fromanotherroom

 Here’s a repost of my preset/tutorial for the “from another room” effect. The program I use is Adobe Audition. The full range of effects you will need to use are: parametric equalizer, reverb, echo, and hard limiter.

Parametric equalizer:

The heart of this effect and many others I use. Parametric EQ is a tool to enhance the levels of specific sound ranges. Taking down those high frequencies eliminates the “fine details” of the song, and is the starting point for any sort of effect that requires distance and limitation. Here, only low frequencies are allowed to pass through. This mimics the effect of being in another room because, typically, lower tones are stronger than higher ones and can still be heard through walls - at least, if the sound system in the other room is decent.

Settings:

Reverb: 

This helps the sound feel less like just a 8kbps version, or like you’re hearing it underwater. Reverb is a good atmospheric effect overall because it can imitate additional feedback of sound bouncing off of walls.

Settings:

Chorus: Not necessary, just helps it sound a little better. ;)

Settings:

Hard limiter: This may not seem too important, but it stops the low frequency from becoming too heavy (I also have faulty headphones and I can tell when frequencies peak because my right ear channel will make a rattling noise). It’s also sort of your own preference: some people like overly powerful bass, some don’t. If you don’t want the bass to completely drown the rest of the song, use this.

Settings:

(Mine is a little low here, but you can set Max Amplitude up to -1dB)