Change pitch on internal microphone.

Hi guys,


I need to change the pitch for the input on the internal microphone. It needs to be actively converting the pitch so I can hear myself with a different pitched voice. I need this feature for my work as I'm currently in the process of writing a draft script, so to aid the editors experience I would like to record the different parts with different pitches (thus making a series of characters) anyway, this is beside the point. Is there any easy way of changing the pitch of whatever comes through my mic?


Thanks,

Mike

MacBook 2.4GHz (Unibody late 2008) + iMac 27" i7, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 4GB RAM 250GB Hard Drive + 4GB RAM 1TB Hard Driv

Posted on Jul 14, 2011 3:40 PM

Reply
5 replies

Jul 14, 2011 3:48 PM in response to Mackey18

Generally you record a standard waveform and then alter it to have a higher pitch, as opposed to altering the input itself. You can do this with GarageBand, if you ahve it installed. Just start a new voice project then select the input track and click the "Real Instrument" section of the sidebar, followed by clicking the "Edit" tab. In here click one of the empty rectangles and add the "AUPitch" filter. Then click the icon for the filter and you can change the pitch and other features that the filter offers. In addition to a basic pitch option, you can use others like the "Speech Enhancer", and "Vocal Transformer" filters to adjust vocals.

Jul 14, 2011 4:13 PM in response to Mackey18

That would depend on the capabilities of the conferencing program you're using. I don't believe either Audacity or Garageband will pipe its output to other programs, so you would have to have a special Web conferencing program that supports pitch bending features in order to do it. Alternatively you could use two computers and send the output of one to the input of the other (though be careful because the computer's analog output is powered, and can overload the input of another system unless you have the volume very low.

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Change pitch on internal microphone.

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.