User`s manual

Chapter 6: Get Creative

Up to this point, all of the instructions in this manual have focused

on how to use the Microphone Modeler for its primary purpose:

making one mic sound as accurately as possible like another. But

don’t let that limit you. We’ve purposely given the controls wide

ranges to allow you to move beyond what might be considered

useful for strict modeling. Try some of the following:

• Select a Source Mic that doesn’t match your physical mic. In fact,

try one whose characteristics are as different as possible from

your physical mic.

• Select Bypass in the Source Mic menu to combine the sound of

your physical mic with the sound of the modeled mic.

• Create a “Hyper” version of one of your source mics. To do this,

select Bypass in the Source Mic menu (to pass through the sound

of your mic unmodified) and then select your source mic in the

Modeled Mic menu. The result will be to accentuate all of the

characteristics that give your source mic its unique character,

making it sound like itself, only more so.

• Swap some model files between the Source and Model folders

(i.e., put the source file in the Modeled Mic folder and vice

versa). This is likely to result in some strange timbres, but some-

times strange is good.

• Extreme Proximity settings can give strange, but interesting

effects. Try wildly differing settings in the Source and Model

sections.

• Dynamically change Proximity settings during a performance.

• Overdrive the Tube Saturation section for some serious gruzz.

None of the above are likely to give you the sound of any mic that

exists in nature, but they can definitely give your recordings unique

and striking timbres.