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Subject:Effects to change the characteristics of a human voice?
Posted by: AllanteLexus
Date:2/7/2002 2:44:16 PM

Hello,

Quick question for you. I want to add a narration voice over for our Flash driven website.

I don't have a very good "Broadcast Quality" speaking voice. Is there any way I can record my voice, then have Sound Forge tweak it so it sounds like James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader) or a similar type of voice which is nice and deep?

I don't see any preset settings that I could apply to the .wav file - so it will probably require some custom tweaking. Also, if it's super complex, are there any plugins available to make this job easier?

Where would I even start with something like this?

Thanks,

Mike

Subject:RE: Effects to change the characteristics of a human voice?
Reply by: Chienworks
Date:2/7/2002 2:49:07 PM

My own suggestion (at least i like this), is to speak rather quickly (but still very carefully) while recording. Then in Sound Forge use pitch shift to slow the recording down a couple of semitones (do not preserve pitch or duration). You can also use EQ to increase the bass and some of the treble slightly. At just a touch of small room reverb with a moderately short delay.

Play with it.

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