Method of operating a converter, which is mounted by way of support journals in a transmission to be tiltable about the longitudinal axes of the support journals and which is rotatably coupled with the transmission, wherein the converter and the transmission are permanently supported on a foundation by way of a torque support; wherein the torque support is a hydraulic cylinder with a connected servo valve or is an electromagnetic drive; and wherein the method in a blowing mode of the converter is characterised by the following step: regulating the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter to a preset target torque M Soll, wherein the step of regulating the torque comprises the following substeps: determining the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter; presetting the target torque M Soll; determining a torque regulating deviation (e M) as the difference between the target torque M Soll and the actual torque M Ist; generating - with the help of a first regulating device - a first component (s M) of a setting signal for the torque support as a setting element in accordance with the torque regulating deviation (e M) so that the torque regulating deviation (e M) becomes zero. wherein the torque support is a hydraulic cylinder with a connected servo valve or is an electromagnetic drive; and wherein the method in a blowing mode of the converter is characterised by the following step: regulating the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter to a preset target torque M Soll, wherein the step of regulating the torque comprises the following substeps: determining the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter; presetting the target torque M Soll; determining a torque regulating deviation (e M) as the difference between the target torque M Soll and the actual torque M Ist; generating - with the help of a first regulating device - a first component (s M) of a setting signal for the torque support as a setting element in accordance with the torque regulating deviation (e M) so that the torque regulating deviation (e M) becomes zero. regulating the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter to a preset target torque M Soll, wherein the step of regulating the torque comprises the following substeps: determining the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter; presetting the target torque M Soll; determining a torque regulating deviation (e M) as the difference between the target torque M Soll and the actual torque M Ist; generating - with the help of a first regulating device - a first component (s M) of a setting signal for the torque support as a setting element in accordance with the torque regulating deviation (e M) so that the torque regulating deviation (e M) becomes zero. determining the time-variable actual torque M Ist (t) exerted on the transmission by the converter; presetting the target torque M Soll; determining a torque regulating deviation (e M) as the difference between the target torque M Soll and the actual torque M Ist; generating - with the help of a first regulating device - a first component (s M) of a setting signal for the torque support as a setting element in accordance with the torque regulating deviation (e M) so that the torque regulating deviation (e M) becomes zero.