InterMic user guide
Every control, in the order the panel shows them. A fresh InterMic leaves the sound alone: every amount starts at 0, RANGE at 0 dB, and HP and LP sit at 20 Hz and 20 kHz, where they do nothing.
Input and gain
−24 to +24 dB, default 0 dB
The input meter shows the level coming in, so you can check your mic gain. GAIN is the preamp's input gain, first in the chain.
De-bleed
0 to 100%, default 0%
A custom-trained AI model hears the singer, and InterMic turns the stage sound down around the voice: in the gaps between the voice's harmonics while they sing, and between the words and between the lines.
De-feedback
0 to 100%, default 0%
Finds acoustic feedback and notches it out before it howls, up to four notches at once. When the ring dies away the notch lets go, but stays in, shallow, for ten seconds, so a ring that comes back is caught at once. Below 350 Hz the notches are wider and shallower, because a deep narrow cut down there is audible on the voice.
Add air
Amount 0 to 100% · Freq 50 to 130% of the LP frequency
Smooth air on top of the voice, without the hiss and harshness. It brings back the air that LP takes off. The fader sets how much, and FREQ, the knob below it, where it starts. The panel shows the frequency it lands on.
Ride
Range 0 dB (off) to 12 dB
A gain rider that keeps the vocal at its level. RANGE sets how far it may move, and it ducks further than it boosts. The meter above shows how hard it is working.
Rider target level
−36 to −6 dB, default −20 dB
The band on the input meter. Drag it up or down to where the voice should sit, and RIDE brings it there. The line across the meter is the level RIDE is reading.
Rider floor
−80 to 0 dB, default −60 dB
The wedge to the right of the input meter, set against the level after GAIN and HP. Below it InterMic hears no singer: RIDE stops riding, ADD AIR stops adding and DE-BLEED keeps the stage down. So RIDE doesn't pull the stage up between phrases or chase a muted mic. Drag the wedge to the bottom to switch it off.
Output and beef
Beef 0 to 100%, with L and H
The output meter shows the level going out. BEEF adds warm, mostly second-harmonic saturation, two kinds on one knob: L thickens the body, H adds bite on top. L and H choose which one the knob sets.
HP and LP
HP 20 Hz to 1 kHz · LP 1 to 20 kHz
A high-pass and a low-pass filter, set by the two handles along the bottom. Each has its own on and off switch.
Eco, Active, presets
ECO runs de-bleed on a lighter model, half the size, for less CPU and slightly less bleed removal. ACTIVE bypasses the whole plug-in.
The preset bar across the top saves, loads, steps through and deletes presets. A preset saves every setting, the window size included, and a star after its name shows you've changed something since.