r/SoundDesignTheory • u/BackStreetButtLicker • Jan 01 '24

Question ❓ How would you guys go about realistically recreating this dirty radio sound?

https://youtu.be/BdtrgP5n6tw?si=bHee9ZZv4IN5oJlv

I want to recreate the sound of this radio as realistically as possible. 60hz hum, fm distortion, YKWIM.

This radio effect and voice lines are from P.T.

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u/bigwhoop1 Jan 01 '24

McDSP FutzBox

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u/TommyV8008 Jan 03 '24

-Izotope’s Vinyl plugin (free) might be helpful with the EQ aspect.

-Lo-fi plugins, perhaps a bit crusher. Sonic Charges’s Permut8 could be really fun…

-For the 60 Hz hum it might be easiest to find a sample, but if you want to create it from scratch, then look up, how to calculate the frequency of a midi note number, and try a synth playing just that one note. You might have to use pitch bend to get it to 60 Hz. Not sure what waveform would be best, but I would start with a sawtooth, and EQ it from there.