• Revered_Beard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    You can kinda sorta get close using EQ, but if you really want to do it right, you’ll need to get into impulse responses.

    If you want a really simple, really expensive option with all the bells and whistles, then check out Speakerphone by AudioEase.

    If you are on a budget, or prefer the DIY approach, you will first need a convolution reverb plug-in. It will take a recording of an impulse response (which sounds like a starter pistol), and then apply that reverb to the sounds that you wanted to apply to. If you need a free option, Reaper has a plug-in called ReaVerb that is free, and I think they have a version of that plug-in that works with other DAWs as well.

    Then you’ll need to search for an impulse response of a radio, and use that.

    Optionally, if you really want it to sound like it’s being played in a bar, find another impulse response that gives an impression of the room - what you think the bar should sound like.

    You can layer them, so it sounds like it’s being played from a radio, in the environment of a bar. And when done right, it will be absolutely impossible to tell whether was the real thing or simulated through plugins.