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Section 4: Dialog and Speech Applications
Changing the gender or formants of a voice
1. Start with a Character preset loaded
2. Enter Matrix | Blocks Tab by pressing the Matrix Button
and using the Arrow Buttons.
3. Disabled all blocks except "Resonance"
4. Enter the Character | Resonance Tab by pressing the
Character Button and using the Arrow Buttons.
5. Use Edit 1 to audition various Resonance Styles. Try
raising or lowering the Amount Parameter for an
enhancement or transformation effect
If a Resonance Style effect does not seem to be
audible on a given voice, try Shifting the
Frequency Shift Parameter up or down to tune the
Style.
Getting the Spectral Balance right for Character
change
Sometimes when a Resonance is applied to a voice, the
spectral response needs to be compensated. You'll know
this is the case because your immediate thought will be to
reach for EQ. For better results, follow the steps below.
1. Start with a Character preset and disable all blocks
except Resonance and Spectral.
2. Enter the Character | Spectral Tab by pressing the
Character Button and using the Arrow Buttons.
3. Use Edit 1 to audition various Spectral Styles . Use the
Frequency Shift Parameter to tune the Style to the input
voice. Try raising or lowering the Amount Parameter.
Adding Rasp or Growl to a Voice
If rasp or growl is already apparent in a voice, the Breath
or Growl Block are very effective at naturally exaggerating
the effect.
1. Start with a Character preset and disable all blocks
except Growl
2. Enter the Character | Growl Tab by pressing the
Character Button and using the Arrow Buttons.
3. Use Edit 1 to audition various Growl Styles. Try changing
the Amplitude and Edge Weight Parameters to raise or
lower the growl affect based on level or word onsets.
More growl or raspy voice sounds are possible
using combinations of the Resonance Style
"Throaty Voice" and the Breath Styles "Light Rasp"
and "Heavy Rasp".
Re-creating the Sound of a Phone,
Radio or other Transducer
VoicePro's Transducer emulates the tonal, distortion, and
noise components of various transducer devices. These
devices include combinations of the components including
phones and radios. The components can also be used on
their own to create distortions, band filters, and modulated
noise patterns.
How to select a Transducer preset
1. Enter the Browser Tab by pressing the Browser Button.
2. Use Edit 1 and 2 to configure the Source Filter to
"Speaking", and the Application Filter to "Transducer".
3. Using the Select/Scrol Wheel or the Arrows to preview
one of the Transducer presets.
4. When you've selected a preset, press "Ok" to load the
previewed preset.
Factory presets with Application set to
"Transducer" only use the Transducer Block. The
Special FX Application contains some presets that
make use of the Transducer block in combination
with Reverbs, Delays, etc.
Selecting a Transducer Style and modifying the sound
1. Start with a Transducer preset and disable all blocks
except Transducer
2. Enter the Transducer | Transducer Tab by pressing the
Tranducer Button and using the Arrow Buttons.
3. Use Edit 1 to audition various Transducer Styles. It is
normal for the levels to be quite different between Styles.
4. To add or reduce noise in the Style use the Overall
Noise Amout Parameter.
5. To add or reduce distortion in the Style use the Distortion
Amount Parameter.