User Manual

Townsend Labs Sphere L22 Precision Microphone System Guide Sphere Plug-ins

Microphone Type

The Townsend Labs Sphere 180 plug-in shows the names and images of two microphone types: MIC L

and

MIC R (see bottom of Figure 3-1).

The

Townsend Labs Sphere plug-in shows the name and image of one microphone type unless in DUAL

VIEW, which shows two types: MIC 1 and MIC 2.

NOTE: The automation control list displays the microphone types as MIC1 TYPE and MIC2 TYPE.

To select a different microphone type, do any of the following:

• Click on the mic name and choose a new mic from the list.

• Click on the mic image to display the next mic type.

• Right-click or ctrl-click on the mic image to display the previous mic type.

• After clicking on the mic image or type, the application focus is on the

MIC1 TYPE (or MIC2 TYPE) con-

trol. Use the down/up arrows to display the next/previous mic types, respectively.

• Hover the cursor over the mic name, and spin the mouse scroll wheel to view the mic types

Pattern

This parameter lets you adjust the pick-up pattern of the mic model. This is equivalent to choosing a

different polar pattern setting on a multi-pattern mic, but with the additional advantage of being able

to select intermediate polar patterns that the original mic did not have. For example, when modeling

a mic that natively supports omni, cardioid, and figure-eight settings, the Sphere can synthesize

transitional polar patterns, such as sub- or hypercardioid. Each mic

’s original patterns are highlighted

in green. For microphones with a single pattern, the pattern control is fixed to that pattern.

NOTE: The automation control list displays the PATTERN settings as MIC1 PATTERN and MIC2 PATTERN.

Available patterns are:

• Omni

• Sub-Omni

• Wide-Cardioid

• Subcardioid

• Cardioid

• Supercardioid

• Hypercardioid

• Sub-8

• Figure-8