Antares Mic Mod EFX user manual

Owner’s Manual
Updated 
Sep\fember 2015 ® 

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Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started  2
Installing and Authorizing 
Technical Support 
Chapter 2 Introducing Mic Mod E
FX  3
About the Technology 
So What Exactly Does It

 Do?
 
Chapter 3 Using Mic Mod EFX 5 
Live or Mixdown 
Signal Flow 
Controls 
Input Section 
Source Mic Section   
Modeled Mic Sect

ion
 
Tube Saturation 
Output Level  1
1Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  1
3
Chapter 6
  Realistic Expectations 
Choice of Input Microphone 
Microphone Variations 
Microphone Technique 
Excessive Frequency Boost...

1
Welcome!
On beha\ff of everyone at Antares Audio Techno\fogies, we’d \fike to offer both our 
thanks and congratu\fations on your decision to purchase Antares Mic Mod EFX, the 
wor\fd’s on\fy c\fassic microphone mode\fer. Before you proceed any further, we’d \fike to strong\fy encourage you to register 
and authorize your copy 

of Mic Mod EFX. (You can skip ahead to the Authorization and 
Insta\f\fation instru\hctions in the next chapter. We’\f\f wait.) 
At Antares, we are committed to exce\f\fence in...

2Chapter 1: Getting Started
I
ns\f
alling  Mic M od  EFX
Mi c Mo d EF X is  designe d to  wor k wit h a  wide 
variet y of  digita \f audi o app\fications . P\feas e refer 
t o  you r hos t app\fication’ s use r manua \f fo r more 
informatio n on  insta\f\fin g an d usin g p\fug-ins. 
(A\fthoug h in  mos t cases , simp\f y doub\fe-c\ficking 
Mi c Mo d EF X insta\f\fe r an d fo\f\fowin g the 
resu\ftin g direction s wi\f \f b e  a\f\f yo u nee d to  do.)
Au\fh o
rizing Mi c Mo d EFX
Authorization is the...

3A modern reincarnation of Antares’ renowned Microphone Mode\fer p\fug-in, Mic Mod 
EFX \fets any reasonab\fe qua\fity microphone sound \fike any of a variety of historica\f 
c\fassic and rare exotic microphones. Using our patented Spectra\f Shaping Too\f™ 
techno\fogy, we’ve created precise digita\f mode\fs that reproduce the subt\fe sonic 
characteristics that make each microphone unique. Simp\fy te\f\f Mic Mod EFX what microphone 
you are actua\f\fy using and what microphone you’d \fike it to sound...

4  

5Chapter 3: Using Mic Mod EFX
Live or Mixdown?
Mic Mod EFX functions equa\f\fy we\f\f processing 
audio during its origina\f performance or \fater 
during the mixdown process. However, if you 
have the choice (which you typica\f\fy wi\f\f for 
everything but a \five stage performance), we 
strong\fy recommend using Mic Mod EFX as 
an insert effect during mixdown. This wi\f\f a\f\fow 
you to experiment with mic choice and various 
mic settings whi\fe auditioning their effect in the 
context of the entire...