"Virtual Microphone Systems"
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:56 pm
Hi,
I posted this in another sub-forum, but am re-posting here, adding a link to one of the companies that offer these "Virtual Microphone Systems" (sorry for the redundancy) as per suggestion by Scott. Also, I added a link (immediately below) that may help better understand what the difference is between a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and a VST Host ("VST" is just one Plug-in "standard" and there are others). Scroll down about half-way (or a bit more) on the page till you arrive at "Main VST host specification."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_S ... #VST_hosts
Full disclosure: I don't own any of the products of the company below nor am I a "spokesperson" for products of theirs but I did trial their "Virtual Tape Machines" or VTM Plug-in that actually positively affected my audio in an "other-worldly" fashion.
It may seem "counter-intuitive" to employ Plug-ins like VTM in an increasingly digital world, but I find the "marriage" of digital and analog intriguing . That said, like someone who I respect a lot told me, audio isn't an exact science but more like Art. One of the reasons why I find the world of audio so fascinating.
RE-POST (+ link)
I am new to this forum and I see discussions relating to microphones with preferences expressed for this and that type of microphone. To me, right or wrong, the amount of money one wants to "splurge" on mics is also an individual preference. On principle, I would still want to invest in a "decent" mic especially if using an SDR platform such as the ANAN which is quite attractive. I find Pure Signal to be of particular interest in regards to how engaging it helps clean up the transmission in the RF domain.
http://slatedigital.com/virtual-microphone-system/
Just out of curiosity, has any of you given "virtual microphone systems" an attempt (in your DAW or VST Host)? These systems employ an "extremely transparent condenser microphone" and digital processing to recreate the tone of classic microphones (read, VERY expensive mics) and preamps. And yes, this circuit would no doubt call for the use of a sonically "neutral" (whether that has any relevance in ham radio is another discussion) hardware pre-amp.
Cheers,
Juha
I posted this in another sub-forum, but am re-posting here, adding a link to one of the companies that offer these "Virtual Microphone Systems" (sorry for the redundancy) as per suggestion by Scott. Also, I added a link (immediately below) that may help better understand what the difference is between a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and a VST Host ("VST" is just one Plug-in "standard" and there are others). Scroll down about half-way (or a bit more) on the page till you arrive at "Main VST host specification."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_S ... #VST_hosts
Full disclosure: I don't own any of the products of the company below nor am I a "spokesperson" for products of theirs but I did trial their "Virtual Tape Machines" or VTM Plug-in that actually positively affected my audio in an "other-worldly" fashion.
It may seem "counter-intuitive" to employ Plug-ins like VTM in an increasingly digital world, but I find the "marriage" of digital and analog intriguing . That said, like someone who I respect a lot told me, audio isn't an exact science but more like Art. One of the reasons why I find the world of audio so fascinating.
RE-POST (+ link)
I am new to this forum and I see discussions relating to microphones with preferences expressed for this and that type of microphone. To me, right or wrong, the amount of money one wants to "splurge" on mics is also an individual preference. On principle, I would still want to invest in a "decent" mic especially if using an SDR platform such as the ANAN which is quite attractive. I find Pure Signal to be of particular interest in regards to how engaging it helps clean up the transmission in the RF domain.
http://slatedigital.com/virtual-microphone-system/
Just out of curiosity, has any of you given "virtual microphone systems" an attempt (in your DAW or VST Host)? These systems employ an "extremely transparent condenser microphone" and digital processing to recreate the tone of classic microphones (read, VERY expensive mics) and preamps. And yes, this circuit would no doubt call for the use of a sonically "neutral" (whether that has any relevance in ham radio is another discussion) hardware pre-amp.
Cheers,
Juha