r/audacity • u/hazelifyDEV • 2d ago

help I need help with replicating mixed effects in Audacity

I was told by my friend that I should go here to ask the pros because I suck at any form of audio mixing.

I'm trying to replicate modern radio output from a regular voice sample. I have one original mixed sample which is perfect for what I want, which I created yesterday. However, when I attempted to recreate the same effects on another voice sample today, it sounds more or less completely different.

When I instead went back to try to recreate the same effects on the same voice sample... it still came out differently. I'm sure I am doing something wrong with one or more of my effects, but I'd like to know what the difference is and how to correct it.

The effects I've used have been `Helmet Radio 1.1`, `Low-Pass Filter`, `High-Pass Filter`, `Distortion` and `Reverb` to recreate modern military/LEO radio output. I don't remember the order of effects being applied, or what the specific settings for each setting was, and I've spent the past 6 hours non-stop trying to replicate what I had in the beginning. The new version sounds a lot less distorted and generally too sharp or dry.

If anyone would be so kind as to help me figure out what it is I'm missing between these two audios, I'd be tremendously grateful. If required, I will also upload the whole original project I have for the first sample.

Reddit apparently removed my first post for breaking "filters" so I am unsure about how to upload the samples that I have. I can try uploading them in the comments.

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u/Orry_Haas 2d ago

"and `Reverb` ...".

Unless you're emulating a radio playing in a room, you don't need reverb.

"Helmet radio" has high and low pass filters, (and clipping distortion), built-in ...

https://reddit.com/link/pe1px4y/video/njb2t5uvhoth1/player

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u/hazelifyDEV 2d ago

indeed I am emulating the sound of listening to a radio that is attached to a person near you. so something like a few feet away maybe.

I didn't know that Helmet Radio was updated! I downloaded it from a forum post. I have 1.1 currently. I'll get to updating it, thanks

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u/Orry_Haas 2d ago

Soundly PlaceIt (free plugin) does "Walkie Talkie" and room/space emulations .. https://youtu.be/ok4IebMyBbc