TASCAM DM-24 Installation and Use Effects Manual - Page 12

3 - Antares microphone modeling-Overall settings Excessive frequency boosting can occur if processes intervening between the microphone and the modeler produce noise. This noise will be excessively boosted, especially if the filtering on the microphone and the recording process has accentuated this. Polar response patterns can be simulated, but cannot automatically change the pattern of the source microphone. For example, if a recording has been made using a microphone with a cardioid response pattern, setting the model's pattern to omnidirectional will not automatically turn the source microphone into an omnidirectional microphone (and add the room Selecting the microphone modeler Recall the preset library entry 1-100 in order to load the microphone modeler. Overall settings These settings apply to the overall effect (not to the source or model microphones individually). Input gain This (INPUT) allows you to set the rela- tive gain for the input source (top row, POD 2). Start at 0dB, but you may want to increase the level slightly to increase the amount of saturation available to the processor. The signal may be cut by a value up to -30 dB and boosted by up to 12 dB. NOTE Increasing this input level to obtain the highest possible non-clipping meter level does not result in the improve- Selecting the source microphone Move the cursor to the Source Microphone, selecting the model using POD 1. ambience that would be present if the microphone actually was an omnidirectional one). Likewise, if a source microphone has a particular off-axis response, this individuality will be retained even if a different model is selected. NOTE The microphone modeler can only be used with the L input and output of either effect 1 or effect 2. It is not possible to use the microphone modeler to process two channels at the same time using one effect. The microphone modeler is not available in high sampling frequency mode. See "Setting up the effects units" on page 7 for further details. ment in dynamic range that would result if this operation was to take place on an all-analog system. Output level This (OUTPUT) allows the overall output gain from the modeler to be adjusted from 0 dB to -12 dB. Bypass This allows the whole of the microphone modeler to be bypassed for A-B comparisons. It is not the same as selecting the bypass microphone model ("The bypass microphone model" on page 13), which is a "neutral" microphone model for either source or output (but it is the same as selecting it for source and output). The manufacturer name is given at the top left of the box, and the model at the bottom right. There may be two listings for a particular source microphone model, one of them ending with a -w. This means that this is the model of microphone with a supplied windscreen (thereby affecting the acoustic characteristics of the microphone). There may also be a (m1) or (m2) following the microphone name. These refer to different examples of the same kind of microphone. Pick the one which is most appropriate for your particular microphone. If you do not have a microphone listed in the list of source microphones provided: 12 TASCAM DM-24 Effects