Weird Radio EQ
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Posted on Sep 02, 2007 08:03 pm
Aenima7988
Member Since: Apr 10, 2006
The only example I can think of is that I'm pretty sure it's at the beginning and end of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. I want to use that effect where it sounds liek the song is coming out of a small, tinny one speaker radio or something. I know Pink Floyd isn't the only common example but it's the only one I can think of. I'm pretty sure it has to do with compression and EQ, but I don't know what exactly needs to be done. Anyone know how to achieve that effect?
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Sep 03, 2007 12:15 am Coupla ways:
Roll of the lows and highs (or bandpass) (low at maybe 400 and highs at maybe 3-4k?).
And there are heaps of plugins that do it. One that springs to mind is 'MDA combo'. Hit the radio preset and you're off. I use it all the time on delays and stuuufff.
pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Sep 03, 2007 10:35 am another neat angle i've heard someone use, is to get a biggish styrofoam cup, and cut a hole in the bottom, big enough to fit the head of a mic, like a 57. Then put the mic grill at the end of the cup, at the hole, and feed your signal into the cup.
Has a neat radio type sound, i've been told (have yet to try it out).
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
Sep 03, 2007 10:49 am Ya, like mentioned, cut the lows and the highs so you are only left with mids. On WYWH they have a vinyl scratch going on one of the guitar tracks as well.
I just posted a song "Leaving the Past Behind" (in my profile) at at the very end I did this sort of thing. Haha, not sure if I'm going to keep it or not but right now it is there :)
Sep 03, 2007 05:01 pm go to an EQ chart and get the main frequency band for the human voice. somewhere between 500 hz and 2 khz if i remember correctly. roll off on both sides of it, suddenly if you want.
Sep 03, 2007 05:06 pm this is an interesting look at the frequency spectrum
