Speakers by AudioThing microphone and speaker simulation plugin interface

Speakers: Microphone and Speaker Simulation Plugin by AudioThing Free Download

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Speakers is an effects plugin by AudioThing that simulates loudspeakers and microphones using a convolution engine, with a configurable chain of EQ, compression, distortion and background noise.

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01Overview

Speakers is a multi-effect plugin that emulates a wide range of speakers and microphones. Its convolution engine lets you make a sound seem to come through an old telephone, a radio, a classic cabinet or a toy recorder, or be captured by a vintage ribbon microphone. The plugin combines these simulations with a freely arranged chain of effects and looping background noises, so you can place a sound in a chosen environment. It runs on Windows and macOS in several common plugin formats.

Best for

Telephone voice effects
Radio and vintage speaker sounds
Sound design textures
Post-production sound effects
Lo-fi vocal processing
Environmental background sounds

Developer: AudioThing
Category: Multi-Effects
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

50 speaker models: cabinets, devices, phones, radios, speakers, toys
32 microphone models: condensers, dynamics, phone mics, ribbons
18 distortion and degradation algorithms, including Bit Crusher and GSM
42 looping background noises covering devices, places and organic sounds
Freely reorderable signal routing with drag-and-drop modules
Five-band EQ with two shelves and three parametric bands
Built-in compressor and multimode filter
Preset system with randomizer and resizable window

03In depth

Speaker and Microphone Emulation

Speakers includes 50 speaker models, covering cabinets, devices, phones, radios, speakers and toys. It also offers 32 microphone models, including condensers, dynamics, phone mics and ribbons.

A five-band EQ with low and high shelves and three parametric bands shapes the frequency response of each emulation. You drag the nodes to set frequency and gain, use the mouse wheel to adjust Q, and double-click to reset a band.

Routing, Distortion and Background Noise

The Routing panel lets you reorder the signal flow by dragging modules left or right. An Input module marks where the source signal enters the chain, so you can run noise through certain modules before the input joins further down the path. You can disable a module with CMD or CTRL + Click.

The distortion and degradation section offers 18 algorithms, from carbon mic overdrive to GSM interference. Noise is blended from 42 looping background samples covering devices, places and organic sounds, and you can add your own samples.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	AudioThing
Type	Plugin
Category	Multi Effect
Formats	VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, CLAP
Operating systems	Windows, macOS
Architecture	64-bit
Free trial	Yes

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats and operating systems does Speakers support?

Speakers is available in VST3, VST2, AU, AAX and CLAP formats, in 64-bit. It runs on Windows (7, 8, 10 and 11) and macOS, with macOS 10.9 through macOS 13 Ventura listed, including Apple Silicon as a Universal 2 binary.

Does Speakers add latency?

The convolution engine runs with zero latency. The Robotization and Quantization degradation algorithms do add some latency, which depends on the FFT size parameter.