"through Headphones" effect

[JRReedVE]

Hey, I have a guy in my scene wearing headphones. How do I get the diegetic radio audio to sound like it's coming through his headphones (bonus question, how do I get the sounds in the room to sound faint and muffled like it's squeezing around his headphones)?

I've looked on line and all i can find are tutorials on how to listen to my Pro Tools THROUGH my own headphones.

Thanks again

(I'm very very new)

[AlexLakis]

Why don't you mic up the headphones?

To answer your question, EQ.

[JRReedVE]

Originally Posted by AlexLakis

Why don't you mic up the headphones?

To answer your question, EQ.

I got
Channel Strip
EQ3 1 Band
EQ3 7 Band
Fabfilter Pro Q 3

Which one should I focus on?

Also, trying both foley effects and pro tools effect to be flexible depending on the situation.

[Darryl Ramm]

Start simple and just see. Think what qualitative adjustments you are trying to make. Start with simple plugins, ideally ones you have used, and see if you can do stuff, then just experiment.

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What headphones? Open back? Closed? Cheap earbuds? Quality in-ear monitors?

As a headphone lover I'd hope they scene is using high-end headphones that show a very high sound quality, with (closed back or in-ear) significant attention or muffling (extreme roll of of high frequencies) of environment noise, maybe an increase in apparent stereo width. But that's it.

Cheap headphones, attenuate highs and lows, add some harmonic distortion.

Beats junk, roll up the bass... make it sound like crap. Hopefully that's the part in the film where the wearer is strangled with their headphone cord.

[JRReedVE]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Start simple and just see. Think what qualitative adjustments you are trying to make. Start with simple plugins, ideally ones you have used, and see if you can do stuff, then just experiment.

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What headphones? Open back? Closed? Cheap earbuds? Quality in-ear monitors?

As a headphone lover I'd hope they scene is using high-end headphones that show a very high sound quality, with (closed back or in-ear) significant attention or muffling (extreme roll of of high frequencies) of environment noise, maybe an increase in apparent stereo width. But that's it.

Cheap headphones, attenuate highs and lows, add some harmonic distortion.

Beats junk, roll up the bass... make it sound like crap. Hopefully that's the part in the film where the wearer is strangled with their headphone cord.

Silly me, noise cancelation headphones that fit over the ears. I totally should have added that information. they aren't beats, (thank god) and the person is listening to static while using a one way push to talk to send out morse code. I've done the different static hum for when the button is and isn't pushed as well as the click when its pushed down and pulled up. (I used a CB radio and experimented with going directly into my USBPre 2, as well as using microphone (with low pass) recording the sound coming out of a speaker.)

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by JRReedVE

Silly me, noise cancelation headphones that fit over the ears. I totally should have added that information. they aren't beats, (thank god) and the person is listening to static while using a one way push to talk to send out morse code. I've done the different static hum for when the button is and isn't pushed as well as the click when its pushed down and pulled up. (I used a CB radio and experimented with going directly into my USBPre 2, as well as using microphone (with low pass) recording the sound coming out of a speaker.)

Uh well that's different than everybody will assume. What radio are they listening to?... I'd guess you want to make the static mono. I hope they tried to film/record somebody who can really code.

[Rich Breen]

Audioease Speakerphone