Sound of tuning in am radio show

[MadManDan]

I'm trying to simulate tuning in an am radio show. The "show" itself will be an interview I've already recorded.

I can record the squeaking sounds of passing thru the band with the dial, but I'm trying to wrap my head around the actual "tuning in" sound when the dial gets to my "program". Maybe a low pass filter that opens up when I arrive at the right "frequency"?

Back in the day I actually built a low power am transmitter. If I still had it that would solve the whole problem, just broadcast and tune in for real

Maybe I'm obsessing too much, I should just take the lazy approach and fade that sucker in quickly.

[The Korff]

Here you go!

[Mash]

My eyes!!

Mash

[. . . Delete This User . . .]

get a radio trip in car thing for the ipod, and hook up an analogue receiver to your line inputs, and tune in for real.... although that would be FM rather than AM i guess...

[Folderol]

Here you go!

That's an FM radio. For an AM one set up a band-pass filter of about 5kHz bandwidth with a centre frequency initially at around 18kHz. Sweep the centre freqency down to get the desired effect. May be useful to also add some random noise and crackles.

[SafeandSound Mastering]

You may want to fade in the bandwidth limited audio, with an analogue tuner the volume tends to increase as you move towards towards the carrier wave and add a little noise (record it) from a space where there is no one broadcasting. If I recall correctly you might also want to bounce the bandwidth limited audio, re import it and the sweep a high pass filter down as you lock on. (possible with some distortion) I am sure it will be fun trying.

[Martin Walker]

Here you go!

Oh dear

Just for a moment you raised my hopes Chris, but then I clicked on the link and they were dashed again:

http://www.soundonsound.com/forum/showf ... ber=894364

SOS Forum members (including me ) have been trying to download this RadioFX freebie for six months, but the download link STILL doesn't work, and to the best of my knowledge no-one has yet found it elsewhere

Martin

[hollowsun]

I feel a new library coming on!

[ken long]

man, that radio effects plugin is the stuff of legend. i've searched high and low for it but it seems to be long gone. i'm beginning to think it was faked.

[alexis]

Like the stuff at the beginning of this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m9Woo6UwoI - Fastball, "The Way".

Anybody heard this song before? I love it, somehow missed it when it 1st came out.

As a copyright matter ... can you just cut and paste the intro into your song? Obviously they don't own the rights, since they nicked it themselves. Or not? Revolution #9 has some of the same kind of stuff IIRC...?

Edit - I see you can't use it ... it has the song's drums over the "radio sounds" ...

[MadManDan]

Thanks all, and that radio plug looked good, but sounded like fm, which changes the era but I started to give it some thought - I will have an interview, and that might be better in stereo. Maybe fm would work. But then I saw how the plug isn't really available

[Zukan]

My eyes!!

Mash

I hear you m8. I'm back on class A drugs again.....

[Model D]

Here you go radiofx

[Martin Walker]

I feel a new library coming on!

Actually that would be a perfect effect for you to add to your MLM series Steve - not just the background noises, but the tuning in and out in different eras

Martin

[Martin Walker]

Here you go radiofx

Hey hey hey - you're a hero, Model D, and therefore live up to your chosen forum name

Martin

[Model D]

Why thank you kind Sir , glad to be of some help

[Martin Walker]

So I finally got to try RadioFX, and it's actually quite effective IMO - load in up to eight audio snippets and then 'tune' between them. You can play another audio track 'thru' in real time too. The YouTube demo shows this to great effect:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ITeyEs2OoM&

Not too many tweaks on offer officially, but if you're using Reaper and switch off th official GUi in favour of its generic slider format you get to see and try out many dozens of extra parameters

Martin

[ken long]

So I finally got to try RadioFX, and it's actually quite effective IMO - load in up to eight audio snippets and then 'tune' between them. You can play another audio track 'thru' in real time too. The YouTube demo shows this to great effect:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ITeyEs2OoM&

Not too many tweaks on offer officially, but if you're using Reaper and switch off th official GUi in favour of its generic slider format you get to see and try out many dozens of extra parameters

Martin

I dl'd this the other night but I'm on Mac and have no idea how to utilise .dll files so I can convert to AU. Anyone?

[hollowsun]

I feel a new library coming on!

Actually that would be a perfect effect for you to add to your MLM series Steve - not just the background noises, but the tuning in and out in different eras

Exactly

[Folderol]

But... but...
This is an FM radio effect, the O/P wanted AM radio

[steveman]

I dl'd this the other night but I'm on Mac and have no idea how to utilise .dll files so I can convert to AU. Anyone?

It's a Windows VST so unless you're running dual boot you can't use it.

[ken long]

I dl'd this the other night but I'm on Mac and have no idea how to utilise .dll files so I can convert to AU. Anyone?

It's a Windows VST so unless you're running dual boot you can't use it.

Word? No wrapper?

OK Hollowsun, make this so I can buy it!