5 – Operation

MICROPHONE MODELER MODULE

ªªSource Mic Page

Pressing the SRC button brings up this page:

Source Mic:

Shure SM57

Use the Data Knob to select a source mic.

The Source Mic list includes both specific mics and generic mic categories. If you are using one of the specific mics, select that mic. Specific mics include:

Shure SM58

Rode NT1

 

 

Shure SM57

Rode NT2

 

 

Shure Beta 58a

Rode NT3

 

 

Shure KSM 32

CAD M177

 

 

Audio Technica 3035

CAD E200

 

 

Audio Technica ATM31

CAD E350 (default setting)

 

 

Audio Technica ATM41a

 

 

 

Audio Technica 4050

 

 

 

If your mic is not listed, select the generic mic category that best describes your mic. Generic mic categories include:

Hand-held Dynamic

Studio Dynamic

Wireless

Small Diaphragm Condenser

Large Diaphragm Condenser

Additionally, the list offers a selection called “Bypass.” When Bypass is selected, the source signal is passed unmodified to the Modeled Mic section. You should select Bypass when your source was not recorded with a microphone (e.g., guitar via direct box, direct synth input, etc.).

NOTE

Even if your audio was recorded with a microphone, you can still choose Bypass as the Source Mic and any mic as the Modeled Mic. In that case, the resulting effect is equivalent to having recorded the audio with your actual physical mic (which you, of course, did) and then having played back that track through a good set of speakers and rerecorded it with the Modeled Mic. What you end up with is a hybrid of your actual and modeled mic.

ªªModel Mic Page

Pressing the MODEL button brings up this page:

Model Mic:

Lg Dia condenser #1

Use the Data Knob to select the desired type of mic model. Models include:

Hand-held Dynamic

Studio Dynamic

Small Diaphragm Condenser #1

Small Diaphragm Condenser #2

Large Diaphragm Condenser #1

Large Diaphragm Condenser #2 (default setting)

Large Diaphragm Condenser #3

Drum Mic - Kick

Drum Mic - Snare

Drum Mic - Cymbal

Telephone

Additionally, the list offers a selection called “Bypass.” When Bypass is selected, no mic model is applied. The net sonic effect of selecting Bypass here depends on the setting of the Source Mic:

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If the correct source mic is selected in the Source Mic

 

list and Bypass is selected in the Modeled Mic list, the

 

final output of the Mic Modeler module will be stripped

 

of the characteristics of the source mic, resulting

 

in the signal that would have been recorded by an

 

instrumentation microphone with no proximity effect.

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If Bypass is selected in the Source Mic list and Bypass is

 

selected in the Modeled Mic list, the final output of the

 

Mic Modeler module will be identical to the original

 

input signal (with the exception of any added tube

 

warmth).

ªªLow Cut/Proximity Page

Pressing the LOW CUT button brings up this page:

Src LC ON Prox 4.5

Mdl LC ON Prox 6.3

(There’s a lot going on with the parameters on this page and some of it is rather counter-intuitive, so if things don’t seem to be acting the way you’d expect, refer to the explanations below.)

This page contains the Low Cut Filter and Proximity settings for both the Source mic and the Model mic. Use the cursor buttons to navigate to the desired fields and the Data Knob to set the values.

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