BlueTronic Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I'm trying to figure out how to create different robotic voices using manipulation of samples I'd like to know exactly what synthesis techniques were used to manipulate these vocals: The Painter, Castle Crashers The Factory of A Better Tomorrow, LittleBigPlanet 2 (The voice that plays in the intro)Das Boot by U96 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwc0shJ2aYc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaggyfreak Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Well, there are two ways that I achieve this sort of thing. Using a straight up vocoder of some sort can get the job done for most of the stuff that you posted. I really love the Bitspeak plugin, though. It's very easy to use and you can get some fantastic results with it. http://soniccharge.com/bitspeek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueTronic Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 But they're all done with different effects. That bitspeek thing seems to be able to cover what's done in The Factory of a Better Tomorrow, but the other two sound like they've got something more going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) But they're all done with different effects. That bitspeek thing seems to be able to cover what's done in The Factory of a Better Tomorrow, but the other two sound like they've got something more going on Vocoding with bitcrushing or sample rate reduction, or just bitcrushing or sample rate reduction, or just vocoding. The first one is vocoding with some sample rate reduction, distortion, and loads of resonance, and the third one sounds like a little bit of bitcrushing on a voice spoken robotically in rhythm. Edited February 3, 2014 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygecko Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Das Boot is a text-to-speech software from the Atari ST. It's the utter lack of filtering and tons of aliasing that makes the signature sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Das Boot is a text-to-speech software from the Atari ST. It's the utter lack of filtering and tons of aliasing that makes the signature sound. would an emulator for that? that might be fun to work with at some point. off-kilter sound sources are always fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaggyfreak Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 My favorite text-to-speech is done with an old TI/99. I actually have one with a speech side cart just for this purpose: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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