Change pitch, voices distorted
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Change pitch, voices distorted
I have recorded a handful of people for a puppet skit I am putting together. All voices are on a single track. I would like to raise the pitch of the voices, but when I do, the voices get somewhat distorted. Either they sound tinny and/or like they are under water. I've messed around a little with the equalizer, but I don't really know what I'm doing, so I feel like I'm just randomly changing settings. Any suggestions on what the best way might be to clean up the sound? I'm in version 2.0.6. Thanks!
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Re: Change pitch, voices distorted
If you are trying to change pitch without changing tempo, Effect > Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift... produces less artifacts than Effect > Change Pitch.
You should not take pitch change too far. A little pitch change and a little EQ change may work for you.
Gale
You should not take pitch change too far. A little pitch change and a little EQ change may work for you.
Gale
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Re: Change pitch, voices distorted
A slightly different effect that produce quite interesting voice timbre is to record yourself talking very slowly and then use the "Change Speed" effect. It takes a bit of practice to get the slow talking right, but this techniques was used in many old classics such as Pinky and Perky.
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