User`s manual

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And with the ability to download new models from our web site,
the Microphone Modeler will always keep you at the forefront of
the microphone art.
About The Technology
The models employed by the Microphone Modeler are not derived
from theoretical considerations. They are generated by a proprietary
analysis process that is applied to each physical mic modeled. Not
only the sonic characteristics, but the behavior of other parameters
such as low-cut filters or proximity effects accurately reflect the
specific performance of each individual microphone we model.
The precision of these models allows the Microphone Modeler to
reproduce even the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) sonic
variations that one often finds in different samples of the same
model of microphone. Consequently, for some important mics,
we’ve provided multiple models, each based on measurements
taken from individual mics.
Another advantage of our model-based approach is that there is
essentially no processing delay apart from the natural phase effects
of the microphones being modeled and any delay inherent in the
operation of the host application or hardware environment.
Finally, the quality and signal-to-noise characteristics of the process-
ing are pristine. Because of our commitment to model-based pro-
cessing, there are none of the limitations or distortions characteristic
of FFT-based algorithms. The quality of the output is limited only by
the quality of the input.
So What Exactly Does It Do?
While there is a lot of fairly complicated stuff going on under the
hood, the essential functionality of the Microphone Modeler is
really quite simple. Basically, audio from a microphone is input to
the Microphone Modeler where it is first processed by a “Source
Model” which serves to neutralize the known characteristics of the
input mic. The audio is then processed by a second “Modeled Mic”
model which imposes the characteristics of the modeled mic onto
the previously neutralized signal. Finally, the audio is passed
through a model of a high-quality tube preamp offering the option
of classic tube saturation distortion.
The details are found in the next chapter.