Muffled voices from the next room effect?

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I have recorded an argument directly in front of the mic. They sound very clean an clear. I need to make them sound muffled like they are coming through the wall from another room. I also need to make it so muffled that you can barely distinguish their words.

How can I do this? What effects do I need?
 
Reamp it and record it from a distance - maybe throw a blanket over the speaker.
 
Not even nearly trying to be funny, but why don't you record the argument from the next room?

If that's no good try rolling off some of the high end and maybe play with a really tight room sounding reverb,
or do what Moresound said.
 
Pull a high shelf down, maybe bump a low shelf if your recording doesn't have much low end.

More useful advice is: Think about the difference and make it so. Voices through walls aren't clear (kill the high end), we hear the deep, boomy things our neighbors do more than anything (bump the low end if your recording doesn't have much). Get the idea?

I think the really tight room-verb is a good idea I wouldn't have thought of that might just put the final touch on the illusion. In the context of this question, I think it's fair to ask: Do you know what he means by that?
 
brand0nized said:
I have recorded an argument directly in front of the mic.
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I used to do this all the time. . . She finally moved out. . .

But I think before you try a bunch of different things, you should know just what that sounds like, so I'd record an argument from another room, and then have a reference of what I'm trying to duplicate, instead of just trying kind of blindly. . .
 
brand0nized said:
I have recorded an argument directly in front of the mic. They sound very clean an clear. I need to make them sound muffled like they are coming through the wall from another room. I also need to make it so muffled that you can barely distinguish their words.

How can I do this? What effects do I need?
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Cool Edit Pro ( search for the free version still floating around ) as "The Party Next Door" or something preset on its multi band EQ.
 
I know this thread is years old, but for anyone who still needs to know: Try reducing the high-end frequencies until you get the desired sound. Increasing bass frequencies can work too, but may cause the track to be louder than necessary. If you don't feel comfortable using an equalizer, or already used it to get a certain type of instrument sound and you want to muffle that sound, then using a low pass filter would work effectively as well.
 
Yep....

Chances are they've either made up by now or one of them's killed the other one.

So the problem is moot... and mute.... :facepalm:
 
Why was this thread revived just so what was stated a year ago could be restated. xD
 
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