Telephone sound

dav nagle

Hello y'all

I am wondering what is the potion for making a voice sound like it's on the telephone? Surely there is a plug-in that can create this effect and if so can anyone recommend a good plug-in for this?

Bluebirdstudios

Hi Dav,
I don't think you need to buy a plug in / most of the characteristic s of a telephone you should be able to do with`eq, de-esser and light overdrive.

Try : HP filter at 400 - 550 hz
LP filter 5k - 13k
Use a de-esser
Add a light bit of overdrive - to simulate break-up.

That should get you convincing results.

- Declan

Neurojazz

Waves l3 etc... has one in presets

jtsuited

pretty sure it's a standard preset on most eq's (it is in logic anywho).

Seziertisch

dav nagle wrote: »

Hello y'all

I am wondering what is the potion for making a voice sound like it's on the telephone? Surely there is a plug-in that can create this effect and if so can anyone recommend a good plug-in for this?

Just turn the microphone around

tweeky

Phone it in yourself from another phone and record the speaker from your answering machine.

SeanHurley

The Bomb Factory Cosmonaut Voice plug that comes with the Pro Tools HD package (also available as RTAS for about 40 snots or so from digi store) is probably the most dedicated to the job - although it does add beeps at end of sentence like the old 2 way radios used to.

Jabel

Cubase SX3 has an EQ preset that's supposed to do this.
Don't know about 5 yet, just upgraded.

artvandulet

dav nagle wrote: »

Hello y'all

I am wondering what is the potion for making a voice sound like it's on the telephone? Surely there is a plug-in that can create this effect and if so can anyone recommend a good plug-in for this?

Dav, don't know if you've ever watched that great 'Classic Albums' series, but one of them is on Queens 'A Night At The Opera'.
Anyway, on 'Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon' they have a kind of telephone/megaphone type vocal and how they did it was they played back the regular vocal into a set of headphones in a metal can and recorded that with a mic in the can. Sounds like fun to me!;)

dav nagle

Neurojazz wrote: »

Waves l3 etc... has one in presets

Is this from the latest waves L3 as in version 6?

dav nagle

artvandulet wrote: »

Dav, don't know if you've ever watched that great 'Classic Albums' series, but one of them is on Queens 'A Night At The Opera'.
Anyway, on 'Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon' they have a kind of telephone/megaphone type vocal and how they did it was they played back the regular vocal into a set of headphones in a metal can with and recorded that with a mic in the can. Sounds like fun to me!;)

That sounds more like it, I knew there was a trick to it. I will give it a try, cheers

dav nagle

SeanHurley wrote: »

The Bomb Factory Cosmonaut Voice plug that comes with the Pro Tools HD package (also available as RTAS for about 40 snots or so from digi store) is probably the most dedicated to the job - although it does add beeps at end of sentence like the old 2 way radios used to.

Have the cosmonaut its a great plug-in. I used it on a vocal an entire album last year to add dirt and grit. Sadly though it doesn't work as a telephone voice but I hear ya!

dav nagle

tweeky wrote: »

Phone it in yourself from another phone and record the speaker from your answering machine.

Great idea!

I'll get an old school answering machine, nail on the head there, it's always the obvious things we do miss. The reason I started this thread was because I am looking for the most authentic sound so as you posted I might as well get the real thing, cheers Tweeky.

dav nagle

jtsuited wrote: »

pretty sure it's a standard preset on most eq's (it is in logic anywho).

Yes I would have taught but it's not in Logic and I haven't upgraded to 9 just yet so maybe it's in 9?

11811

You could try recording it a lower sample rate?
A phone processes audio at about 8khz iirc.

dav nagle

http://www.bigbearsound.com/products/audioease_speakerphone.asp



I found it!

woodsdenis

dav nagle wrote: »

http://www.bigbearsound.com/products/audioease_speakerphone.asp



I found it!

Its brilliant for what you want:D I was just going to post it as a solution for you.

rcaz

Quote from here:

For transmitting telephone conversations, it was determined that frequencies from just 300 to 3000 Hz suffice for comprehending speech.

So just copy that with an equaliser?

Rockshamrover

Jst snd a txt

partyatmygaff

The easiest way to get a phone sound is to find any old phone (Not a mobile phone though) and set a mic to the headset.

bonzer1again

The Bandwidth of a phone call is 300Hz - 3400Hz, so a band pass filter of that range will do it...or you can try 0 - 4000Hz.

bedbugs

Speakerphone is awesome. Not just for phone sounds. But for guitar cabs, Megaphones etc.

krd

Or you could just use a telephone as a mike.

Radical as it may sound.

It's usually how people get that telephone sound.