[adam]

Hey. I have a quick question on setting the graphic equalizer to create the
telephone vocal effect. I have a 31 band graphic EQ that I use to eliminate
feedback. I also have a old MXR 10 band pedal that i'm gonna use for the
effect. Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db and all the
others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders inbetween 500 and
1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?
Thanks,
-Adam

[Roy W. Rising]

"Adam" wrote:
Hey. I have a quick question on setting the graphic equalizer to create
the telephone vocal effect. I have a 31 band graphic EQ that I use to
eliminate feedback. I also have a old MXR 10 band pedal that i'm gonna
use for the effect. Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db
and all the others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders
inbetween 500 and 1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?
Thanks,
-Adam


The pass band should be about 500-3000 Hz. So you want everything in that
range up, everything outside that range down. The 31-band GEQ will give
you a much better result than the 10-band pedal. However, once you hear
the GEQ, compare it with the pedal and try to find the sound you seek.

--
~ Roy
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"

[Michael R. Kesti]

Adam wrote:

Hey. I have a quick question on setting the graphic equalizer to create the
telephone vocal effect. I have a 31 band graphic EQ that I use to eliminate
feedback. I also have a old MXR 10 band pedal that i'm gonna use for the
effect. Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db and all the
others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders inbetween 500 and
1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?

What you're supposed to do is try various settings while using your ears to
determine whether you have achieved the desired effect. Be open to the idea
that you may not be able to exactly achieve the desired effect with the gear
you propose using.

Thanks,

No problem.

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Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make
| two, one and one make one."
mrkesti at hotmail dot com | - The Who, Bargain

[Agent 86]

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:10:20 -0500, Adam wrote:

Hey. I have a quick question on setting the graphic equalizer to create
the telephone vocal effect. I have a 31 band graphic EQ that I use to
eliminate feedback. I also have a old MXR 10 band pedal that i'm gonna use
for the effect. Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db and
all the others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders inbetween
500 and 1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?
Thanks,
-Adam


Do whichever sounds best. It should take less time to try it out than it
took to ask the question.

[Scott Dorsey]

In article , Adam wrote:
Hey. I have a quick question on setting the graphic equalizer to create the
telephone vocal effect. I have a 31 band graphic EQ that I use to eliminate
feedback. I also have a old MXR 10 band pedal that i'm gonna use for the
effect. Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db and all the
others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders inbetween 500 and
1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?

Try it and see. Use your ears. If you pull everything between 500 and 4K
up, and pull everything back, you'll get lots of ripple because of the
interaction between the filters. But that is just fine... it's not supposed
to sound good, it's supposed to sound like a telephone. Throw on a tape
of a vocal and move the controls until you get a sense of how it sounds.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Deputy Dumbya Dawg]

Maybe even put the signal into the 10 band and roll off
the lows and highs with an inverted smiley then into
the 31 to peak the phone range and dump the rest while
listening to the result in your mix.


peace
dawg

[Mark]

On Mar 9, 7:22 am, "Deputy Dumbya Dawg"
wrote:
Maybe even put the signal into the 10 band and roll off
the lows and highs with an inverted smiley then into
the 31 to peak the phone range and dump the rest while
listening to the result in your mix.

peace
dawg

in addition to all that,,, you may want to boost the highs a lot, hard
clip the result, then roll off the highs... this is what the audio
processing in many communications devices do... i.e. pre-emphasis,
modulation limiting in the Tx , de-emphasis in the Rx.

the high freq consonant sounds are replaced by low freq distortion, so
while you don't actually hear the high frequencies, you do get the
audible clues that they were there.

Mark

[Mike Rivers]

On Mar 8, 7:10 pm, "Adam" wrote:

Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db and all the
others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders inbetween 500 and
1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?

Put the sliders so it sounds like a telephone, or at least as close as
you can get it with your limited resources. How much simpler can it
be?

[Mogens V.]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article , Adam wrote:

Hey. I have a quick question on setting the graphic equalizer to create the
telephone vocal effect. I have a 31 band graphic EQ that I use to eliminate
feedback. I also have a old MXR 10 band pedal that i'm gonna use for the
effect. Am I supposed to just put the 500 and 1k up to 12db and all the
others to -12db, or am i supposed to put all the sliders inbetween 500 and
1k up to 12db and the rest to -12db?


Try it and see. Use your ears. If you pull everything between 500 and 4K
up, and pull everything back, you'll get lots of ripple because of the
interaction between the filters. But that is just fine... it's not supposed
to sound good, it's supposed to sound like a telephone. Throw on a tape
of a vocal and move the controls until you get a sense of how it sounds.
--scott

Compression may also help. Phones need not really sound compressed, but
it seems to me compression is often used to mimick perception of fones.
My guess would be compressing after bandpassing.

--
Kind regards,
Mogens V.

[Mogens V.]

Mark wrote:
On Mar 9, 7:22 am, "Deputy Dumbya Dawg"
wrote:

Maybe even put the signal into the 10 band and roll off
the lows and highs with an inverted smiley then into
the 31 to peak the phone range and dump the rest while
listening to the result in your mix.

peace
dawg


in addition to all that,,, you may want to boost the highs a lot, hard
clip the result, then roll off the highs... this is what the audio
processing in many communications devices do... i.e. pre-emphasis,
modulation limiting in the Tx , de-emphasis in the Rx.

the high freq consonant sounds are replaced by low freq distortion, so
while you don't actually hear the high frequencies, you do get the
audible clues that they were there.

Never know where unexpected ideas may come from
This just gave me an idea for a guitar sound. I don't have free gear at
hand for it right now, so it'll have to wait a bit.

Danko!

--
Kind regards,
Mogens V.