In my recent soundscape I recorded a speech using my voice and aimed to replicate the sounds of a 1940s radio broadcast as if I were in the home of a listener. To start you will need your raw voice recording as well as the sound of vinyl static, as can be found here. Assuming you know how to upload and cut clips to size, your vinyl static should be cut or extended (by using copy paste) to match the length of your recording as I have here:

The next step is to use the selector tool to select your entire voice recording. Then, go to the effects tab and click the effect option “Equalizer”. You should have a flat line such as this:

If not, go ahead and hit the “Flatten” button on the bottom of the window. Your next move will be to click on the intersection of 12dB and 1,000HZ, and then next click on the intersection of -12dB and 10,000HZ. Your graph should look like this:

After hitting “OK”, you will be taken back to the editing window and you will notice that your voice recording will have increased in dB rating on both ends like this:

We need to fix this so the sound does not sound like the speaks are going to blow out. Select your voice entire recording again and go to the Effects tab and select “Normalize”. You will want to put your inputs to the following settings (Check yes to “Remove DC offset”, then normalize maximum amplitude to -1.0dB, and do not check the last box):

Hit “OK” and you are done! Go ahead and play with the volume on the vinyl static track to make sure it isn’t overpowering. This is a subjective quality, but in my opinion the recording I provided for the vinyl static is a tiny bit too loud. Enjoy!