know how to disguise a persons voice?

Jay Rodriguez

Jay Rodriguez

Coffee Member
hey guys,
working on a quick project for someone and need to know how to disguise their real voice.

any thoughts? I use fcp if that matters.

Jay
 
hmm, ok cool i'll try that when i get home soon.... will that speed up or slow down the audio or just change the pitch?
 
Pitch bending is a simple trick, but it can be overdone if you're not careful. Also, if it's for security reasons, I would be careful since a clever person can reverse the pitch shift (the voice formant doesn't change much with a simple pitch shift). I would try frequency shifting alone or in combo with pitch shifting. It's better for distorting the voice, and it sounds really cool. Hyperprism is excellent for such effects, if you can still find it.

Let me know if you need more info.
 
thanks alot, that's what i needed to hear.

i'm in fcp and cant figure out how to get to play with the pitch and freq.... where do i find this?

thanks
 
Sorry, I was away for a few days.

Anyway, I don't know FCP too well, but the Adobe products have some really nice audio plug-ins and 3rd party stuff.

Let me check if Vegas has something similar.

Generally, you're looking for a dedicated audio program for all of the cool stuff, like Cool Edit Pro. Hyperprism is the bomb if you can still find it. There is a huge assortment of free VST and DX plugins for Sound Forge and Cool Edit Pro on the web. They let you do all kinds of wicked stuff.

I'll see what I can find.
 
Pitch Bend FTW.

A cool thing that i have seen done before in documentarys, is show the waveform, if they dont want there face to be displayed.
 
I disagree. I tied a helium balloon to my monitor and another to the keyboard and NO CHANGE -- NO CHANGE AT ALL.

Spider, can you provide step by step details instead of just little hints that don't really explain?
 
No, no Owen. You have to shove the opening of the balloon into the floppy drive. Geesh, don't you know anything? :evil:



Just kidding...everyone knows you staple the balloons, not "tie" them to the computer :grin:
 
Dang Coffee, thats the second audio question you had that I would think you would know. I thought you have been producing music for a while now. Was I wrong?
 
Well you could use a hydrophone and record people underwater, he he he.


Anyway, here are a few audio examples (see descriptions below):

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/5216/1162444873.zip

1. original lo-fi recording
2. chorus effect on full (vintage fx vst)
3. chorus effect on full w/ sync (vintage fx vst)
4. Sony Vegas chorus effect max
5. chorus/phaser mix (vintage fx vst)
6. just for fun, Sony vibrato effect emulating a bad audio tape
7. PremierePro pitch shift -6 semitones, formant+
8. PremierePro pitch shift +6 semitones, formant+

reversal effect (not secure)
9a. PremierePro pitch shift +6 semitones, formant-
9b. PremierePro pitch shift -6 (reverse) semitones, formant-
You can clearly hear my original voice on the reverse effect.

All kinds of possibilities! Have fun...
 
Oh yeah, I forgot...

A vocoder works very well if you choose a clear source sound (just think how well it sounds in hip hop or The Transformers).

It's cool how a failed attempt at telephone technology made such a great sounding device for sound FX or music.
 
Jay

If you still need this done - I've got a load of stuff for doing this sort of thing.

If you want to send me the file, I can process it and send it back if you wish

Steve
 
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