Radio/megaphone like vocals?

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arosemond

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How do i go about recording radio or megaphone like vocals. Like on the song feel good inc. I dont have any fancy vsts.
 
With an eq, use the high pass filter at around 300hz and a low pass filter at around 4khz..

Then send that into.a compressor. If you have an amp sim, I've that to distort it a little, just to add the crunch.
 
What software are you using to mix? With the possible exception of Audacity, I can't think of one that doesn't have a compressor.

However, if you really don't have one, there are tons of free VSTs out there. A quick Google will find you hundreds but here's a site that claims to list the best. Best Free Compressor VST/AU Plugins! (I can't personally recommend any because I rely on the ones that are built into my DAW.

As for the sound, Farview has it pretty much spot on.
 
As was said, if you have a daw, you have a compressor. If you are doing it analog, then you will.just need to deal with what you get with the eq.

If you have a guitar amp, you can run the vocal through it. That will get you most of the way there.
 
Farview said:
With an eq, use the high pass filter at around 300hz and a low pass filter at around 4khz..

Then send that into.a compressor. If you have an amp sim, I've that to distort it a little, just to add the crunch.
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This is my exact method. Maybe 400-3khz. I end up playing with those numbers to see what sounds best. There's a lot of additional information in the 1k-4k area, so play with those numbers and see what suits the song/vocal.
 
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