Abstract:
An automatic gain control derives the gain from the distance between the sound source and the microphone. The distance-based automatic gain control normalizes signal level changes caused by a speaker not maintaining a constant distance with respect to the microphone. Also, a proximity-effect compensation that derives the adaptive filter from the distance between the sound source and the microphone. The proximity-effect compensation corrects frequency response changes due to undesired proximity-effect variations. Determination of the distance between a sound source and a microphone permits accurate compensation for both frequency response changes and distance-related signal level changes.