Instruction Manual

Conﬁguring and using TORPEDO VB-101

When you move the microphone away from the cabinet, you increase the part of the studio’s

acoustic (early reﬂections) in the sound.

Furthermore, depending on the cabinet model you use, and especially with the ones including

multiple speakers, moving the microphone away can bring some higher frequencies back. This is

simply due to the directivity of the loudspeakers. At maximum positioning (100%), the microphone is

placed 3 meters (10 feet) away from the cabinet.

8.2 Center

• Determine the distance between the axis of the loud-

speaker and the microphone (placed at a right angle). The

in-axis position (0%) allows for a maximum amount of trebles,

which are highly directives.

Moving the microphone away from the axis decreases the trebles to the beneﬁt of the basses. At

maximum position (100%), the microphone is placed at the edge of the speaker when Distance is

0%, and 1 meter (3 feet) away from the axis when Distance is 100%.

8.3 Position

• In standard sound pick-up, the microphone is usually placed

in front of the cabinet. However, placing the microphone

behind the cabinet can be quite interesting. The tone you

get then will usually be softer and darker. This is particularly

noticeable with closed cabinet, less with open ones.

8.4 Variphi

• The Variphi parameter is a one-of-a-kind control, exclusively

found in the TORPEDO VB-101. It allows you to modify the

frequency content of the signal, using the properties of the

sum of two signals with different phases.

You are in a situation where two microphones are used, and the Variphi parameter controls the

distance (hence the phase relationship) between the two microphones. To easily hear this effect,

we recommend starting with a crunch/saturated sound on your ampliﬁer, and changing the Variphi

parameter. You will hear a periodic change in the signal, with frequency modiﬁcations. Using Variphi,

you will ﬁne tune the frequency content of the signal, whether you are looking for a "mid-scooped"

or a "full" sound.

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