Hiding A Lisp

What's the best way to hide a lisp when recording?

Are there special microphones? Do you know of any easy tricks, like speaking with paper between the mic and my mouth? Is there a software solution?

My lisp is only slight, but if I could hide it, that would be great.

MacBook 08, Mac OS X (10.5.7), GarageBand 08, v 4.1.2

Posted on Jun 17, 2009 11:01 AM

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Jun 22, 2009 12:00 PM in response to Styrix

a low pass filter is a pretty standard effect, any search results on the web you find would apply to the effect that GB has.

that said, personally i wouldn't use a low pass filter, but rather one of the many EQs GB offer. parametric would be my first choice, but if you don't know how to use one (again, web search could teach you) any of the Graphic EQs could be useful, and are quite easy to operate.

and of course the absolutely best solution is to try to practice speaking to avoid sibilants, if at all possible.

Jun 22, 2009 12:44 PM in response to Styrix

it takes a bit more then a forum post to really explain a parametric EQ, which is why i'd suggest doing some web searches on it.

the mini course is: tighten the Q, boost the gain and sweep through the frequency range to find the offending sound, tweak the Q, and then reduce the gain to try to hide the sound more.

best of luck with your speech work, fixing the issue is WAY better than fiddling with effects to hide it, hopefully you can get to a good level of satisfaction soon.

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