Manual duck not works

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Reported by: zaczy
Date: 2017-12-08T08:21:21Z
Status: Fix Released
Importance: Low
Launchpad Issue: lp1737113
Tags: microphone, usability

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Option "Manual duck" seems to not work at all, while using Microphone to broadcast radio. When I press "Talk" background music level doesn't change - on recorded "audition" results of "Manual duck" and "Duck off" are completely the same.

System: Windows 10 Pro
CPU: Intel i5
Soundcard: Realtek (built in into Dell Inspiron)
Microphon: Trust Emitel USB

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Commented by: ronso0
Date: 2017-12-14T18:06:39Z

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Thanks for reporting this bug.

Which skin do you use?

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Commented by: Be-ing
Date: 2017-12-20T13:35:28Z

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Manual ducking lowers the volume of everything but the mics by the amount determined by the ducking Strength knob. If you want to adjust how much the music is reduced in volume, turn the Strength knob.

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Commented by: ronso0
Date: 2020-04-09T20:12:08Z

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I poked around a bit in the enginetalkover code, just to find out that the Strength knob works exactly the opposite in AUTO mode than it does in MANUAL mode:
MANUAL strength=0 > max music ducking, strength=1 > no ducking
AUTO strength=0 > no ducking, strength=1 > max ducking

This is confusing and also not reflected in the tooltip.
We should decide for eiter way, and I find the way it works in MANUAL mode right now more intuitive: Strength knob is kinda like a music Vol knob.

Don't know if that's the issue @zaczy experienced, but it's a bug.

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Commented by: Be-ing
Date: 2020-04-09T20:30:07Z

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That is confusing. I think it would make sense to invert one of them.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2020-05-07T07:48:41Z

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I think we should backport your fix to 2.2 as well.

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Commented by: daschuer
Date: 2020-05-07T07:50:42Z

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The original PR is here:
#2750
the backport is here:
#2759

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Issue closed with status Fix Released.