Voice transformation

edsonedge's icon

I am wondering if anyone has got some nice example patches for voice transformation

I am interested both in semi-relistic (which assumably is harder) and "far-out" transformation

All the best

roger.carruthers's icon

What kind of transformations do you want? Almost any audio processing (filtering, waveshaping etc.) will transform a voice...
For the far-out, things like ring modulation (think Daleks) are a perennial favourite, and of course delay effects like comb filtering and flanging. Some FFT processes work well on voices too. And then there's vocoding!
But for the semi-realistic, the best are probably speed/pitch and formant effects. Have a look at Tim Rozendal's recently posted DiracLE object - it does nice formant munging that will subtly - or not-so subtly - change a voice,
cheers
Roger

AudioLemon's icon

some ideas - should give you more of an idea as to what patches you might be interested in tracking down - mostly simple patches but I think it sounds lovely and is implemented very well.

t's icon

grizzle, are patches from Ted Coffey available for download? If yes, could you please share the link?

Cheers

edsonedge's icon

Thanks guys

@Roger - Yeah I have tried all sorts of filters and the standard synthesis effects but I was wondering if there are some more specific methods that I dont know about.
Ill take a look at the DiracLE object - havent heard about it before. Thanks :)

@Grizzle - thanks Ill take a look at this when I get home :)

Mark Durham's icon

For a while now I've been getting round to replicating something like this in Max:

Perhaps monster voices aren't what you need, but there may be some inspiration in there for possible techniques.

If I come up with anything interesting, I'll post back.

edsonedge's icon

Bummer - the DiracLe object is only for MAC :(