How To Create This Effect?

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How To Create This Effect?

Im just wondering how to create a vocal effect like these songs.
I've tried the thing in cut, were you click "Keep on Key" or something and its half techno. I want the effect in Garageband.

The effect can be found in bands such as Daft Punk?
Thanks Guys!

Macbook Core Duo 2, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jan 10, 2007 5:58 AM

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Answer 1

guitar2

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Jan 10, 2007 6:00 AM in response to Chris Cutler

i think i know what you are talking about....do you mean the half human, half robot voice like in that one uncle kracker song or that old cher song?

yeah i think if you record vocals, and then go into the vocal effects you might be able to get something similar.....you might have to mess with the default settings of the effects though

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xs4is

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Jan 10, 2007 11:15 AM in response to Chris Cutler

I'm 90% sure you are asking for a vocoder. GB doesn't have that capability (yet).

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Schneb

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Jan 10, 2007 1:18 PM in response to xs4is

There is an AU effect available for this. However, it is not Intel-ready.

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xs4is

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Jan 10, 2007 11:29 PM in response to Schneb

Which effect is that Schneb?

To do true vocoder-ing, you need to run audio through MIDI and as far as I know, GB can't do that. I hope I'm wrong.

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Jan 11, 2007 8:26 AM in response to xs4is

Why do you need midi?

I had a "vocoder" that was simply a tube that went from my small PAIA practice Amp's speaker to my mouth - Just like Peter Frampton.

I have also seen analog Vocoders that simply took the dynamics out of one signal and used the "tone" from another signal.

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Jan 11, 2007 8:34 AM in response to Keith Barkley

If it is a vocoder effect, There is an Audacity script to do the effect of a 40 channel vocoder:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?threadid=7059685&forumid=43050

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Schneb

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Jan 11, 2007 8:53 AM in response to Keith Barkley

Heh heh, yea, I used one of those tweeter drivers minus the horn. Stuck a tube on that, strapped the tube to my mic stand where it ended at the mic. Not quite the same as a vocoder, however. The vocoder is what you hear, for example, at the beginning and end of the Disney Electrical Parade music. I'm sure there are other tunes, but I do not listen to such music anymore.

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Jan 11, 2007 9:06 AM in response to Schneb

If you have a copy of "The Reluctant Dragon" - A Disny movie released just before WWII to raise some cash - they show a vocoder effect being made.

In the movie Robert Benchley sees them making the sound effects for a train cartoon. He is shown a lady using what looks like headphones over her vocal cords to make the train whistle say "All Aboard! Let's Go!", so it is a pretty old idea.

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xs4is

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Jan 11, 2007 9:14 AM in response to Keith Barkley

"Why do you need midi?"

Schneb mentioned an AU for GB that creates vocoding effects. To do vocoding in software, you need to run an audio file through MIDI so the MIDI events will be what change the tone, shape, pitch, etc of the original file.

I love the old talk boxes and the like, but new software can do things that haven't even been thought of yet. For instance, Cher's believe. So I was hoping that Schneb's afore mentioned AU was capable of something.

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Jan 11, 2007 9:39 AM in response to Chris Cutler

Free Vocoders:

http://andydrabble.users.btopenworld.com/

http://mda.smartelectronix.com/effects.htm

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Schneb

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Jan 11, 2007 10:32 AM in response to Dragon Latino

Chris has a MacBook. Are either of the two free offerings above Intel-ready?

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Jan 11, 2007 11:59 AM in response to Schneb

They work fine on my MacPro.

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xs4is

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Jan 11, 2007 1:04 PM in response to Dragon Latino

Could you give a quick tutorial as to how those work with GB?

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xs4is

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Jan 21, 2007 9:34 AM in response to xs4is

hello?

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Jan 25, 2007 5:02 AM in response to Chris Cutler

you can try to sing. then try double click on the region and beside the wave, you can see the tuning thing.. set it to max... see is't what you want...

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