Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By egokilla Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:47 pm
I'm trying to run some vocals through some Parametric EQ's to simulate a phone booth feel. Does anyone know of some settings to accomplish this? I got the walkie-talkie sound down, but the Phone booth sound is just not happening. Any help would be appreciated.
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By mesh Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:45 pm
do you want to sound like you are in a telephone booth or a call made from a telephone booth. if you want to sound like a call i filter it down and maybe distort it a little.
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By jorge guzman Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:26 pm
i did it before by bringing up the mids, just using the eq on my mixer, i know the mids are important in getting that sound though
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By egokilla Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:41 pm
I figured it out. It was a long process but it works.

For the man in the phone booth I used little reverb, some panning, muffled engine sounds and a faint whisper of wind coming in and out (to simulate wind coming through the phone booth opening)

For the vox on the other end of the phone(while still in the phonebooth) I simply used a portable tape recorder with a mic. I put the recorder in the backseat of my ride, started recording and talking and it came out perfect.

so the result was something like this:

Man in Motel talking to subject in Phone booth (no special processing)
Phonebooth man listening to instructions from man in motel (ambience + vox recorded from tape)
Phonebooth man speaking (ambience + reverb)

Now I can try some straight eq to smooth and clean it all out.
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By mesh Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:50 pm
post it up when you are done ego, i am a sound designer and i am always looking for new ways to create/recreate scenerios. sounds interesting.