Can you really make any old mic sound like a top‑end studio classic? Clearly there are limits, and Antares are the first to point this out. To emulate this, Antares have added a virtual distance parameter, and for good measure, they've also included a modelled tube mic amp that any of the mics can be processed through. Used close up, a cardioid mic will exhibit a proximity effect resulting in a degree of bass boost which varies from model to model. However, Antares take the process rather further by including the characteristics of low‑cut switches where fitted with some models, you can also opt to have the windscreen on or off. Every microphone has its own characteristic frequency‑response curve, so Microphone Modeler first compensates for the characteristics of the original mic, then imposes the curve of the target microphone. The idea behind the plug‑in is that you can process a recording made using any of the microphones in Microphone Modeler's library to make it sound as though it was recorded using any of the other mics in the library. However, Antares' Auto‑Tune started off the same way and has since been produced as a low‑cost VST plug‑in, so perhaps MM will go the same way later.
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Ultimately, though, it doesn't really matter - all that's important is the result.Ĭurrently, Microphone Modeler is only available as a TDM plug‑in for Pro Tools systems. Of course, much of the difference between microphones lies in their differing frequency responses, an issue which can be addressed to some extent with sympathetic EQ: indeed, I'm unsure as to how much Antares' program relies on true modelling and to what extent it is merely a re‑equaliser. Antares' Microphone Modeler isn't the first product to perform microphone modelling - Roland have included it in their VS‑series digital workstations for some time - but it is the first TDM plug‑in designed for the purpose.
Physical modelling is getting pretty pervasive these days, and now it's moved beyond simulating analogue equipment, guitar amps and old synths to emulating classic (and not‑so‑classic) microphones. But can you really make any budget mic sound like a high‑end classic? Paul White investigates.
Antares' latest plug‑in can, it is claimed, alter a recording made with one model of mic so that it sounds as if it was done with another.
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