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How can you make it feel like sound is coming to you? (self.musicproduction)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by cheese_greater to c/[email protected]

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The closest I can think of are

gradual increase in volume and
playing with panning to start from left or right and gradually moves towards you ~~center~~ (i think you might need to physically place the output speaker so the left or right its playing from is farthest away from you)

Feel instinctually like reverb might have some application here but i know almost nothing about it

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You'll need a low pass filter. High frequencies drop off as the source of the sound moves away, while lower frequencies will come through over longer distances. Simply put an envelope on the frequency.

Reverb or delays can be used to make something sound as if it is further away, but in order to make it move, you'll probably need to change the pre-delay setting rather than the reverb itself. Again, use an envelope.

impulse response files can also be used to create any kind of space. These are static though, so to imitate movement you'll need an IR plugin that can hold several IRs and fade between them, or look into convolution reverb plugins for this purpose.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Also, closer sounds tend to have more prominent transients, so you can use a transient shaper and automate the attack (if you're working with something that's not a sustained tone, that is).

[–] pwnicholson 15 points 3 days ago

Subtle Doppler effect if you want it to be really accurate. Raise the pitch slightly and gradually add it gets 'closer'. If understand if it's music and that would mess with things though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This man explains it better than I ever could:

https://youtu.be/E9IuXEwpU7U

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 7 points 3 days ago

The panning effect reminds me of the chopper in Metallica’s One (definitely want headphones to “feel” the effect)

https://youtu.be/WM8bTdBs-cw

And this video may be a good resource for what you’re asking for.

https://youtu.be/gk9bKVmAXSk

This isn’t my particular skill/talent but I found some info that I hope can help. But do take it with a huge grain of salt and definitely look into what others say with the relevant experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Don't forget to blueshift!