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NOTE: 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
realize that this is the way it’s supposed to
work. The purpose of all the controls in the
Source Mic section is to neutralize the effects of
the source mic. So, when you select a low-cut
filter, you’re telling the Mic Mod EFX that the
source mic recorded the audio with that much
bass attenuation and, therefore, the model
must now boost the bass an equal amount to
remove the source mic’s sonic coloration. (Trust
us, this fried our brains a bit at first, too.)
Pattern
If the mic you select in the Source Mic menu is
equipped with user-selectable pick-up patterns
(i.e., omni, cardioid, hypercardioid, etc.), the
Pattern pop-up menu will allow you to select
from the actual pattern settings available on that
mic. (If the source mic does not have selectable
patterns, the menu will be grayed out.)
If the source mic does include multiple
patterns, select the pattern that was (or will be)
used when capturing your audio.
NOTE: The purpose of the Pattern
selection is to neutralize the varying
frequency characteristics that result
from each of the available pattern settings, with
the assumption that the audio was recorded
on axis (i.e., from the front of the microphone).
Since Mic Mod EFX has no way of knowing the
actual placement of the signal source, it does
not attempt to simulate off-axis performance.
Proximity
The Proximity knob in the Source Mic section
should be used to set the average distance that
separated the mic and the signal source during
the recording of the audio. The purpose of this
control is to allow the model to remove any
Proximity Effect that may have been introduced
by the source mic.
NOTE: Proximity Effect is a boost
in bass frequencies resulting from
placing a directional mic in close
proximity to a signal source. The amount of the
effect varies from mic to mic, and is inversely
proportional to the distance from the mic to the
source (i.e., the smaller the distance, the greater
the bass boost).
Mics operating in omnidirectional mode do not
exhibit a proximity effect. Consequently, if the
source mic is an omni mic, or the source mic
has selectable patterns and omni is chosen, the
Proximity control will be disabled.
NOTE: Like the Low-Cut control
described above, the Source Mic
Proximity control may initially
seem to be working backwards (i.e., setting a
shorter distance will result in an audible bass
attenuation). Refer to the explanation back up in
the Low-Cut section to understand why this is
actually how it is supposed to work.
Also note that the effect of the Proximity
control is unique for each model of microphone.
Mic Mod EFX does not use a generalized
approximation of proximity effect. Each model
reflects the specific physical properties that
create the proximity effect for that individual
mic.