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by jwatt 1619 days ago
These could be useful:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_noise_control

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_gain_control

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_suppression_and_cancellat...
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swills 1619 days ago
Wow, didn't know it did this. I'm doing my own audio processing before it gets to the browser, so this is actively harmful. This bit:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Tweaks#Disable_WebR...

proved helpful. Wish I'd known sooner.

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almog 1619 days ago
Same here. This is super helpful to know. I've tried to incorporate a Blackhole-Reaper workflow to apply an equalizer/compressor/limiter to video calls and have experienced odd behavior in both Firefox and Chrome which this might explain.
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djkoolaide 1619 days ago
This is why I love HN -- I'm running basically the same setup as you two. There are dozens of us, dozens!
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