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 (S) 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 (S) 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 (S) 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 (S) 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. <EOS>