How to make audio sound broken?

Question

Hello everyone, I'm creating a video in which a person puts on a broken headphone. I already have some sounds collected, but I can't seem to find a way to make them sound broken. You know, with cracks and hitches. If anyone's played the game Detroit: Become Human, perhaps you remember the scene where Markus puts in his new hearing system and the broken sound goes like ZWEEEEEEP... EEP.... krkrkrrkrkrPSSSSSSHHHHH---WOOAAAAHSH! I have no idea where to start when creating that kind of sound. (video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLKA60b0BKs at 8:00.)
Maybe this kind of stuff is impossible to make with Adobe Audition, but I whenever I type in "how to make audio sound broken" on Google, it only shows me how to FIX audio, which I absolutely do not need.
 
Kind regards, Lisa

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

In principle this is simple, but in practice it's hard work until you get used to it. Your starting point is Effects>Generate>Noise, or Tones (or probably both), and you can then edit bits out of what you create, and then use Audition's other effects, of which there are many, to modify these bits into the form you want. You will have to do a lot of experimenting, but it can be rewarding. If you want to create broken voices to go with the squeaks, etc then the Distortion effect in Special will help. The sky's the limit, really...

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