Voice Effect - Hoarseness

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Voice Effect - Hoarseness

Post by TheShekinah » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:00 am

I'm working on trying to make a recording of a normal human voice sound like this word-less voice from a video game: http://www.mediafire.com/file/me2yijkmzqn/disciple.mp3

I have the pitch right, but I can't get that sort of hoarse, scratchy quality to it. Any suggestions on effects that might approximate it? Thanks in advance!

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Re: Voice Effect - Hoarseness

Post by kozikowski » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:57 am

I don't know of a filter package which will do that. This is the same sort of question as when people posting wanting to change between a man and a woman's voice. You can always get about 60% there with the conventional tools but it always sounds like the wrong voice that you applied a lot of filters to.

For example, you can't just lower the pitch because all the breathy, sharp air sounds get muddy. Not easy to do.

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Re: Voice Effect - Hoarseness

Post by steve » Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:34 pm

TheShekinah wrote:I have the pitch right, but I can't get that sort of hoarse, scratchy quality to it.
That mostly comes from the person - you may need assistance from a 40-a-day smoker, or just practice gargling.
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Re: Voice Effect - Hoarseness

Post by TheShekinah » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:52 pm

Heh, okay, thanks for taking the time to reply though! And I'll keep my eyes out for a smoker ;)

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