Antares TASCAM TA-1VP - Manual (Page 26)

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TASCAM TA-1VP
5 – Operation
MICROPHONE MODELER MODULE
Source Mic Page ª
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.
Model Mic Page ª
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:
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.
If Bypass is selected in the Source Mic list and Bypass is
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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).
Low Cut/Proximity Page ª
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.