using a phone as a mic

[dthree]

could it be possible?

is there a way to send the audio from a home phone to my soundcard for example?

or do you guys know any alternatives? ( besides computer-based vocoder and 3grans rackmount vocoder.

the real vintage thing

if there's answering machines.. there's an audio out i guess

[Barely Human]

I would just record using a decent mic, and then cut the freq's to match a phone and possibly lower the bit rate for grittyness.

[dirty_bass]

Vocoder won`t do you much good.

The frequency range of phones is (well, used to be, mobliles are a bit better these days) 300Hz to 3kHz
Filter everything above and below to recreate the effect.
And as above, maybe reduce the bit rate with a bit crusher, or use a Fuzz effect for crap speaker grit.

[eyeswithoutaface]

if you use Fruity Studio, good old Fruity Parametic Eq. "Phone" setting. Bit of bitcrushing, not perfect but its a good start, and i just checked it out quick to test it never used it before

[audioinjection]

yeah, your best bet is to use eq the vocals and cut the frequencies........like scott said there's a phone preset in FL that works.

[TechMouse]

You can buy a telephone pickup from Maplin for around £4.