Tascam DM-24 Effects Manual

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3 – Antares microphone modeling—Selecting a model for outputTASCAM DM-24 Effects 13• Use a different microphone which is listed, if youhave one.• Select a similar model of microphone from thesame manufacturer; that is, one with similar char-acteristics to the one in use.• Select another microphone of the same type (forexample, another large condenser microphone,etc.).• Select Bypass (that is, no microphone) as thesource.Note that if you do select a microphone of a differenttype to the actual microphone, though you will prob-ably obtain acceptable results, the resulting soundwill not be 100% accurate.The bypass microphone modelThe bypass microphone model is equivalent to nomicrophone being used. This may be useful in thecase of electric instruments which have beendirect-injected (that is, with no microphone involved)and where the model microphone is to be used toprovide a distinctive sound for these instruments.Although this may not produce an absolutely realisticmodel of the model microphone, it will almost cer-tainly produce an interesting sound.Source microphone settingsIn addition to the type of microphone used as thesource microphone, the modeler needs to know a fewmore things before it can achieve the best results:Proximity This is the average distance of the soundsource from the microphone when the recording ismade. The distance is measured in inches (1 inch =2.54cm). If this is not set, then the “proximity effect”(an artificial boost in bass frequencies at close range)may not be properly compensated, and the sound willbe unnatural. Note that microphones with an omnidi-rectional response do not exhibit this proximityeffect, and any settings made here with an omnisource microphone will have no effect.Use pod 2 on row 3 for this setting.NOTEAs the source moves away from the microphone, anamount of ambient room tone is added to the record-ing. The microphone modeler cannot add the roomtone, but a little reverb added to the signal may helphere.Pattern The pattern of the source mic, if selectable,should be echoed in this setting. If the source mic isfixed-pattern, no selection is possible here, and thedisplay shows None here. Use POD 3 on row 3.Low-cut filter Many microphones have a bass cutfilter. If this filter has been set on the real physicalsource microphone, this setting should be made onthe source microphone of the modeler as well.This is done using POD 4 on row 3.The actual name of this filter varies according to theactual name on the physical microphone, and will notexist at all if the mic does not actually have such a fil-ter fitted (the display shows None).NOTEThe modeler assumes that the source was recordedon-axis. Since there is no way to tell the modeler aboutthe actual position of the source relative to the micro-phone, the modeler cannot compensate for frequencydifferences, etc. caused by off-axis placement of thesource.Selecting a model for outputIn the same way as you selected a microphone as thesource mic, move the cursor to the Model Micro-phone field (POD 1, bottom row), and select themodel of the microphone to be modeled.As with the source microphone, a -w indicates that awindscreen has been added to the model. There mayalso be variants of the base model, as described forthe source microphone.If the Bypass “microphone” is selected here, and asource microphone is selected, the effect will be thatof the source microphone’s characteristics. If Bypassis selected both for the source and the model, thefinal result of the modeler will be the input source,with the addition of any tube saturation added by themodeler (see below).