Fledgling voice artist seeking counsel.

[Paul L]

Updated version! http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 42&t=79278

[kozikowski]

radio but the signal is usually fairly bad.

AM or FM? Their problems are different.

Koz

[MichloIW]

radio but the signal is usually fairly bad.

AM or FM? Their problems are different.

Koz

Hmm, it doesn't say. I'll have to ask Joseph what he had in mind. I actually recorded the first of those tonight in my breathy, female voice (or something akin to one I hope!) as he really wants it to sound like the radio announcer in The Fog.

Cheers.

[Robert J. H.]

When in doubt, take AM radio, it is the type that every one can build a receiver for in MacGyver style; the novel gives me the impression that all takes place in a after-big-disaster world. Thus equipment is difficult to obtain.

[MichloIW]

When in doubt, take AM radio, it is the type that every one can build a receiver for in MacGyver style; the novel gives me the impression that all takes place in a after-big-disaster world. Thus equipment is difficult to obtain.

I think you're absolutely right, Robert and yes, it does.

Cheers.

[MichloIW]

Yup, my author confirmed that he was thinking of AM

"Kind of tinny and buzzy, maybe?".

Cheers.

[kozikowski]

Yeah. Low pass filter at 5KHz or slightly lower. AM radio has a restricted fidelity because of the number of stations you can smash onto the dial. Then the buzz and fading.

I'm going to grit my teeth here because if you have a catastrophic event, there will be no lights or power in the neighborhood and hence, no buzz. That's usually the effect that sells it. Everybody knows what fluorescent lights sound like on a radio.

You will have harsh static, but it doesn't have to be overwhelming to be convincing.

Let me see what I can come up with.

You only get the fading if the show takes place at night or over a long distance. That's connected to the script.

Koz

[kozikowski]

Here you go. I had to pervert Steve's Noise gate and even then there's too much hiss. AM doesn't hiss. That's an FM problem. I got the intercarrier whistle OK, but the static could be sharper.

See, that's script again. Are they listening to a little transistor radio?

The pre-baked equalizer is misleading. AM has no natural low end droop. That's only if you're listening on a crappy radio.

Koz

[flynwill]

Also AM radio tends to have pretty high distortion levels. Not sure if there is an audacity plugin to introduce harmonic distortion or not.

[kozikowski]

Yes, there is. The hard clipper, but it's a custom effect that I can't find quickly.

I think I got the noise better, but I can't get rid of the Noise Gate natural reaction to try to "help me" by smoothing out the clicks. I WANT them harsh and irritating but the attack/decay slider will not go to zero.

Koz