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Title: distortion
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 08, 2007, 09:56:43 PM

how would you put distortion on a voice clip or from a microphone??


Cheers

James

Title: distortion
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on May 08, 2007, 09:58:48 PM

You will need a plug in to run the waveform through.

Title: distortion
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 08, 2007, 10:01:43 PM

....from the mic??? does that mean i can't run it through a standard guitar fx pedal??


what bout if i wanted to add some after it's been recorded??

Title: distortion
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on May 08, 2007, 10:58:22 PM

Hmm, if you want to distort the mic's signal before you record, you need to run it this way:


MIC > MIC PRE > LINE OUT ... DISORTION EFFECT > LINE IN

Afterwards you need to use a computer plug in.

Title: distortion
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 08, 2007, 10:59:43 PM

hmmm... kool

sounds like a bit of a plan then... cheers


James

Title: distortion
Post by: Kilby on May 09, 2007, 12:57:13 AM

Trash is pretty good for that sort of thing I think it has both telephone and loudhailer distortion presets http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/trash/

Title: distortion
Post by: CaffeineJunkie on May 09, 2007, 01:00:49 AM

that trash program looks pretty kool... shame about the price tag, but i'm sure i can find a way around that ;)

Title: distortion
Post by: hunter on May 09, 2007, 04:37:09 AM

Combine bandpass fillter and drive stage, otherwise it will be too fizzy or boomy, the bandpass will only let mids through. You could also experiement with a sweep.

Try plugins but also try outboard FX (e.g. run mic through a Wah into an overdrive or Fuzz or even just a cranked gain stage of a mic pre or mixer channel - my mackie is clipping very nicely actually).

There also used to be a great preset for that clipping radio voice stuff in my old SE70 for that ... in case you know anyone who's got that unit.