general grievous voice acting

for my fanfilm i'm going to need software to make someone sound like general grievous
does anyone know what program would be usefull for this? or if there's a free version of it that would be awsome

thanks
ravenger out

 

Audacity is a strong freeware for Audio Editing (google for it). But I don't know exactly what would make your recordings sound like Grievous. Pitching down and add a slight GVerb springs into my mind.

 

Have him smoke a few packs, then mic him talking into a coffee can. Should be fine.

 

That should work, too.

 

wel sadly i'm not willing to start smoking to get his voice hehe
thanks i'll try that program

 

Uhm, don't. I seriously hope you were joking...

Anyhow, a halfway decent voice actor can achieve a smoker's voice. I can. Hurts like a soneofabum, but it gets interesting results at times.

 

General Grievous sounds a little like early Strong Bad.

 

General-a Kenobi... a-Holy Crap!

 

Wow... it's so true.

*still laughing*

Yeah, if you can't get the program to work out, the jar/coffee can plan works okay depending on your voice actor.

Early Strong Bad... that kills me..

 

I think RyiokuXL had a thread on how he made greivous's voice.I can't find it, but luckily I saved his instructions on Word. Here is what he said:


RyiokuXL said: I spoke angrily into a 2.5' PVC Pipe, brought it into Audacity, used Change Pitch from A down to C#/Db by -8 Semitones.

I have no clue how to do that but....I Hope this helps

~Rory

 

wel i tried doing what you said but i got an extremly heavy voice wich sounds absolutly not like him

 

So find someone who can do it. You can't change the nature of your voice without making it sound fake.

 

Seriously, do the coffee-can, then you can do a pitch change later to get it where you want.

 

we dont have coffee cans here everything comes in bags

 

Then try a different can.There a lots of them on the market.Or try Pringles

 

i did it with pringles i even tried it with cutting the bottom out

 

Then don't use a can, and just experiment with differing kinds of chorus and a metallic reverb.

 

ask ryioku.

 

i can do a grievous voice. nevertheless, you'll still need to do a little tampering around with like pitch and such. let me know if you're interested and i'll send you a clip.

 

I just got done paging through your model thread over at 3D. Great work, bud.

 

I use a version of soundforge that does an incredibly good copy and paste job. Meaning I take Grievous' actual voice from the DVD, and record a sample. Then I take someone talking like him. "Whaats tha seetoooation Captain." You know, that Transylvanian "I want to suck your blood" routine.

The software measures the specific tone, reverb, everything, and then "clones" the sound over what you said making it sound identical in pitch but with different wording. No pun intended on the clone comment.

I did the same thing with Darth Vader. The software makes anything you say sound exactly like James Earl Jones. It's up to you whether you can copy the exact mannerisms and accent.

You most definitely cannot get the same results with anything free I've ever seen but if you email me audio clips I can convert them for you and send them back. It's no trouble.

 

"You have reached the voicemail of Teague Chrystie. I'm not here right now, please leave a message at the beep. Time to abandon ship!"

 

PVC pipe workes great actually..

 

hey Achilles_of_Edmonton, what version of Soundforge are you using?