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Im editing a session and in the intro the artist suppose to be talking on the phone...I just recorded is vocals regular...Now how would get his vocals to sound like he's on the phone or the person he talking to...

Its a trick that i see alot...can someone explain to me how I can do this?

There's a number of ways to do this effect.

There's a plug-in from Audio Ease called Speakerphone that is absolutely incredible (but really pricey too). Cell phones, walkie-talkies, bullhorns, old transistor radios, you name it.

Sometime other plug-ins will have a preset for this type of thing too (one of the Waves EQs, Q10 maybe?).

You can make this effect yourself pretty easily though by...

1. Putting an EQ plug-in on your track with the lows rolled off pretty steeply below 300-400Hz and roll off the highs around 2500-3000Hz. (Of course you can adjust these settings to taste, sometimes I roll off the low end more aggressively, just depends on the sound you want and how it sits in the mix). I sometimes also boost the frequencies between 1000 and 2000Hz as well.

2. Compress it fairly hard.

3. (Optional) Depending on the sound I'm going for, I might use a plug-in like Low-Fi, Vinyl, or Trash to rough it up a little.

McDSP makes a really good plug-in called FutzBox and it has that preset in there.

Thanks Alot, I think I found a Plug-in the might Work..its Called FILM-TONE EQUALIZER....

Have anyone of you guys ever used that plug-in before and was it for something similar to what im trying to do?

Nomad factory film-equalizer

I hadn't heard of it before, but really, why go buy something new when you already have the tools to do this effectively?