One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Thursday, 9 December 2004

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Cubase plugin makes music sound like it's played by cellphone
Xeni Jardin: Mobile phone makers Nokia created some free plugins for Cubase that allow musicians to simulate the sound of their music being played on (or through) any one of Nokia's cellphones.

"Is this interesting? Probably not, but I just like the idea of being able to make my recordings sound exactly like they are coming out of a mobile phone." To test the thing out, I used a MIDI file of Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android'. Click to hear a N-Gage take on the intro, a Nokia 3200 doing the first choral bit, a Nokia 6650 doing the exciting bit in the middle and a Nokia 6100 rather mangling the spazz-out bit at the end.

Sure it's interesting. . . if you're an audio geek. A tool for mastering for ringtones. Yikes!

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