Antares AMM1 Hardware user manual

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This page allows you to specify for each mic model downloaded into
FLASH memory whether or not it will appear in the appropriate mic
selection list. It is also the first step in permanently erasing a model
from FLASH memory (see the Compress FLASH Page below for more
details).
A bit of explanation: When you first take your AMM-1 out of
the box, it contains models of approximately 100 mics perma-
nently stored in EPROM (more accurately, 200 models, in that
each mic model includes both a source version...

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When you select a model that has previously been marked as de-
leted, the top line of the display will read:
 to: restore
Pressing the Enter button at this point will restore the model to
active status. It will once again appear in the appropriate mic
selection list and will not be subject to erasure during the FLASH
compression process.
Note: The Source and Model versions of each mic may be indi-
vidually set to active or deleted status. For example, if you
download a model of a mic that you don’t...

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Chapter 5:
The Microphone Models
Your AMM-1 comes with a collection of approximately 100 mic
models permanently stored in EPROM. (A complete list will be found
in the Appendix to this manual.) In addition, we are constantly
modeling more mics. Whether new mics that have just come to
market, or classics we’ve just managed to get ahold of, you should
find an ever-growing collection to download from our website.
We’d also appreciate any suggestions you have for specific mics to
model. Email your...

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When the AMM-1 detects the new mic file, the following message
will appear on the LCD:
Busy receiving MIDI
  model download
The models are written to the FLASH memory as they are received.
Once all of the models have been received, the names of the new
mics are merged into the mic selection lists. while this is happening,
the following message is displayed:
 Adding new models
     to menus
This all happens fairly quickly. In the worst case, 100 microphones
(200 models) would take about 60 seconds to...

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If FLASH memory becomes full in the middle of a download, the
following message is displayed:
Error, FLASH full.
Press bypass...
Press the Bypass button to return to normal operation. If necessary,
use the Delete/Restore FLASH Models Page and the Compress FLASH
Page to erase enough mics from FLASH to make room for the new
models.
Adding New Mic Models 

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Chapter 6:
Realistic Expectations (or, AMM-1
Meets the Space-Time Continuum)
Although the AMM-1 seems in many ways to be almost magic, it is,
in fact, simply very clever science. And as such, it remains subject to
those pesky laws of physics.
To get the maximum satisfaction out of the AMM-1, it is important
to have realistic expectations of exactly what it can and can’t do.
(Most of what it can’t do relates to the physical impossibility of
recovering information that wasn’t in the original signal to...

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•Microphone TechniqueIn getting the best possible recorded
sound, mic technique and placement are at least as important (if
not more so) that mic choice. A good engineer can record a
great track with an SM57 while a poor one can make a U47
sound like doo doo. If your audio is not well-recorded in the first
place, the AMM-1 can to do very little to improve it. If you start
with a poorly recorded track, all the AMM-1 will do is make it
sound like a track that was poorly recorded with a great mic....

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•Transient ResponseOne of the key characteristics of various
types of microphones is their transient response (i.e., the way
that their diaphragms respond to extremely rapid amplitude
fluctuations, typically during a sound’s attack phase).
Intuition would suggest that modeling changes in transient
response between mics would be next to impossible - particu-
larly changing a source mic with a slow response to a modeled
mic with a fast response. Amazingly, that turns out not to be the
case. The AMM-1’s...

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4. Now take that processed file (which is now a model of the spike
as it would have been recorded by the ATM31) and send it
through the AMM-1 again, this time with the Source Mic set to
the ATM31, and the Modeled Mic section set to Bypass. If that
Source Mic model is doing its job, it should actually remove the
characteristics of the ATM31, including that smeared transient.
5. Once again, examine the processed signal in the waveform
editor. The evidence of transient smearing will be gone and the
spike...

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Chapter 7: Get Creative
Up to this point, all of the instructions in this manual have focused
on how to use the AMM-1 for its primary purpose: making one mic
sound as accurately as possible like another. But don’t let that limit
you. We’ve purposely given the controls wide ranges to allow you to
move beyond what might be considered useful for strict modeling.
Try some of the following:
•Select a Source Mic that doesn’t match your physical mic. In fact,
try one whose characteristics are as different as...