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Event Setup Examples

Use these examples to decide how many Channels to create for your Event.

Example 1​

Case: You have 1 stage and 1 speaker.

Setup: Create 1 Channel, set the speaker's source language and target translation languages, then set the speaker's microphone as the Channel microphone. You are then ready to start.

Example 2​

Case: You have 1 stage and multiple speakers who follow one after another. All speakers use the same microphone, and speak the same language.

Setup: Same as Example 1: create 1 Channel.

Example 3​

Case: You have 1 stage and multiple speakers who follow one after another, use the same microphone, and speak different languages.

Setup:

  • You can create 1 Channel and update the Speaking (source) language in the channel's Translation settings before each new speaker who uses a different language than the previous speaker.
  • You can pre-configure multiple Channels - one per source language - and attach a different audio device to each Channel. Then, provide different physical microphones to different speakers (or use an audio mixer to assign the same physical microphone to different audio devices attached to the Channels).

Example 4​

Case: You have 1 stage and 2 speakers who speak to one another on the same stage, using the same language.

Setup:

  • If speakers share the same microphone (or you use an audio mixer that combines 2 physical microphones into one audio device), creating 1 Channel is enough. Select that audio device as the Channel microphone.
  • If speakers use 2 different physical microphones and you cannot use an audio mixer to combine them into one audio device, or if you want a better audience experience (the ability to distinguish speakers in the captions feed), create 2 Channels - one per speaker's physical microphone. Note: the more active Channels you have, the higher the billing.

Example 5​

Case: You have 2 separate stages and 1 independent speaker on each stage, who are speaking at the same time (in parallel).

Setup: Create 2 separate Events (not 2 Event Channels within one Event), then configure each Event according to Example 1, 2, 3, or 4, depending on your case.

Note: Channels are intended to organize speakers with different source languages and audio device setups for the same Event output. Channels are not intended for 2+ stages that process different topics in parallel. If you have 2+ stages that must run in parallel (each stage has a separate, independent speaker), create a separate Palabra Event for each stage to have an individual configuration and different Listener Page for each stage.