Readjust later while talking to others to get an idea how loud you want it. This is basicly a setting that will mix all the voices from TeamSpeak with the sounds from the game. If you have trouble hearing the tango footsteps, move this towards "min". If you have trouble hearing the voices of teammembers, then move this towards "max".
2. Activate "Voice Activation".
3. Adjust sensitivity so that you need to talk with medium voice to activate the system. In the main console your name will light up every time you send data (the green led). This is how you can tell if you send data at times you shouldn't have. Use the local test mode (step 4) to find the optimum setting for activation level sensivity. - If the level is not sensitive enough, the others will not hear all your words. Your sentences and words may break in the middle.- If the level is too sensivite, the others will hear your (heavy) breathing and other unwanted voices. That can be very annoying.
4. You can test different settings and codecs with local test mode. Right now we are testing "Speex 16.3 Kbit" as a standard on the server default channel, so you could use that as a base for your settings tests.
Using local test mode requires that you are not connected to a TeamSpeak server.- Use the "Activate Local Test mode" to test the settings without anyone else hearing you.
You will hear your own voice, so you get the idea how changing the settings will affect your own voice you will send to others.- Repress "Deactivate Local Test mode" to commence normal operation.
- Use local test mode to find out best settings for Output Volume (see 1) and Voice activation level (see 2)
To compensate the potential annoyment from automatic voice activation, you shoud define a TeamSpeak hotkey for "mute microphone".
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Settings->Key Settings:
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- For instance use shift+control+keypad 0, but you can easily define any key you like. Choose a key combination that has no function in RvS.
- Learn the habit to mute the microphone every time you take off your headset or move away from your computer. It's polite for all others on the same channel.
Now, assign KEYS for the different channels and assign keys to the MUTE function. Do this from
"Settings->Key Settings" It should look like this:
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Add a new server - the first time it should look like something like this:
Connection->ConnectRighclick "Servers" and "Add Server"
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TeamSpeak will save the password for you, so you don't have to enter it every time.
Now connect to the server
It's possible to create a Windows icon that will log you to the server and - if you want - select channel to join. Create a new icon with this kind of command line (one long line in the icon):
CODEE:\Apps\TS2_Client_RC2\TeamSpeak.exe 81.0.161.143?nickname=your_nick?loginname=your_registered_login_name?password=secret?channel=Default?channelpassword=
Change all relevant details to suit your own setup, like the path to TeamSpeak.exe, nickname, password, channel. Loginname can be left out if you haven't registered your name in the TS server. You can find all available options in the TeamSpeak documentation about URL-options.
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