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stevenp15666665
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December 10, 2016
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Recreating specific audio effect?

  • December 10, 2016
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I am doing a cover of a song and I'm trying to identify how to recreate the effect.

I am specifically looking at 0:15-0:47.

Childish Gambino - Heartbeat DIRTY - YouTube

Do you guys know what's causing that effect? Besides maybe lowpass filter?

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    That's a repeat echo (not reverb) where the feed to it has a bass cut. If there's any reverb at all, it has been added to the entire effect after processing. Mostly it's the first repeat that you can hear, but there is definitely more than one in the loop

    You should be able to set this up in Audition without too much difficulty, although it's going to require a bit of experimenting to get it right, I expect. To get the repeat rate right is going to be entirely dependent on the tempo you do the song at - get that wrong and it will sound rather weird...

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    punkr888
    punkr888
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    December 12, 2016

    Multiband compressor > presets > walkie talkie and then add delay

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    stevenp15666665Author
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    December 11, 2016

    Ok great yeah I think I got it worked out mostly. Any thoughts on what the rest of the vocals may have in terms of effects?

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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    December 11, 2016

    Mostly it's the undistorted version of a telephone effect - loads of bass rolled off, and the HF cut off at 5-6kHz - something like that, anyway - which stops it sounding 'crisp'. I think (although I'm not absolutely sure) that in the chorus, reverb has been added to the original echo, but that the overall repeat level has been dropped.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    December 10, 2016

    That's a repeat echo (not reverb) where the feed to it has a bass cut. If there's any reverb at all, it has been added to the entire effect after processing. Mostly it's the first repeat that you can hear, but there is definitely more than one in the loop

    You should be able to set this up in Audition without too much difficulty, although it's going to require a bit of experimenting to get it right, I expect. To get the repeat rate right is going to be entirely dependent on the tempo you do the song at - get that wrong and it will sound rather weird...

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