That "radio vocal" sound

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Howdy folks!

Who can tell me what effects(recording technique?) to use to get that "voice" on the radio sound that you here on some raps and other songs. You know, that "far away on the radio over there sound", know what I mean?

Thanks in advance

D out ITNOJ
 
Compression and Verb. Public Enemy used a vocoder effect heavily compressed with .5ms delay and "concert" 'verb to produce that faraway "radio announcer" effect on "It takes a Nation of Millions..."
 
Yo Noj: [notary sojac?}

I think that Ed put out a good explanation about how "radio" gets that big pumped up sound across the ether waves. Maybe you can find it on the search function of this site. If not, I know it's a gimmick, just like we have gimmicks in the studio to produce certain types of effects.

Green Hornet
 
Pump the vox through a cheap speaker and record it with a cheap mike. Move the mike away for more distant sound :)
 
Hey John....

Is that one way to get the vocal sound like on Joe Satriani's song "Big Bad Moon"?
I guess if singing isn't my strong point I need more Effects!
 
I did a similar effect a while back by putting my cordless phone in the other room ... miking it with a sm57 I think really close to the earpiece and boosting the gain a bit... then picking up another phone on the same line and singing into it. It worked out pretty well.
 
Hell Yeah!

That was going to be my next question...

I can see it now....
"NO!, I am sorry honey, you can not use the phone! I am laying down some vocal tracks here!

hehehehehe
 
I have a cheesy mic and speaker set that I got as a kid. Works great for that effect. :)
 
Eq, and compression will do it.

Try a High pass filter/shelving at 350-450hz and a lo pass filter/shelving at 2-2.5k cut as much as you can (usually -12 to -15dB), bounce that to another track.

Now boost 2.5k +15dB with a Q of 2.0 or so, boost 1.4k +15dB with a Q of 2.0 or so, and cut 300-400hz -15dB with a really narrow Q around 0.1 or so. Bounce this to a new track.

Now, use a high pass filter/shelving at 1k and a lo pass filter/shelving at 4-5k or so, And compress this track *at least 6:1* with a fast attack and a fast release.

I used these settings for the vocal parts that had screams, when I mixed the last band I recorded.

Matt...
 
ditnoj: Listen to GRAVE by EBONYRUN - http://www.mp3.com/ebonyrun

If that is the effect you want, here is how I got it (so easy you'll laugh).

This was done on an ANALOG recording board, and will not sound good on digital.

My voice was recorded with a decent condenser mic onto 2" analog tape(but any tape will work fairly well). On playback, I bounced the vocal track into another track with the levels set *WAAY* to high. It sounded disgusting, and introduced lots of clipping.

I muted the original track, and played back the distorted track at low volume. There are no vocal effects on that track. There is moderate vocal compression.

Hope that helps.
 
Jammin!

Thanks for all the suggestions, I just moved and as soon as I finish wiring the house (grounds are not "standard" in mexico and I had to put a "physical" one in to use for my 'puter and DPS and keyboard!) and get up and running I will try it!

Thanks again

D out ITNOJ
 
Last week I tried running my voice through one of amp simulator effects from the "lite" version of Cakewalk FX that comes with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9. Sounded fantastic -- really crunchy, not really quite like a radio but similar in a really interesting and effective way.
 
Another way is to emulate the tone and echo of a radio in a room. Pull out all the frequencies except the mids, and then apply an echo or reverb with lots of early reflection and a short delay time.. hide it in the mix.
 
ebony run..exactly
this always works for me too. cut the highs and lows, attenuate the mids. then add some effect and thats it
 
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