Impulse Response for 80s Ghetto Blasters, Boom Boxes, Stereos, Tape Decks and Televisions?

[Norrin_Radd]

*Rest assured, I scoured the internet as best as I could before deciding to create this thread*

I am hoping to find a leaner priced collection, or possibly even a free hobby archive, similar to this guys blog about impulses from various old microphones:

http://micirp.blogspot.co.uk/

I recently purchased http://www.plogue.com/products/chipcrusher/ and was totally floored by how great the impulses sounded for the old TVs and crummy electronics. For whatever reason, it made me really want to hear some 80s Boom Box impulses. Like these http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/boombox/golden-years/

Anyone ever seen anything like this?

[Halma]

Boombox IRs...lol...never thought of this. Nice topic.

Really cool idea that would be interesting for me too (just out of curiosity because I grew up with them in the 80s). Maybe there is some nebula stuff around as well?

Btw ploques chipcrusher is IR ? I thought they were recreated with algos.

Regards
Sebastian

[deastman]

Its pretty much the exact opposite of lean pricing, but I'm a big fan of AudioEase Speakerphone 2.
http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Speakerp ... phone.html

[V0RT3X]

Its only $39 USD
http://www.plogue.com/products/chipcrusher/

[Norrin_Radd]

Boombox IRs...lol...never thought of this. Nice topic.

Really cool idea that would be interesting for me too (just out of curiosity because I grew up with them in the 80s). Maybe there is some nebula stuff around as well?

Btw ploques chipcrusher is IR ? I thought they were recreated with algos.

Regards
Sebastian

Hmm, I assumed the third stage "post processing" of the Chipcrusher is IR. If I recall, the first two stages are algo for actual DAC, then a noise floor, respectively. You can turn any of the three stages on or off, and the last stage only appears to be doing what an IR would be doing.

Nebula, too, appears to be outside of the price range for a casual hobbyist.

Its pretty much the exact opposite of lean pricing, but I'm a big fan of AudioEase Speakerphone 2.
http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Speakerp ... phone.html

Looking over the list of sources, yeah, Speakerphone 2 looks like the closest thing. But that price is way outta line for a hobbyist.

[b15fliptop]

Check out McDSP's FutzBox, too. It has what your looking for, plus saturation, distortion, etc.

[No_Use]

The free pack found here contains a boombox IR

http://www.interruptor.ch/club_simulation.shtml

[davidv@plogue]

Hi!

I recently purchased http://www.plogue.com/products/chipcrusher/ and was totally floored by how great the impulses sounded for the old TVs and crummy electronics. For whatever reason, it made me really want to hear some 80s Boom Box impulses.

I was planning on doing some more IR's for a free chipcrusher update to coincide with the release of chipspeech (lots of talking devices have odd speakers/enclosures).

I do have access to a few old boom boxes and adding one or two in there makes absolute sense.
If you have any suggestions for anything else. I'll see what I've got.

Cheers

[Norrin_Radd]

That's great to hear, David! Chipcrusher is a fantastic product. The fact that it actually offers something not only unique, but goes to great lengths to be authentic, is something I have never seen in any other "bitcrusher". I am beyond pleased to know that it is still on the radar for potential updates

Aside from the potential of some boomboxes, I think tape recorders and old (80s old) TVs that may have been used to makeshift record and play back video game music would be rad. There is something undeniably nostalgic about hearing things come out of these 80s sound sources. The Macintosh and Arcade IRs totally gave me a punch in the nostalgia. I guess, along those lines, recording IRs for rooms that are specific to the 80s might also be interesting. Like a Chuck E Cheese, or a computer lab. Or a video store? I'm really just thinking out loud here, hehe.

Another very niche idea which may interest you (and might even be a first in IR communities):

When I was 8, I experimented with plugging a pair of headphones in to the microphone input of a ghetto blaster. I held them up to the speakers of my TV as if they were a microphone (which actually works and will record audio as an extremely lo-fi microphone). I recorded the entire sound track of Mega Man 3 doing that, which I recall listening to so loud in my bedroom that my parents yelled at me to turn it down.

The sound quality is terrible, since headphones are not specifically designed to record input. The vibration still travels from one end to the other, the headphones themselves almost certainly have a very unique sound as a mangled recording input, which is ripe for IR experimentation.

That one is a bit of a stretch, but it might just fit the unique niche that only chipcrusher has the chance to pursue

[davidv@plogue]

That's great to hear, David! Chipcrusher is a fantastic product. The fact that it actually offers something not only unique, but goes to great lengths to be authentic, is something I have never seen in any other "bitcrusher". I am beyond pleased to know that it is still on the radar for potential updates

Thanks a lot! Yeah chipcrusher is part of the chip family, and as such it will grow with the lot.

Like a Chuck E Cheese, or a computer lab. Or a video store? I'm really just thinking out loud here, hehe.

AHah that would be nice. An impulse of an Arcade In a Chuck E Cheeze... "Ehhh could I see the manager?"

I recorded the entire sound track of Mega Man 3 doing that, which I recall listening to so loud in my bedroom that my parents yelled at me to turn it down.

I did record hours of SID tracks in my friend's basement on his C64 with a RadioShack portable tape deck just to listen to them when I got home... My parents gave in at one point and I got my own C64. ... ahh sorry ... where were we??

[fese]

When I was 8, I experimented with plugging a pair of headphones in to the microphone input of a ghetto blaster. I held them up to the speakers of my TV as if they were a microphone (which actually works and will record audio as an extremely lo-fi microphone). I recorded the entire sound track of Mega Man 3 doing that, which I recall listening to so loud in my bedroom that my parents yelled at me to turn it down.

The sound quality is terrible, since headphones are not specifically designed to record input. The vibration still travels from one end to the other, the headphones themselves almost certainly have a very unique sound as a mangled recording input, which is ripe for IR experimentation.

Ah, recording through headphones, who of us didn't do that when he was young? I recorded a reading of "tintin in America" like that and had great fun using my toy pistol for the gun fights
I gotta try that again sometime...

[Winstontaneous]

Awesome thread topic! Also made me wonder about IRs for classic keyboards with built-in speakers like the Arp 2600, Moog Sonic VI, and CasioTones.

[davidv@plogue]

Awesome thread topic! Also made me wonder about IRs for classic keyboards with built-in speakers like the Arp 2600, Moog Sonic VI, and CasioTones.

chipcrusher covers a few casiotones and portatones. I have plenty more yet un-IR'ed

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

If you have any suggestions for anything else. I'll see what I've got.

walkie-talkies, various phones, video cameras etc etc...i was always blown away by speakerphone, then more so with the price. would be great for you to provide us with an alternative

[Norrin_Radd]

VCRs and Betamax players, as well as 70s and 80s stereo receivers would be interesting too. Just look at these things! http://goldenageofaudio.blogspot.ca/201 ... uners.html

I mean, this is all about the inspiration these sounds provide because of what they are. Frankly, when I see a little thumbnail for the device, and then hear my sounds coming through the IR, I get a pure shot of inspiration. Like putting my mind into the mind of a composer in a different era.