Talkie Box 3 vocal effects plugin interface by Digital Brain Instruments

Talkie Box 3: Walkie-Talkie, Radio and Telephone Vocal Effects Free Download

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Talkie Box 3 is a vocal effects plugin by Digital Brain Instruments that processes your voice in real time to emulate walkie-talkie, radio and telephone sounds for audio post-production and sound design.

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01Overview

Talkie Box 3 is aimed at sound designers and post-production editors who need radio, walkie-talkie and telephone voices. It works on live microphone input, on the output of a built-in audio player, and on wav, aiff and mp3 files. The developer describes it as an all-in-one tool for creating radio and telephone sound effects, with control over background noise, interference and distortion. It is available as a plugin in VST2 and AU formats, and as a standalone application, for Windows and macOS.

Best for

  • Radio SFX design
  • Walkie-talkie voices
  • Telephone dialogue effects
  • Film and game post-production
  • Background radio noise
  • Morse code sound effects
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02Key features

What you get

  • Real-time processing of microphone input for radio and telephone voices
  • Walkie-talkie, radio and telephone emulation with filters and distortion
  • Noise Engine with up to six noise signals and an XY pad for FM parameters
  • Fine-tuning AFC emulation to match incoming radio frequency
  • Sampler with six pre-recorded radio sounds and support for your own
  • Telephone dial, Morse code tone and Morse code sound generators
  • Master rack with four VST/AU slots, three-band EQ and bit-depth distortion
  • Multitrack recording of separate processing stages and presets manager
03In depth

Radio, Walkie-Talkie and Telephone Voice Processing

The walkie-talkie section adds distortion, high-pass and low-pass filters, a band-stop filter and a resonance filter. The radio section limits frequency bandwidth and adds resonance and band-pass filtering. Together they cover the typical band-limited sound of radio and phone voices.

The Fine-Tuning AFC module emulates automatic frequency control, tuning a virtual resonant circuit to the frequency of the incoming radio signal. Morse code tone and sound generators and a telephone dial sound generator add more elements for scene-specific effects.

Noise Engine, Voice Lab and Sampler

The Noise Engine lets you design radio background noise and interference from up to six different noise signals, with FM generator parameters controlled through an XY pad and high-pass and low-pass filtering. Voice Lab adds these noise and interference sounds to your input, convolving the signal through six noise sources.

The sampler includes six pre-recorded radio sounds and lets you load your own, with pitch shifting. A master rack processes the final output through four VST/AU plugins, a three-band parametric EQ, high- and low-pass filters and sample rate and bit depth distortion. Multitrack recording can capture the input, the radio, telephone, noise and Voice Lab outputs and the master output on separate tracks at the same time, and MIDI control lets you operate the plugin from a MIDI device.

04Specs

Will it run?

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

DeveloperDigital Brain Instruments
TypePlugin
CategoryVocal Processing
FormatsVST2, AU, Standalone
Operating systemsWindows, macOS
Free trialYes
05Upgrades

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06FAQ

Questions, answered

What formats and operating systems does Talkie Box 3 support?

Talkie Box 3 is available in VST2, AU and Standalone formats. It runs on Windows and macOS.

What are the system requirements?

On Mac, it requires OS X 10.11.6 or later, or OS 11 or later on Apple M1 processors. On Windows, it requires Windows 8 or later. 4GB of RAM is recommended on both platforms.

What do I need to use Talkie Box 3?

Talkie Box 3 is a standalone-capable effects plugin that processes microphone input, the built-in audio player input, and wav, aiff and mp3 files. It can also route input and output to a DAW or audio editor.

Can I try Talkie Box 3 before buying?

Yes, a trial version is available for this product.

08Developer

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