Setting an Exclusion Zone

Adding an Exclusion Zone

Set areas where all sounds from noise sources such as air conditioners and projectors should be excluded from sound pickup.

  • Up to 16 Exclusion Zones can be set for each microphone.

  1. Select a microphone in the main area.

    The microphone settings screen appears.

  2. Click “Beam”.

  3. Click “Exclusion Zone”.

    • With each click, the mode for adding an Exclusion Zone is turned on/off.
    • The mode for adding an Exclusion Zone can be turned off by right-clicking in the microphone pickup area or by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard.

    The mode for adding an Exclusion Zone is turned on.

  4. Add an Exclusion Zone by dragging it within the microphone pickup area.

    • Exclusion Zones cannot be added outside the microphone pickup area.

    1. Exclusion Zone

    The added Exclusion Zone is selected and “Exclusion Zone” appears in the context panel.

  5. Adjust the position of the Exclusion Zone.

    • Under “Position”, enter the height from the floor in “Z” and the position from the origin point using “X” (horizontal direction) and “Y” (vertical direction).
    • In the main area, the Exclusion Zone can also be dragged to change its position.

  6. Adjust the size of the Exclusion Zone.

    • Under “Size”, enter the size of the Exclusion Zone using “W” (Width) and “D” (Depth).
    • In the main area, the point in the corner of the Exclusion Zone can also be dragged to resize the image.

  • Although overlap with other beam zones is possible, zones will be enabled in the following order:
    Exclusion Zone -> Priority Zone -> Coverage Zone
  • If beam zones are set to overlap, clicking on the overlapped zone while pressing the Ctrl key will enable it to be selected.

Deleting an Exclusion Zone

  1. Select an Exclusion Zone in the main area.

    “Exclusion Zone” appears in the context panel.

  2. Click the trash icon or press the Delete key.

  3. Click “OK” in the message.

    The Exclusion Zone is deleted.

Locking an Exclusion Zone

The Exclusion Zone is locked to prevent changes to its position and size.

  1. Select an Exclusion Zone in the main area.

    “Exclusion Zone” appears in the context panel.

  2. Click the lock icon.

    • With each click, the Exclusion Zone switches between locked and unlocked.

    The Exclusion Zone is locked.