Then I recorded more vocal samples using a real AKG C414-B ULS and CAD Equitek E350, the original mics on which the MM emulations are based. Then for further comparison, I modeled the two source mics after each other so each source mic had three different emulations.
I then took each source recording and then modeled them to emulate an AKG C414- B ULS and a CAD Equitek E350, both large diaphragm condenser mics. I recorded short vocal samples with two different mics: the venerable Shure SM58 and a Royer 121 ribbon. According to the MM documentation, the most accurate results are obtained when you use a mic that is in the existing table of source microphone models. The way the MM works is by taking the known characteristics of the input source mic and then re-shaping the result to match pre-defined output characteristics. All the names you know and love are there: Neumann, AKG, Beyer, Sennheiser and some real exotics most of us have never experienced first- hand.
HOW MANY MIC MODELS ARE IN ANTARES MIC MODELER SOFTWARE
The software has quite a selection of pre-defined modeling algorithms for both the source and output microphones. But just how convincing is it? You can answer that question for yourself by downloading a time-locked demo version and testing it for a few days. The idea of still being able to use a relatively inexpensive dynamic mic for lead vocals then using software to make it emulate a very pricey large-diaphragm condenser is just too tempting to pass up. The retail packaging even claims, "Now the microphones you own can sound like the microphones you wished you owned." To the burgeoning number of DAW home recordists, such a product can't help but get noticed. Perhaps you've heard of this new plug-in that claims to be able to take recorded input from even the most pedestrian of work-horse microphones and give them the characteristics of some of the most sought after (and usually expensive), mics in the world. Antares Audio Technologies, the software DSP innovator that brought the world the Auto-Tune, has come forth with their latest digital mojo-in-a-box called the Microphone Modeler ($249).
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