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Intercostal
Inspiring
May 25, 2011
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Radio effect--like voice is on radio

What is/are the best audio effect or effects to apply to a sound clip within Premiere to make it sound like it is being broadcast over the car radio?

It's supposed to be modern broadcast in a current car radio.

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    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snobCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2011

    Well, you can look into some heavily adjusted EQ, and then maybe a hint of Reverb, or Delay. Basically, the "Radio Presets" are doing that, plus perhaps some more, and would be great starting points.

    Also, there might well be some VST EQ plug-ins, that PrPro can use, and some might have "Radio Presets." This would be trial and error, as some VST's cannot be used by PrPro, and some will even hamper it from launching. In the case of the latter, just repeatedly launch, until PrPro has populated the "blacklist" with all problem VST's. In older versions of PrPro, when a VST would load properly, but could not be used by PrPro, the user got a one-time warning message to the effect of, "_____.dll was loaded, but cannot be used by PrPro." Not sure if that message is still in PrPro, and remember, it WAS a one-time message only. For a bit more background on VST's, see this ARTICLE.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

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    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2011

    Do not know about Soundbooth (included with CS4 & CS5 suites), but Adobe Audition (included on CS3 and on CS5.5 suites) has several Presets for "radio" and you might want to listen to those. IIRC, Au (at least up to Au 3.0) has several, AM, FM, FM Tiny Speaker, etc.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

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    IntercostalAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2011

    Thanks Bill. I have Soundbooth maybe I can download a trial of Audition.

    There must be a way to duplicate the effect in Premiere. Through help on this forum I was able to get a seemingly more complicated bullhorn/megaphone effect in PP CS5.

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    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snobCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2011

    Well, you can look into some heavily adjusted EQ, and then maybe a hint of Reverb, or Delay. Basically, the "Radio Presets" are doing that, plus perhaps some more, and would be great starting points.

    Also, there might well be some VST EQ plug-ins, that PrPro can use, and some might have "Radio Presets." This would be trial and error, as some VST's cannot be used by PrPro, and some will even hamper it from launching. In the case of the latter, just repeatedly launch, until PrPro has populated the "blacklist" with all problem VST's. In older versions of PrPro, when a VST would load properly, but could not be used by PrPro, the user got a one-time warning message to the effect of, "_____.dll was loaded, but cannot be used by PrPro." Not sure if that message is still in PrPro, and remember, it WAS a one-time message only. For a bit more background on VST's, see this ARTICLE.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

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