I've recently recorded vocals for a song and I'd like to know if there is a relatively simple program to add a 'radio' effect to them. Something similar to this YouTube - ‪Providence, RI Police Radio‬‏
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''Radio'' effect on vocals
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my old band did somthing like that on the song upper hand but live we just played the song through a mobile phone next to my pickups
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Run the vocals through a distortion pedal? Maybe stick it in the effects loop of the PA... we did *Feeling Good* ala Muse the other day- we covered the *radio* vox part w/the harmonica player's Shure Bullet mic- worked fabulously.
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Or if you have a convolution reverb, just add an impulse
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But a EQ everything out except 300 - 3000 hz, and add a slapback echo does pretty good.
Or if you have a convolution reverb, just add an impulse
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But a EQ everything out except 300 - 3000 hz, and add a slapback echo does pretty good.
You know what? I actually think the megaphone idea isn't bad at all. That way, I'd be able to get the same effect live. Thanks a lot for the input! 
You know what? I actually think the megaphone idea isn't bad at all. That way, I'd be able to get the same effect live. Thanks a lot for the input!
I've seen some punk band do an entire set like that- very good visual impact.
Yeah, but I'll have to find a way to stick the thing on a stand, because we are a two piece band and I have to play bass at the same time...it's funny that a punk band had the same idea because this song is really sad and slow and kinda post-rockish
The band Queen used to run vocals through a set of cheap headphones (full-size, not ear buds), and set a mic near the phones. Listen to "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" or "Seaside Rendezvous" for examples. Megaphone city.
Oh my...I just posted the same thing. Ugh. Deleting my post. Good to see another die-hard though.
What I remember, however, is that they put the cans inside a coffee can, and then put the mic in the can as well.
Cheers!
There he goes again!
Yes, you're right, the coffee can was the final touch.
Great minds think alike
I once recorded a song and needed a spoken part to sound like an old radio or megaphone, and I recorded the part into a handheld mini-tape recorder, then played it back and mic'd it to a track. It sounded perfectly low-fi transistor old school. But you can't track to a tempo like that very well without time-stamp or something.
I thought there were lots of vocal effects processors that did this nowadays?
My mates metal band, uses a megaphone! works a treat! I've used a really cheep karaoke mike before, and it has a similar effect... but not quite as cool!
We used to use a cheap 1/4 inch out radio shack mic into an EQ pedal with all the bass high treble sliders off and an overdrive pedal with light gain then to the board.
Sounded just like a megaphone/telephone.
Sounded just like a megaphone/telephone.
If you have access to 'em, a Harmonica mic (Shure Green Bullet, or similar) into a low wattage tube amp turned up too high...
