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Jeez. I dunno… I do everything I can to avoid making things sound tinny, badly mic’ed and generally terrible. Then this comes along. 🤷🏽♂️
Not every workflow is identical
This is true.
The vocal in Video Killed The Radio Star was put through an actual radio:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/30/the-buggles-how-we-made-video-killed-the-radio-star
Also mentioned in the Guardian article above, one of the co-writers left The Buggles and released his own version of the song before they did, but it flopped:
And arguably one reason that the Buggles version did so much better is down to the production: Trevor Horn's vocal played back through a radio is just way more interesting and vibey than the straightforward vocal take in Bruce Woolley's version.
Adding lo-fi elements to a track can really help to create an atmosphere, and sometimes having everything sounding perfect can be a little sterile.
Haha, I didn’t know there was no fx version. Now I love the fx version even more.
Thanks Richard!
I’m skeptical regarding AudioThing Speakers. Pro-Q + Saturn + Pro-R is enough to simulate anything. Also more exciting to learn how different bandwidths and saturation change sound character. But, who knows… 🤩
Yeah you could just use a bandpass filter in Volcano to make something sound like it's coming out of an old radio, but Speakers does provide a multitude of different flavours of that kind of effect, and you can make stuff sound pretty vibey with it IMO.
Some effects are less cpu.
Especially to fabfilter.
Sometimes its good to have similar effects.
Until you decide to use fabfilters.
This app might be different than comparing the cpu of a filter to a fabfilter, filter. Also.
no wonder why, it's a very weak version
Sounds more like a demo than a finished product.
This plug in fits my workflow splendidly!
405Mb... interesting.
I wonder if it's the background noise recordings or the IRs
For those low on cash, BYOD can do this.
Thanks for this. Did not know it, but looks fun and very capable. Have bought Speakers and it's certainly quick to dial in stuff, but not the impossible dream that only the as yet unowned can ever really be
Hmmm, on second thought, I'm not sure about getting Speakers right away, although I'll probably get it before August 2nd. I may wanna play around with BYOD afterall.
Probably because it is IR based.
BYOD: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/byod/id1595313287
For those very familiar with both apps, would you say that Speakers offers much that BYOD doesn't in terms of sound / ease of use? Never really used BYOD and don't really have the time at the moment to dive into it though I have heard it is very powerful
As I currently only have BYOD it's definitely one of those 'Swiss Army Knife' apps that I always forget I've got installed...
...it's very flexible and covers a lot of sonic ground and invites one to experiment.(ie. what does it sound like when I feed this into this and then maybe this or that or...?).
It's definitely well worth a 2nd look as it's very easy to get in to. There's no 'hidden' stuff'.
Everything is just there right in front of you and that may be one of its biggest 'flaws' as the initial excitement wears off quickly and one is left with a very capable tool. If I had to pick just one multi-effect to use it would be BYOD without any doubts.
Thanks for the 'reminder' @ecou
nope, its the noise samples... the IRs are super small in a direct comparison.
But as @jwmmakerofmusic said, the noises are very handy in an ambient context.
I love filtering them a little bit and let them sit subtle in the mix.
OK. Thanks for the info.
Haven’t tried speakers yet (about to though) but BYOD is fantastic. Speakers seems more targeted and specified to its lane but like others mentioned it is a kind of Swiss Army knife for distortion. It has multiple wavefolding algorithms as well. Chows other multitool app is a fantastic Swiss Army knife as well.
BYOD is great, as are all of Chows apps. And sure, you can probably achieve anything with eqs, distortion and IRs… But I just bought Speakers. I’m paying 15€ to achieve the same but quicker and with a nice user interface. Sometimes it’s not about “what you do” but also “how you do it” and this makes your life easier.
I’m curious about the guitar amps IRs, they’re probably good but I guess you need some sort of power amp before it, so again that’s 2 apps which sort of defeats the purpose (ease of use).
Agreed. I’ve been messing around with it for a bit now and it’s really great. I’ve been most excited about this one out of all of AudioThings ports and I’m so glad it’s finally here. It’s really deep and offers a ton of options for sound mangling.
Here is my video walkthrough for AudioThing Speakers.
I do love stuff like this.
After diving into speakers I can safely say there’s no comparison here honestly. Not to say BYOD isn’t great, it’s my go to distortion along with Saturn2, but what Speakers does, it does VERY well and BYOD can’t compete with it for that lofi mangled sound. The Chow app has around a dozen or so presets with a mix and gain knob and that’s it. Which is great to add in an effects chain with lots of other stuff.
But Speakers has well over a hundred different options for mics, speakers, different IRs for environments likes construction sites, fireworks, the ocean, power supply’s, hums. So many different kinds of radios and toys and computer IRs. And you can run 3 at once with pitch mod, a delay, and balance knob. Plus a built in distortion with 20+ unique and vastly different options. AND a compressor and filter.
BYOD is amazing for what it is and I love it but if you want what Speakers does, that app won’t come close.
(All love to Chow, I’m a huge fan and this doesn’t mean I dislike or find no value in BYOD)
Read my reply to Gav. I LOVE BYOD and swear by all of CHOWs apps. But for these kinds of IRs, it can’t compare to Speakers. It’s really deep and I’m having a ton of fun with it. And the interface is just cool. The fact that they have the Gakken SX150 synth in here is blowing my mind 😂
Very useful, thanks! @HotStrange > @HotStrange said:
Is it possible to import custom IR-s?