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Hello,

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.
thanks
t

[Scott Dorsey]

wrote:

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.

How about an AM Mr. Microphone-style kit and a radio?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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On Apr 16, 6:18 am, "
wrote:
Hello,

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.
thanks
t

The simplest and most effective way would be to get one of those low
power AM transmitters, an AM radio and mic the receiver while playing
the source speech through the transmitter. It will sound like the real
thing because it is. The transmitters are typically around $35 to $50:

http://www.hobbytron.com/R-AM-1.html

bobs

Bob Smith
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[Carey Carlan]

" wrote in
ups.com:

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.

A low-tech option is to record enough AM noise to fill your sample, then
mix that with a bandwidth-limited copy of your speech and play with the
levels.

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On Apr 16, 11:09 am, Carey Carlan wrote:
" wrote roups.com:

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.

A low-tech option is to record enough AM noise to fill your sample, then
mix that with a bandwidth-limited copy of your speech and play with the
levels.

Thank you all,
for Carey's reply: do you mean that AM noise would act as a carrier or
envelope for the original sample?

[Carey Carlan]

" wrote in
oups.com:

On Apr 16, 11:09 am, Carey Carlan wrote:
" wrote
roups.com:

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a
radio dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded
with cd quality.

A low-tech option is to record enough AM noise to fill your sample,
then mix that with a bandwidth-limited copy of your speech and play
with the levels.

Thank you all,
for Carey's reply: do you mean that AM noise would act as a carrier or
envelope for the original sample?

No, just mix it in as background. Much of the "distorted" sound of AM
radio is the missing highs and lows. The more bass you remove from the
speech, the "nastier" it will sound. The rest is the background static.

[Don Pearce]

On 16 Apr 2007 07:18:12 -0700, "
wrote:

Hello,

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.
thanks
t

Here's something I just put together with Audition (Cooledit Pro is
still around free, I believe and it is similar). Using the multitrack
facility, I made a track of white noise, one of a sine tone, another
of some music and finally one of me speaking (that would be the final
wanted one).

I filtered each from 200Hz to about 4kHz - typical for AM radio, then
in the multitrack mode brought them up and down in level in an
AM-radio-ish sort of way.

What do you think? Is it the kind of thing you want?

http://81.174.169.10/odds/am_radio.mp3

d

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Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

[Marc Wielage]

On Apr 16, 2007, commented:

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band).
------------------------------snip------------------------------

There have been quite a few major U.S. radio hits that used this technique
over the years. One was Raspberries' 1974 #18 hit "Overnight Sensation (Hit
Record)," where the entire song momentarily disappeared, goes to mono (as
played back on a tinny-sounding AM radio speaker), then slowly widens back
out to full-frequency stereo.

The LP version of First Class' 1974 #4 hit "Beach Baby" did something similar
at the beginning and end of the track. (Maybe 1974 was a big year for this
gimmick.) Neil Sedaka's 1975 #8 ballad remake of "Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do"
does a similar thing with the open, but just with the 1962 mono version of
the same song.

In addition to the cut frequency range (steep bandpasses from about 200 Hz to
6000Hz, more or less), you need to go to mono, and also add in some
heterodyning/tuning effect, which is easily done with the effects on any
full-featured DAW. Mixing that with genuine radio static is a given.

--MFW

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On Apr 16, 1:35 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On 16 Apr 2007 07:18:12 -0700, "

wrote:
Hello,

what would be the best possible tool/software for achieving that
effect? the signal must deteriorate in and out (like turning a radio
dial slowly out of band). the source is a speech recorded with cd
quality.
thanks
t

Here's something I just put together with Audition (Cooledit Pro is
still around free, I believe and it is similar). Using the multitrack
facility, I made a track of white noise, one of a sine tone, another
of some music and finally one of me speaking (that would be the final
wanted one).

I filtered each from 200Hz to about 4kHz - typical for AM radio, then
in the multitrack mode brought them up and down in level in an
AM-radio-ish sort of way.

What do you think? Is it the kind of thing you want?

http://81.174.169.10/odds/am_radio.mp3

d

--
Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com


Thanks Don, it looks like it might be the thing i was looking for.
thank you all!