voice acting software?

[stuh505]

I'm just curious...is there any good software that people can recommend me which I could use to alter my voice to a wide range of voices so that I could do my own voice acting?

[LGM]

http://audacity.sf.net

http://www.goldwave.com

[Jay]

I've tried Goldwave in the past to alter my voice, it didn't seem to be much help. Is there a feature I missed?

[Haddas]

http://www.softdepia.com/voice_changer_software_av_vcs_download_164.html

you could try this. dunno about the demo-features, but the full version can record.

[shbaz]

I've tried Goldwave in the past to alter my voice, it didn't seem to be much help. Is there a feature I missed?

There's a pitch changer that doesn't effect the length of the sound. That's the beef of any voice modifier.

[Haddas]

I've tried Goldwave in the past to alter my voice, it didn't seem to be much help. Is there a feature I missed?

There's a pitch changer that doesn't effect the length of the sound. That's the beef of any voice modifier.

for that kind of work I use Cool Edit Pro 2.0

[LGM]

Yes.. If you do not want free... Then Adobe Audition is your best bet. You're very expensive best bet.

[stuh505]

Thanks for the info guys

[stuh505]

Ok, I think you guys misunderstood me a little bit.Ã,  I'm not looking for general purpose audio editing software.Ã,  I'm looking at something made specifically for altering voices.Ã,  I don't know that altering pitch, tempo, and speed can really make too many different voices from the same recording...for instance, I find it very difficult to make a woman's voice...I want something that could maybe make someone sound angry, happy, etc...with preset filters.

I'm going to look into that once voice changer that you suggested though Haddass.  IS there professional stuff for this?

[Ozwalled]

... I find it very difficult to make a woman's voice ...I want something that could maybe make someone sound angry, happy, etc...

Hoo boy, taken out of context, that sounds pretty funny. 

[Adamski]

There's a long and short answer for this, the sort one being 'there is no software to do the kind of thing you want to do'. The long answer involves an explanation as to why, but I haven't got the time to write it out... I'm sure someone else with the technical expertise in this area will though.

[stuh505]

There's a long and short answer for this, the sort one being 'there is no software to do the kind of thing you want to do'. The long answer involves an explanation as to why, but I haven't got the time to write it out... I'm sure someone else with the technical expertise in this area will though.

Voice changers have existed for many years, I'm just looking for a good one.

There is no theoretical barrier preventing a program from doing this extremely well...I was just curious what the best is nowadays.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Honestly? Well, I never saw a Voice Changer that is able to turn a male voice into a female one... I don't believe this can be done at the moment. If it does exist, it would be really freaky. Just imagine to get to know how you sound as a girl... Wow.

[Adamski]

You are misguided, there is a whole wealth of theoretical barriers preventing transforming the timbre of a voice (or anything) into something completely different purely though editing a single recorded sound. You can pitch-shift based on formants, you can filter out specific frequencies with something like Audiosculpt, but you can't do what you are suggesting out of a purely fictional/hollywood context.

Even in a hypothetical sense, just imagine for a second the implications of being able to transform your voice to sound like someone elses if it were possible. If you can't think of one good reason why it'd be a bad idea in 5 seconds then you might need a new brain.

[Sylpher]

What you should do is instead of trying to find a magical program that doesn't exist (like DS said) is practice making different voices. Many animated shows have one person doing multiple voices if not all of them (depending on the show). Just takes some practice.

If the case happens that you really can't get the right sound, find someone (anyone) who is willing to try.. A parent, sibling, friend...

If you have no friends then that means more time to practice.. ding!

[InCreator]

Well, If i needed such thing, I'd surely use Fruityloops for all the voice modifications.
A bit tricky, yes.
But options are endless.

Just load .wav speech into sampler channel and kick it around with all these VST plugins and modifiers.

Of course, Goldwave is teh r0xx0r too.

[stuh505]

if a human can recognize the distiction between a male and female voice, than so can a turing machine.  if a human can synthesize a sound that can be represented in digital form, than so can a turing machine.  there's nothing theoretically stopping perfect synthesis of words from text by a computer.  if the distinction between male and female can be determined, then the change can also be made...this isn't even debatable!  I'm not saying we have this technology now or that we ever will.

[Gregjazz]

Yes.. If you do not want free... Then Adobe Audition is your best bet. You're very expensive best bet.

I think there's some deal where if you download Cool Edit Pro then you can "upgrade" to Adobe Audition for like $50. At least that's what a friend of mine did.

[DGMacphee]

if a human can recognize the distiction between a male and female voice, than so can a turing machine.  if a human can synthesize a sound that can be represented in digital form, than so can a turing machine.  there's nothing theoretically stopping perfect synthesis of words from text by a computer.  if the distinction between male and female can be determined, then the change can also be made...this isn't even debatable!  I'm not saying we have this technology now or that we ever will.

By your logic, if a human can recognise the 'distiction' between fellatio and cunnilingus, then my computer should be giving me free blowjobs as we speak.

[Peter Thomas]

if a human can recognize the distiction between a male and female voice, than so can a machine

I know what you're thinking, but as DG so kindly [read: sarcastically/fantasizingly] put it, that's not a logical argument. Just because a human can do it is no reason for a machine to be able to do it.

There are programs out there that "change" recorded speech, and have presets called "woman", "man" and "giant", yes, but they don't really change the voice. They just shove it up or down a couple of pitches, which in all honesty turns out crap 99% of the time. Lowering your voice makes you sound like a transvestite with a mouth full of salsa. Going up, you sound like a chipmunk.

To the best of my knowledge (which I must admit is very limited, since I'm no engineer/scientist), that is the limitation of technology, with several good theoretical reasons behind it.

But you CAN get a decent enough sounding female voice if you're willing to experiment. Just record yourself talking in falsetto (your upper register, like you would when imitating an annoying little girl) and then muck around with that a bit. You can often get a fairly-believable woman if you find the right settings.