Using Ventrilo

Many people do not know what Ventrilo is or how to use it, but we will change it right here and right now! I use it a lot not only for beatboxing but also gaming or just talking.

I will try to show you how to set it up for the Yurtl3beatbox.com server (Hosted by Yurtl3, the Turtl3 one) and how to get the best comfort while beatboxing.



So, Ventrilo is a voice communication program.

Users install and run the Ventrilo client program and connect to a Ventrilo server.

Most people use a headset and talk as if everyone was in the same room together similar to a conference call.

1. Where, what?

a) First of all to start everything we open our browser and go to:

http://www.ventrilo.com/

2. Oh my goodness what is this window for?!

Chill... This is main Ventrilo window. As you can see it’s not very complicated or something.

First walkthrough:

* User Name - Thing which you will type there will be shown in server channel.
* Server - Place where you type Server IP + Port
* Bindings - They are used by advanced users, you won’t need them

Right Menu:

* Connect - Connect to the server
* Comment - It shows typed text next to your name on channel.
* Setup - Audio, microphone, everything connected with setup

Rest isn't necessary.

a)We click on arrow on right side of user name.

b)You will see that kind of window

c)Press "New" on right of Select. Type your name in the bracket and click OK.

Now you will be shown on server as this name. Easy huh? :)

3. Connection settings.

a) Now on the right of bracket called server press that little arrow, second from the top. You will see window like below.

b) Press "New" that’s server name, you can call it whatever you want, "Bananas and Potatoes” or whatever. But I suggest you call it Yurtl3beatbox.com so you won’t get confused when you will have more servers in future ;)

c) Here are the connection setting, what server you will connect, what port etc.

http://www.yurtl3beatbox.com

Hostname: invoke.typefrag.com

Port: 23212

Note: Check that there are no announcements in the General forum with updates!

Here is a photo with everything filled out. Just do the same :)

d) After filling everything just press "Ok" It should look like that.

4. Setup Your microphone.

It depends on people, I will show you how do I setup my mic so beatboxing will be easy without any cuts and stuff like that.

a) Go to Setup, it's on the right menu.

b) Yes it has a lot of options, the default looks like that.

c) The things you need to know

1. Use Push-To-Talk Hotkey - If you like holding a key while talking, use it, but it’s not very comfortable. (Kinda Walkie-Talkie thing)

2. Play Key Clicks - When you start talking you will hear a buzzing sound, I don’t like it either.

3. Hotkey - A key which you will hold while talking or beatboxing, still it’s linked with the two things which are written (1, 2)

These things are used when you use the Push-To-Talk option, I don’t recommend it.

d) Now things which are very important

4. Silence time - it's the time how long your mic will be active after talking to it. I recommend 1.0Sec or 1.5Sec

5. Sensitivity - I suggest personalizing the Sensitivity, also known as voice activation parameter. If the value is too low it won't activate voice communication, if it is too high it will be turned on all the time (NO!) or it will catch the quietest sounds (NO!)

You can test your microphone if you press "Test" button and talk to the mic.

Codec will change when you will get to the server so don’t mind if the quality will be bad. You will check your @! sound after getting on the server.

e) Ok the next thing is Hardware Input Mixer. The settings depends on your hardware, this is how it looks on my PC. In every section you will have something to choose.

Remember to change to Microphone in "Line" option.

f) If your microphone is to quiet and you don’t have a mixer you can experiment with Amplifiers, inbound and outbound, I suggest to not use them because they are losing a lot of quality.

g) After that go to the Recording (Input), under Amplifiers it will show a box with microphone volume, put it to the highest.

5. Events. "Oh I really like that. Has joined the channel"

In my opinion the most annoying thing in ventrilo :) I change every option to "Nothing" because often people come to the server or channel when I am beatboxing and I'm just getting distracted :(

6. CONNECT

a) After all that press connect in the main window. And Ta Ta Ta ! :)

When you will activate your microphone, the speaker will turn into green :) red means off ;)

And please people when you connect, setup your mic very gently so it won’t hurt our ears :)

Thanks HUMANBEATBOX.COM and Yurtl3beatbox.com for Hosting server. :)

Peace & Luv

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