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will be located increasingly toward the right, and the
high frequency bands will be located increasingly
toward the left.
Hold
This turns the Hold function on/off. When MIDI is
selected, the MIDI control change message Hold will
be received. The MIDI channel is fixed at 1. If you turn
Hold on while a voice is being input into the mic, the
instrument will sound with the vocal formats that are
fixed at that time.
MicSens (Mic sensitivity)
Adjust the input sensitivity of the mic.
SynInLev (Synthesizer in level)
Adjust the input level of the instrument.
Character Ch1–19 (Voice character)
Adjust the volume of each frequency band. This set-
ting adjusts the tone of the vocoder. As the value is
increased, the frequency will rise.
Mic (Mic mix)
Adjust the amount of the mic audio (R channel input)
which has passed through the mic HPF that will be
added to the output of the vocoder.
MicHPF (Mic HPF)
When mic mix is used, this adjusts the frequency at
which the high pass filter (HPF) will begin to affect the
mic audio. Higher values for this setting will allow
you to mix only the consonants. With a setting of
Thru, the HPF will not be applied.
MicPan (Mic pan)
Adjust the panning of the mic audio.
NSThresh
(Noise suppressor threshold)
Adjust the level at which the noise suppressor applied
to the instrumental input (R channel input) will begin
to function.
CnvA/CnvB (Mic Converter)
This converts the characteristics of an inexpensive gen-
eral purpose mic into the characteristics of an expen-
sive studio mic (Microphone → Microphone conver-
sion). For an already-recorded sound, it can create the
Function of Each Effect Parameter
same tonal change as if the type or distance of the mic
had been changed.
This adds a feeling of "air" to an instrumental sound
that was recorded by direct line input, causing it to
sound as though it had been recorded with a micro-
phone (Line → Microphone conversion).
Sw (Switch)
Turn the mic converter on/off.
Input
Select the type of mic that was actually used to record.
DR-20: Roland DR-20
Sml.Dy: Small Dynamic Microphone
Hed.Dy: Head-worn Dynamic Microphone
Min.Cn: Miniature Condenser Microphone
Line Input
Flat:
Out
Specify the mic that will be simulated.
Sml.Dy: General purpose dynamic mic for instru-
ments or vocals. Ideal for guitar amp or
snare drum.
Voc.Dy: A popular dynamic mic for vocals.
Characterized by a tight mid-range. Use for
vocals.
Lrg.Dy: Dynamic mic with extended low end. Use
for bass drum or tom, etc.
Sml.Cn: Small condenser mic for instruments.
Characterized by a sparkling high range. Use
for metallic percussion or acoustic guitar.
Lrg.Cn: Condenser mic with flat response. Use for
vocals, narration, or acoustic instruments etc.
Vnt.Cn: Vintage condenser mic. Use for vocals or
acoustic instruments etc.
Flat: Mic with flat frequency response. For can-
celling the characteristics of the mic used for
recording.
* When you select a condenser-type mic simulator, the low
range response is strengthened. This may cause noise
transmitted from the mic stand to be emphasized. In this
case, either use a bass cut filter to cut the unwanted low
range, or equip the mic stand that you use at the time of
recording with an isolation mount (a mic holder that uses
rubber etc. to absorb vibration).
Phase
Normally you will set this to Normal.
In cases such as when mics are placed both in front of and
behind the instrument for recording, setting one of them
to Invert will produce a solid sound with a unified phase.
Same phase as the input
Nor:
Inv: Opposite phase as the input
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