TeleVox by ViatorDSP: Authentic Telephone Speaker Sound for Your Vocal Tracks
Looking for a way to add a unique, vintage charm to your vocal tracks? Want to recreate the effect of a voice coming from a worn telephone speaker or an old radio? The TeleVox plugin from ViatorDSP is designed for just that! This innovative tool allows you to easily and accurately simulate the sound of vocals passed through a typical telephone speaker, opening up endless creative possibilities in genres from lo-fi and hip-hop to cinematic soundscapes.
Recreating the Classic Effect
The sound of a phone call or radio transmission is not just trimmed frequencies, but a whole complex of acoustic artifacts: a specific frequency response, resonances, and characteristic distortions. TeleVox masterfully emulates these features, giving your vocals that same recognizable character.
Using TeleVox allows you to instantly transport the listener to another era or create an intimate, chamber atmosphere. It is ideal for dialogues in podcasts or audiobooks, imitation of radio conversations in movies or games, as well as a creative effect for vocals in musical compositions where a vintage or distortion effect is needed without excessive aggressiveness.
Key Control Parameters
TeleVox provides an intuitive set of controls that allow you to precisely adjust the desired telephone speaker effect. Each parameter affects different aspects of the simulation, giving you full control over the final result:
- Speaker Range: This parameter adjusts the bandwidth of frequencies passing through the speaker simulator. By changing it, you can imitate speakers of different quality – from narrowband to more “open”.
- Center Frequency: Sets the central frequency of the filter around which the main timbre of the “telephone” sound is formed. Allows you to shift the accent to different registers.
- Resonance: Adds or reduces resonance at the central frequency. High values emphasize certain frequencies, making the sound more “ringing” or “nasal” as is often the case with low-quality speakers.
- Dirt: This is a unique lo-fi distortion algorithm that simulates overload and nonlinearity of analog components. Adds graininess and vintage saturation to the sound.
- Low: A low-frequency filter that allows you to additionally remove or emphasize the lower register of the sound after passing through the simulation.
- High: A high-frequency filter that allows you to additionally remove or emphasize the upper register of the sound. Together with Low, it allows you to “refine” the frequency balance of the effect.
By using these parameters in combination, you can create a wide range of effects – from a barely noticeable vintage tint to an extreme, completely distorted “telephone” voice.
Technical Specifications and Compatibility
The TeleVox plugin is designed with modern standards in mind and is available for most popular digital audio workstation (DAW) platforms.
Compatibility with Operating Systems and Formats:
- Windows: VST3 format (64-bit) is supported.
- macOS: AU and VST3 formats (64-bit) are supported for Intel and Apple Silicon processors (M1, M2, etc.).
Due to the support of 64-bit formats, TeleVox seamlessly integrates into modern sound recording and mixing workflows, providing stable operation and high performance. The developer ViatorDSP is known for its attention to detail and the desire to create quality tools for musicians and sound engineers.
Even if you are not working with vocals, TeleVox can be used to process other instruments, adding unusual character to them. Experiment with drums, synthesizers, or guitars, passing them through this unique simulation to discover new sonic horizons in your tracks.
Download TeleVox today and add to your recordings that same, unique charm of a telephone speaker, that can make your sound truly special!
It is ideal for creating lo-fi effects, imitating radio or telephone conversations, as well as for giving a unique character to vocal parts in any genre. Try TeleVox and see how easy it is to achieve a complex and interesting sound!
