Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Mic Mod EFX Antares
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Th e O b li g at o r y L e g a l M u m b o -J u m b o Th e An ta re s ® Mic Mod ™ EFX s oftw ar e an d th i s Us e r’ s M an ua l ar e pr o te ct ed by c op yr ig ht la w .
T er m of th e A g re em en t Th is a gr eem e nt i s e ff ec ti ve un ti l t e rm in at ed b y yo u o r An ta re s. Y ou m ay te rm i na te th e ag r ee me nt at a n y t im e by no ti fyi ng Ant ar e.
C o n t e n t s Ch apte r 1 Ge t ti ng Started 3 Instal li ng a nd Authorizi ng T echnica l Su ppor t Ch apte r 2 In trodu ci ng Mi c Mod E FX 5 About the T echnol ogy So W hat Exactly Does It Do ? Ch.
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1 W e l c o m e ! On beh al f o f e v ery on e at Ant ar e s Au di o T ech no lo gi es , w e ’d li k e t o o ff er bo th o ur th an ks a nd c on gr at ul a ti on s on yo ur dec is io n t o p ur ch as e An ta r es M ic Mod E FX, th e w or ld’ s on ly cl as si c mi cr op ho ne mod el er .
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3 C h a p t e r 1 : G e t t i n g S t a r t e d I n st a l l i n g M i c M o d EFX Mi c Mo d EFX i s d es ig ne d t o w ork wi th a wid e va ri e ty o f di gi ta l a udi o a ppl i cat io ns . P lea s e r ef er t o y ou r ho st ap pl ica ti on ’ s u se r m an ua l f or m or e i nf o rma t io n on i n sta l li ng an d us in g p lu g -in s .
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5 A m ode rn r ei nca rn at i on o f An ta r es ’ r en o wn ed M ic ro ph on e Mod el er pl ug-in , Mi c Mo d E F X l et s an y r eas on ab le q ua l ity m ic ro ph on e s ou nd l i k e an y o f a v ar ie t y o f h is t or ica l cl as si c a nd r ar e e xo t ic m i cr oph on e s.
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7 C h a p t e r 3 : U s i n g M i c M o d E F X L i v e o r M i x d o w n ? Mi c Mo d EFX f u nct io n s eq ua ll y w el l pr oc es si n g a udi o d ur in g i ts o ri gi na l pe rf orm an ce o r l at e r du ri n g th e m ix do wn p r oce ss .
8 S o u r c e M i c S e c ti o n Th e So ur ce Mic se ct io n is whe r e y ou s pe ci fy th e m ic a nd th e s ett i ngs th at w er e ( or w il l be ) us ed t o ca pt ur e th e i np ut s ou nd .
9 NO T E : I t is imp or t an t t o k eep in m in d t ha t t he p ur po se of th i s se tt in g i s t o “ un do ” t he e ff e ct o f an y l ow - cu t fi l te r t ha t w as us ed t o cap tu r e yo ur au di o. I f yo u p la y ar oun d w i t h t hi s s et t in g, yo u ma y in i ti al l y t hi nk t ha t i t ’ s wo r k in g “bac kw ar ds.
10 M o d e l e d M i c S e c ti o n He r e ’ s wh e re th e fu n r ea l ly s ta rts. The M od el ed M ic s ec ti on i s w he re yo u s el ec t th e m ic ( an d i ts s ett in gs ) who s e ch ar ac te ri st i cs y ou w a nt t o ap ply to yo ur au di o.
11 bu t in s te ad mod el s t h e ac t ua l fil te r pe rf or ma n ce o f ea ch m od el ed m ic . I n o th er wo r ds , a s ta t ed cu t-o ff f r eq ue nc y i s on l y as acc ur a te as t he fi l te r on th e a ct ua l mi c.
12 T u b e S at u ra ti o n Th e T ube Sat ur a ti on s ec ti on i s b as ed o n An ta re s ’ r en o wne d W ARM T u be Sa tu r at io n Ge ne ra t or an d is des i gn ed t o m ode l t he “ w ar mt h ” th at is ty pi cal of a hi gh-qua l ity t ub e pr e -amp .
13 C h a p t e r 4 : T h e M i c r o p h o n e M o d e l F i l e s Y ou r cop y o f M ic M od E FX com e s wi th a col l ect io n o f m ic m od el s th at is a ut om at ic al ly i n sta l le d al on g wi th th e pl ug-i n. T he se m ic s wi l l ap pea r i n t he S ou rc e Mi c a nd M ode le d Mi c m en us .
14 Un fo rtu na t el y , th er e i s n o ea sy w a y ar o un d th i s. S im pl y be a war e of it a nd be p re pa r ed t o up da te yo ur au t oma t io n se tt in gs i f y ou r ea rr an ge t he m i cs i n y ou r me n us .
15 C h a p t e r 5 : R e a l i s t i c E x p e c t a t i o n s ( o r , M i c M o d E FX M e e t s t h e S pa c e - T i m e C o n t i n u u m ) Al th ou gh M ic M od E FX se em s i n ma n y wa ys to be a lm os t m agi c, it i s, in f ac t, s im pl y v ery c le v er s ci en ce .
16 P o l a r P a tt e r n S e l e c t i o n Mi c Mo d EFX c an ’t r ec o ve r i nf orm at io n t ha t wa s n ot re co rd ed a s pa rt o f t he o ri gi na l s ig na l.
17 C h a p t e r 6 : G e t C r e a t i v e • Se le ct a Sou r ce M ic t ha t d oes n ’ t ma t ch y ou r ph y si ca l mi c. I n f ac t, t ry on e wh os e ch ar ac t er is ti cs a r e as d if fe r en t a s po ss ib le f ro m y ou r ph y si ca l mi c.
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19 C h a p t e r 7 : M i c M o d e l s A p p e n d i x Li st ed be lo w ar e t he m od el ed m ic s (b ot h s ou rc e a nd m ode l) in cl ud ed w it h Mi c Mo d E F X, a lon g w it h br ie f d es cr ip ti on s o f ea ch o ne .
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