TASCAM DM-24 Installation and Use Effects Manual - Page 13

3 - Antares microphone modeling-Selecting a model for output • Use a different microphone which is listed, if you have one. • Select a similar model of microphone from the same manufacturer; that is, one with similar characteristics to the one in use. • Select another microphone of the same type (for example, another large condenser microphone, etc.). The bypass microphone model The bypass microphone model is equivalent to no microphone being used. This may be useful in the case of electric instruments which have been direct-injected (that is, with no microphone involved) Source microphone settings In addition to the type of microphone used as the source microphone, the modeler needs to know a few more things before it can achieve the best results: Proximity This is the average distance of the sound source from the microphone when the recording is made. The distance is measured in inches (1 inch = 2.54cm). If this is not set, then the "proximity effect" (an artificial boost in bass frequencies at close range) may not be properly compensated, and the sound will be unnatural. Note that microphones with an omnidirectional response do not exhibit this proximity effect, and any settings made here with an omni source microphone will have no effect. Use pod 2 on row 3 for this setting. NOTE As the source moves away from the microphone, an amount of ambient room tone is added to the recording. The microphone modeler cannot add the room tone, but a little reverb added to the signal may help here. Selecting a model for output In the same way as you selected a microphone as the source mic, move the cursor to the Model Microphone field (POD 1, bottom row), and select the model of the microphone to be modeled. As with the source microphone, a -w indicates that a windscreen has been added to the model. There may also be variants of the base model, as described for the source microphone. • Select Bypass (that is, no microphone) as the source. Note that if you do select a microphone of a different type to the actual microphone, though you will probably obtain acceptable results, the resulting sound will not be 100% accurate. and where the model microphone is to be used to provide a distinctive sound for these instruments. Although this may not produce an absolutely realistic model of the model microphone, it will almost certainly produce an interesting sound. Pattern The pattern of the source mic, if selectable, should be echoed in this setting. If the source mic is fixed-pattern, no selection is possible here, and the display shows None here. Use POD 3 on row 3. Low-cut filter Many microphones have a bass cut filter. If this filter has been set on the real physical source microphone, this setting should be made on the source microphone of the modeler as well. This is done using POD 4 on row 3. The actual name of this filter varies according to the actual name on the physical microphone, and will not exist at all if the mic does not actually have such a filter fitted (the display shows None). NOTE The modeler assumes that the source was recorded on-axis. Since there is no way to tell the modeler about the actual position of the source relative to the microphone, the modeler cannot compensate for frequency differences, etc. caused by off-axis placement of the source. If the Bypass "microphone" is selected here, and a source microphone is selected, the effect will be that of the source microphone's characteristics. If Bypass is selected both for the source and the model, the final result of the modeler will be the input source, with the addition of any tube saturation added by the modeler (see below). TASCAM DM-24 Effects 13