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Frenchc
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Theres a part in a band's song that I just recorded that they wanted a talking vocal track to sound all staticy but I'm not sure how to do it, are there any tricks or plug ins to do this, any help would be cool
dwillis45
Número sesenta nueve
Are your looking for a telephone type effect? If so, using EQ settings will usually do the trick. Try boosting somewhere in the 1.5k range and cutting the lows and highs.
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jkokura
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my advice is to record some of that static sound on a a track. Then record the vocals and play with the eq until you have the kind of sound you're looking for. then bounce them together.
Where to record the static? Remember those things that had the big ball at the top and then you put your hand on it and it makes all your hair stand up? You might be able to get the noise from there...or find another source...try everything and anything without wrecking your mics...
Jacob
Where to record the static? Remember those things that had the big ball at the top and then you put your hand on it and it makes all your hair stand up? You might be able to get the noise from there...or find another source...try everything and anything without wrecking your mics...
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Kryptik
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I'm not exactly sure if this is the type of sound they are going for, but try a distortion plug or pedal and high pass. Mess with the level of the dry signal to get the sound right. But, I'm not sure if that would be considered "staticy".
noisewreck
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Try quantizing it. It will limit the dynamic range and add noise, if you add DC offset to the audio before passing it through the quantizer it will also break up more randomly. How to add DC offset? Easy if you've got Reaktor. Just pass the audio through an "Add" module and connect a constant with some non-zero value (around 0.1 or so would be a good start) to the other port. You could also do this with things like AudioMulch and Plogue Bidule. If you have access to Kurzweil with KDFX or a Kurzweil KSP8, the Quantize+Alias FX also has DC offset option.
Barring that, you want to severely band limit the audio, add some random white noise to it, and randomly cut the audio to emulate the breakup part (as if talking on one of the older cellulars).
Also, through in some ring-mod for good measure, randomly modulate the pitch of the modulating sine-wave.
You could have all kinds of fun with this.
Barring that, you want to severely band limit the audio, add some random white noise to it, and randomly cut the audio to emulate the breakup part (as if talking on one of the older cellulars).
Also, through in some ring-mod for good measure, randomly modulate the pitch of the modulating sine-wave.
You could have all kinds of fun with this.
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
Record the vocal on a landline telephone by calling the landline number from your cell phone or a second landline. Stick a mic right up to the receiver earpiece and boost the gain on your preamp.
For optional added effect, stick a mic up to the speaker of an AM or SW radio and scan through a few frequencies including the inter-station static. Add this track in as lower volume background to the telephone vocal track.
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For optional added effect, stick a mic up to the speaker of an AM or SW radio and scan through a few frequencies including the inter-station static. Add this track in as lower volume background to the telephone vocal track.
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Frenchc
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awesome that gives me a bunch of stuff to try, I'll post the song in the mix forum when its done thanks to all
