Voice Changer Effect

I found this one website once that had a voice changing effect software (I believe freewar that was for the PC. this changer had samples of his voice that sounded like the radio effect in the Star Wars Stormtroopers voices complete with the keying off sound..pshhht.

Does anyone know a program like this for the Mac?

For the "over and out" buzz, find some white noise from a video tape. Not sure if Soundtrack Pro has it, but worth a try. Or just hook up an analog VCR to a TV with a bad signal.

As for changing voices, if you're not changing pitch or speed (FCP can't do one without the other), then EQing, High/Low Pass filters and Reverb can usually get you radio, distant and masked voices. Try using EQ to dip all high and low frequencies and increase the mids; you'll get a hollow effect. A High Pass filter set to around 2000 or 3000 also gives a nice radio/walkie-talkie voice.

Thanks Derek. I will try this. I didn't even think about using whit noise for keying off. I have a white noise sound effect.

*slapping forehead* DOH!

GarageBand has a voice changer filter.



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AHA!!! I found it! But now I see that it was NOT a software program, but a HARDWARE unit... that's why when I tried Googling "software" it never came up within the first 5 pages.

Here it is for those that are interested. It even has audios samples of how it sounds...

You can do the stormtrooper, cylons fromthe original Battlestar Galactica etc...

[www.hyperdynelabs.com]

AHA!!! I found it! But now I see that it was NOT a software program, but a HARDWARE unit... that's why when I tried Googling "software" it never came up within the first 5 pages.

Here it is for those that are interested. It even has audios samples of how it sounds...

You can do the stormtrooper, cylons fromthe original Battlestar Galactica etc...

[www.hyperdynelabs.com]

That looks like it's intended for live speech.

Are you looking to record this fresh, or to augment audio already recorded? I don't think it'll work for already recorded audio.

But, I could be wrong. I'd check into it before I spent my good money on it, though.

You are right Deb.

I couldn't remember at the time if the product was software or hardware, but it is intended for live speech. I'm not interested in purchasing it now knowing that it is a hardwar and not some software. It was just bugging me that I couldn't remember where I found it.

Ahhhh...well, then, that's different!

I'd recommend what the others did, futz with rolling off the highs and lows and punching up the mid frequencies, or try the GarageBand filter Kevin mentioned.

This is a pretty easy effect to achieve, and a filter package is probably overkill, unless it's free in GarageBand!

Try Audacity, a free audio editor with lots of effects, at [audacity.sourceforge.net].

Scott

Nice lead, Scott -- I'd definitely love to check this out when I get home.

Scott,

Someone mentioned that program as well on another forum. I downloaded it but haven't had the chance to mess with it. But having a few others like yourself recommend it makes it wortwhile to look at.