A method of controlling microphones in a multi-microphone array to provide a consistent volume for each desired sound source and a consistent ambient sound level, based on measured distance information from a sound source to the multi-microphone array, in a shared physical space having the multi-microphone array and the sound source, the method comprising: determining, using one or more processors, the measured distance information corresponding to the sound source in the shared space; and receiving, using the one or more processors, outputs from the microphones in the multi-microphone array and providing a combined sound signal by summing the received outputs, wherein the received outputs are time aligned and weighted based on the measured distance information to the sound source from the microphones in the shared space; characterised in that the method further comprises: controlling, using the one or more processors, the microphones of the multi-microphone array, wherein the controlling comprises: selecting and enabling the microphones of the multi-microphone array, using the one or more processors, based on zones defined by the measured distance information of the sound source from the microphones of the multi-microphone array such that: (i) when the sound source is outside of a configurable threshold distance, all microphones of the multi-microphone array are enabled; (ii) when the sound source is between the configurable threshold distance and a minimum threshold distance, at least two microphones of the multi-microphone array are selected, and the at least two selected microphones are enabled differently depending on their individual distances from the sound source; and (iii) when the sound source is within the minimum threshold distance, at least two microphones of the multi-microphone array are selected, and the at least two selected microphones are enabled such that at least one of the at least two selected microphones is enabled fractionally. determining, using one or more processors, the measured distance information corresponding to the sound source in the shared space; and receiving, using the one or more processors, outputs from the microphones in the multi-microphone array and providing a combined sound signal by summing the received outputs, wherein the received outputs are time aligned and weighted based on the measured distance information to the sound source from the microphones in the shared space; characterised in that the method further comprises: controlling, using the one or more processors, the microphones of the multi-microphone array, wherein the controlling comprises: selecting and enabling the microphones of the multi-microphone array, using the one or more processors, based on zones defined by the measured distance information of the sound source from the microphones of the multi-microphone array such that: (i) when the sound source is outside of a configurable threshold distance, all microphones of the multi-microphone array are enabled; (ii) when the sound source is between the configurable threshold distance and a minimum threshold distance, at least two microphones of the multi-microphone array are selected, and the at least two selected microphones are enabled differently depending on their individual distances from the sound source; and (iii) when the sound source is within the minimum threshold distance, at least two microphones of the multi-microphone array are selected, and the at least two selected microphones are enabled such that at least one of the at least two selected microphones is enabled fractionally. (i) when the sound source is outside of a configurable threshold distance, all microphones of the multi-microphone array are enabled; (ii) when the sound source is between the configurable threshold distance and a minimum threshold distance, at least two microphones of the multi-microphone array are selected, and the at least two selected microphones are enabled differently depending on their individual distances from the sound source; and (iii) when the sound source is within the minimum threshold distance, at least two microphones of the multi-microphone array are selected, and the at least two selected microphones are enabled such that at least one of the at least two selected microphones is enabled fractionally.