Re: Lo-fi micing
Originally Posted by
jmh
I'm working on a tune with someone who wants to do the vocals something like through a bullhorn. He is probably thinking of sound through a particular a low quality mic - not what I strive for. When he was voicing it, I was envisioning the Phil Rizzuto bit in a Meatloaf song.
I have been playing around with a variety of things and haven't hit the right one yet. I think the next try is going to be a kid's telephone of a string and 2 cans with a mic at one of them.
Any ideas?
EQ that rolls off highs and lows is common for making an over-the-telephone sound. I've done that a lot for radio spots. More extreme EQ and maybe some distortion could work for a bullhorn emulation. There are also impulse responses of various types of lo-fi mics and megaphones and stuff that might work. The old SIR free IR VST plug-ins could be the ticket. I guess there's an updated version called SIR3, but it's no longer free. Looks like SIR1 and SIR2 are still out there, though.
https://www.siraudiotools.com/SIR3.php
https://www.siraudiotools.com/sir1.php
https://www.siraudiotools.com/sir2downloads.php
Dave "it aint the heat, it's the humidity" Labrecque
Becket, Massachusetts
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