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Is this the effect you are looking for?
See below, a before and after.

The song is "Beat Thee" from https://freepd.com/
It's creative commons.

Paul2 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:08 pm

So you want just to cut some of the high end or also make the bass less punchy?

I want to create a brighter, boomier and louder sound.

I want to create a brighter, boomier and louder sound.

That does not sound anything like FM radio, but more of a night club scene.
Louder is a relative term, you have to decide what is louder, "Amplify" will do that.
As for the brighter an boomier, use the graphic equalizer, probably something around 40Hz, 100Hz, 400Hz and 5KHz.

Plektron Devicer is a free plugin which works in Audacity on Windows.
It has a range of audio device simulations, including "Hi-Fi Stereo".
(The "surround speakers" preset #14 may be what you're looking for )

I want to create a brighter, boomier and louder sound.

You never answered what the source-sound is... Are you trying to make your voice sound like a radio announcer? That's not the "FM radio", that's the announcer's voice and maybe the microphone.

Most professional microphones are directional ("cardioid") and a side-effect of the directional design is the proximity effect which boosts the bass when you get close to the mic. Some male announcers like to take advantage of that effect, but most announces just have a good voice and they don't get that close to the mic. In fact, one of the most popular radio mics is designed NOT to have the proximity effect.



P.S
If you have a good-clean recording and a reasonably-masculine voice you can use EQ (bass boost) to get a similar deep-voice effect.