It's not convenient to re-record this particular set of vocals, and I want to give the it a try with them sounding like a phone. Just looking for a *starting point.*
I understand everything above 3000 and below 300 is apparently supposed to go, but what other attributes might one add to the signal. Also, what would be a good way to add a bit of distortion to augment the nasty, lo-fi, telephone sound?
Sorry if this is repeating. I did a search here but came up empty.
Cheerios
Keith
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15 yearsI usually bandwidth limit something like you indicated, apply so
I usually bandwidth limit something like you indicated, apply some distortion, then low pass it again to take the higher harmonics out. Sometimes I boost some midrange in there somewhere as well.
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14 years 10 monthsSome phone systems have a lot of compression/limiting on them.
Some phone systems have a lot of compression/limiting on them.
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14 years 10 monthsTry to bandwidth between 950Hz and 1850Hz and then apply a lo-fi
Try to bandwidth between 950Hz and 1850Hz and then apply a lo-fi bit resolution to 8bit! Add if you think it's really necessary a saturation effort to it! Hope this helps!
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15 yearsleopoldolopes, post: 389831 wrote: apply a lo-fi bit resolution
Decreasing the word length (bit "rate") just raises the noise floor, and not in a way that sounds like a telephone.
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24 years 4 monthsfun topic, I'll chime in too. I used to have a few old telepho
fun topic, I'll chime in too.
I used to have a few old telephones here. We used the speakers out of them for effects. You could send the track out to something with a 2 or 3" speaker, use a stereo amp to power it and track that AD> DAW. I bet it would sound great.
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24 years 4 monthsYou could also, track the vox bus via a headphone and call it a
You could also, track the vox bus via a headphone and call it a day. Hit solo, mic the headphone ...
To avoid a feedback loop , Mute the track you are recording. I do this all the time for hybrid tracking.
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20 yearsCheerios mates. Lots of ways to make 'ugly.' I'll try some of th
Cheerios mates. Lots of ways to make 'ugly.' I'll try some of these.
What would be the easiest, most effective way of adding some distortion in the digital realm that might sound like a telephone? Maybe one from a VST guitar/amp simulator?
Taa
Keith
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14 years 10 monthsbouldersound, post: 389838 wrote: Decreasing the word length (bi
We all know that! However the noise floor resulting from a 8 bit samplerate you're talking about could be one of the many characteristics that this person could be after! We are really in the guessing world you know! diddlydoo
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18 years 9 monthsWe had a thread similar to this a few years back. Try mastering-
We had a thread similar to this a few years back. Try mastering-for-voice-communications
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14 years 10 monthsYou can experiment, but there is a nice dedicate tool from audio
You can experiment, but there is a nice dedicate tool from audio Ease.
http://www.audioeas… Speakerphone 2