Two Notes Live - Manual (Page 24)

Configuring and using the TORPEDO Live
• Presence: This setting affects the tube stage frequency (loudness).
• Depth: this setting affects the tube stage frequency (bandwidth).
• Pentode/Triode: elect how the tube is used, either in triode or in pentode mode. Pentode mode has more
headroom and volume than triode.
5.2 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.
You have to choose whether you want to use the Two Notes cabinets and microphones combinations
(Cab/mic) or a third party IR (User) picked in on of the three User banks.
In Cab/mic mode, you have access to 32 different cabinets, each cabinet can be miked with 1 of the 8
available microphones. Please refer to Part 7 to discover the microphones and cabinets library.
The next step is to place the microphone on the trapezoidal plan (you can see it in the TORPEDO Remote
interface):
• 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 (depen-
dent on the chosen model of microphone). When
you move the microphone away from the cab-
inet, 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 speakers,
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.
• CENTER: Determine the distance between the axis of the loudspeaker and the microphone (placed at
right angle). The on-axis position (0%) allows the maximum amount of treble frequencies which are highly
directional. Moving the microphone away from the axis decreases the treble, resulting in an enhancement
of bass response. At maximum position (100%), the microphone is placed at the edge of the speaker when
Distance is 0%, and 1 meter (3 feet) away from the axis when Distance is 100%.
• POSITION: in standard sound capture, the microphone is usually placed in front of the cabinet. However,
placing the microphone behind the cabinet can be quite interesting. The sound is usually softer and
darker. This is particularly obvious with closed cabinet, less with open ones.
5.3 EQ
This is a simple yet powerful 5-band EQ. Changing the mode (guitar or bass) shifts the band frequencies to focus
on the interesting signal frequencies for the corresponding instrument.
• EQ On: Activate the EQ filter.
• GUITAR | BASS: Guitar or Bass, EQ presets to fit the center frequencies with the instrument you play.
• 120Hz, 360Hz, 800Hz, 2000Hz, 6000Hz (Guitar mode): center frequency of each band, from the lower to
the higher. The frequencies depend on the mode, Guitar or Bass. You can adjust the level in dB of each
band.
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