Antares Mic Mod EFX user manual

6Source Mic Sec\fion
The Source Mic section is where you specify the mic and the settings that were (or wi\f\f be) used 
to capture the input sound. The purpose of these se\fections is to remove the effect of the source 
microphone, resu\fting in the signa\f that wou\fd have been recorded by an idea\f instrumentation 
microphone with no proximity effect.
Source Mic Menu
The Source Mic pop-up menu is used to se\fect 
a specific mode\f of mic. In some cases a mic 
wi\f\f have a second \fisting with “(w)”...

7NOTE: It is important to keep in mind 
that the purpose of this setting is to 
“undo” the effect of any low-cut filter 
that was used to capture your audio. If you play 
around with this setting, you may initially think 
that it’s working “backwards.” That is, changing 
the menu selection from OFF to any filter 
setting will actually cause a bass boost in the 
monitored audio.
However, once you think about it, you will 
reali\fe that this is the way it’s supposed to 
work. The purpose of all the...

8Modeled Mic Sec\fion
Here’s where the fun rea\f\fy starts. The MODELED MI\b section is where you se\fect the mic (and its 
settings) whose characteristics you want to app\fy to your audio.
Modeled Mic Menu
The Mode\fed Mic pop-up menu is used to 
se\fect your desired mic. In some cases a mic 
wi\f\f have a second \fisting with “(w)” appended 
to the mic’s name. This indicates that the mic 
we mode\fed was supp\fied with a windscreen 
and this is the mode\f of the mic with the 
windscreen attached. If...

9but instead models the actual filter performance 
of each modeled mic. In other words, a stated 
cut-off frequency is only as accurate as the filter 
on the actual mic.
ANOTHER NOT
E: Although it’s always 
best to let your ears be your guide, 
if your audio was recorded with the 
source mic’s low-cut filter turned on, in most 
cases it will be best to turn on the modeled 
mic’s low-cut filter as well. (After all, there was 
presumably some reason that someone chose 
to use that filter in the first...

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\bube Sa\fura\fion
The Tube Saturation section is based on 
Antares’ renowned WARM Tube Saturation 
Generator and is designed to mode\f the 
“warmth” that is typica\f of a high-qua\fity tube 
pre-amp. 
The amount of tube saturation effect app\fied to 
your audio is contro\f\fed by the Tube Saturation 
Drive contro\f in combination with the Input Gain 
contro\f.
The Drive contro\f determines the amp\fification 
factor of the mode\fed tube pre-amp with the 
numeric disp\fay indicating the amp\fification...

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C
hapt
er  4: Realistic  Expectations
(o r
, Mic Mod  EFX Meets the  Space-Time Cont inuum)
A\fthough Mic Mod EFX seems in many ways to be a\fmost magic, it is, in fact, simp\fy 
very c\fever science. And as such, it remains subject to those pesky \faws of physics.
To get the maximum satisfaction out of Mic Mod EFX, it is important to have rea\fistic 
expectations of exact\fy what it can and can’t do. (Most of what it can’t do re\fates to the physica\f 
impossibi\fity of recovering information that...

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Polar Pa\f\fern Selec\fion
Mic Mod EFX can’t recover information that 
was not recorded as part of the origina\f signa\f. 
For examp\fe, if the origina\f audio was recorded 
with a high\fy directiona\f pattern (hence picking 
up \fitt\fe room tone), you can’t set the mode\fed 
mic to Omni and expect the room tone that 
wou\fd have been recorded if the origina\f 
was set to Omni sudden\fy to appear. You 
can however, simu\fate that effect with some 
judicious use of reverb or an environmenta\f...

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Chapt
er 5
 : Get  Creative •
Se\fect a Source Mic that doesn’t match
your physica\f mic. In fact, try one whose
characteristics are as different as possib\fe
from your physica\f mic.
• Se\fect Bypass in the Source Mic menu to
combine the sound of your physica\f 

mic
with
 the sound of the mode\fed mic.
• Extreme Proximity settings can give
strange, but interesting effects.  Try wi\fd\fy
differing settings in the Source and Mode\f
sections.
• Dynamica\f\fy change Proximity settings
during a...

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Chapter 
6:   M
 ic Models  Appendix
Listed be\fow are the mode\fed mics (both source and mode\f) inc\fuded with Mic Mod 
EFX, a\fong with brief descriptions of each one.
PLEASE NOTE: All trademarks appearing below are the property of their respective 
owners. The following manufacturer names and model designations are used solely 
to identify the microphones analy\fed in the development of our digital models and do not in any way 
imply any association with or endorsement by any of the named...

15\b 30
00  Larg e Diaphragm \bondenser  
Genera\f purpose
\b 40

00 B
 Dua\f
 -Diaphragm \bondenser  
So\fid state version of the So\fidTube, genera\f purpose
The 

Tube
 Larg
 e Diaphragm \bondenser  
Known for a dark, intimate sound
So\fi

dtube
 Larg
 e diaphragm tube mic 
So\fid state tube mic good for genera\f app\fications
Perc

eption 120
 Larg
 e-diaphragm \bardioid \bondenser  
Genera\f purpose studio and stage mic
Perc

eption 220
 Larg
 e-diaphragm \bardioid \bondenser  
Genera\f purpose...