Been trying to edit my voice to sound female for voice acting purposes. The free version of MorphVox sounds pretty good in terms of gender conversion; however, the quality of the output is terrible. What do I do to remove this horrible tinny sound? It’s like I’m speaking into a fan.
My recordings without MorphVOX are fine - good quality with the mic I have. I can get a better headset mic if that would fix anything, but I’m not certain it would. I can’t re-record the voice any better, as this effect is prevalent no matter what I do.
Changing the Gender of a voice isn’t an easy thing to do without artifacts (side effects). An effect like that can disguise your voice but typically it’s going to sound unnatural and “processed”.
I listened to the sample on the MorphVox website and it doesn’t sound that great either, although it doesn’t sound exactly like your sample.
The best way to do it is to try altering your voice yourself to sound like a female. A good impressionist/mimic is better than a computer. Generally, the trick is to not change the pitch too much… Don’t speak in a falsetto voice, but try to change the timbre (character) of you voice. It will also help to emphasize the “T” & “S” sounds, and try to get a “sexy” breathy sound.
Of course, normally a male voice actor does male voices and a female voice actor does female voices!
good quality with the mic I have. I can get a better headset mic if that would fix anything, but I’m not certain it would. I can’t re-record the voice any better, as this effect is prevalent no matter what I do.
If it sounds good before processing, the mic is not your problem.
However, a “gaming” or “communications” microphone is usually not going to give you good quality. The mic built-into a laptop won’t give you “studio quality” either. For voice over work, most people use a [u]“Podcast” or “Studio Style” USB mic[/u] or a decent stage or studio mic.
You can also use a regular (analog) performance/studio mic, but they have low-impedance balanced connections that do not interface with a regular consumer soundcard, so you need an audio interface if you want to use one of these. Good headset mics like sportscasters or Madonna use are very expensive, and again you need an audio interface with the proper low-impedance XLR inputs.
Hmm. Is there anything to at least lessen the effect?
I’ve tried speaking in female tones of voice, often with horrific results. Not going down that road again…
One thing I don’t understand is just why the program introduces these artifacts - and if I understood that, I might be able to fix or at least lessen the problem.
This is a MorphVox problem, not an Audacity problem 
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That said, do you need to record the voice changing live? You might do better recording normally then use a plug-in effect to change gender. Have you tried RoVee ? See How to install VST plug-ins in Audacity .
But people doing this professionally will pay $1000 for the software to do it.
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Thanks, that plug-in works a lot better - though there are still some artifacts, they’re a lot less worse than the MorphVOX equivalent.
Hi. I actually like the voice you have created. Can you share the details (pitch value etc)
And it’s probably best if you can “get close” by trying to imitate a female before processing. Maybe try to mimic a particular female… It’s mostly NOT pitch… That falsetto thing guys do when they try to talk or sing like a girl do isn’t realistic. 
Males & females often sing the same notes but the timbre is different. Some EQ might help too before doing anything “crazy”.