User`s manual

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Controls: Source Mic Section
In practice, you should start out by setting the Input Gain at a bit
under the optimum level. Once you’re confident that you’ve found
the right mic settings for your track, you should go back and fine
tune the gain for maximum level without clipping.
Source Mic Section
The SOURCE MIC section is where you
specify the mic and the settings that
were (or will be) used to capture the
input sound. The purpose of these
selections is to remove the effect of
the source microphone, resulting in
the signal that would have been
recorded by an ideal instrumentation
microphone with no proximity effect.
Source Mic Menu
The Source Mic pop-up menu is used
to select a specific model of mic.
In some cases a mic will have a second listing with “(w)” appended
to the mic’s name. This indicates that the mic we modeled was
supplied with a windscreen and this is the model of the mic with
the windscreen attached. If your audio was captured using the
windscreen, you should select this version of the model.
When you first install the Microphone Modeler, the menu will
include all of the mics that we had modeled up to the point at
which the CD ROM was released for duplication. You should be sure
to check the Antares web site (www.antarestech.com) for new
models completed since that release.
Additionally, the menu 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.).
If your desired mic is not listed in the menu (nor available as an
additional model on our web site), you can try one of the following
(in order of preference):
1) Use a different mic that is listed — this is, of course, only an
option if you’ve not yet recorded the audio and do, in fact, have
another listed mic.