Configuring and using the Torpedo VM-202
7.3
User
•
User
: Determine the impulse response file used for the simula-
tion. The "U" label indicates that the impulse has been mea-
sured (with the Torpedo Capture software) by the user. The "W"
label indicates that the impulse has been converted from a
wave (or aiff) file. You don’t have access to the microphone
positioning options when using the User impulses (both "U" and
"W"). You have access to the "Overload" parameters only for
the "U" impulse responses.
8
MIKING
In the "MIKING" menu, you take the place of the sound engineer. This is where you will find the "sweet spot",
the perfect microphone position. You’ll also be able to control speaker saturation and balance between
simulated and non-simulated sound.
The first two parameters determine the microphone position. You can move the microphone in a trape-
zoidal plane that you can visualized with the Torpedo Remote software.
8.1
Distance
• Determine the distance between the simulated cabinet and
microphone. Placing a microphone close to the cabinet will
result in a precise sound with a large amount of proximity effect
(dependent on the chosen model of microphone).
When you move the microphone away from the cabinet, you increase the proportion of the studio’s
acoustics (early reflections) in the overall sound.
Furthermore, depending on the cabinet model used, and especially with the ones with multiple speak-
ers, moving the microphone away can bring some higher frequencies back. This is simply due to the
directivity of the loudspeakers.
At the maximum position (100%), the microphone is placed 3 meters (10 feet) away from the cabinet.
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