[Tom Banton]

Hello,

I am doing a research project in which I need to take a spoken voice clip
and alter the apparent gender of the voice. Basically, I want identical
inflections, volume level, etc. from a male and a female speaker. Does
anyone have recommendations on how to achieve this in a believable way? I am
open to either hardware or software solutions for altering voices.

I've lurked here for awhile and appreciate the wisdom of this group
Thanks in advance for your suggestions,

Tom Banton

[Don Pearce]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:22:16 -0400, "Tom Banton"
wrote:

Hello,

I am doing a research project in which I need to take a spoken voice clip
and alter the apparent gender of the voice. Basically, I want identical
inflections, volume level, etc. from a male and a female speaker. Does
anyone have recommendations on how to achieve this in a believable way? I am
open to either hardware or software solutions for altering voices.

I've lurked here for awhile and appreciate the wisdom of this group
Thanks in advance for your suggestions,

Tom Banton


Probably the nearest you are going to get is with something like
Melodyne, which offers control of timing, level and formants.

Still ain't gonna work though.

Are these two people trying to sound alike, or are you trying to match
up two normal voices?

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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On Oct 4, 8:22 am, "Tom Banton" wrote:
Hello,

I am doing a research project in which I need to take a spoken voice clip
and alter the apparent gender of the voice. Basically, I want identical
inflections, volume level, etc. from a male and a female speaker. Does
anyone have recommendations on how to achieve this in a believable way? I am
open to either hardware or software solutions for altering voices.

I've lurked here for awhile and appreciate the wisdom of this group
Thanks in advance for your suggestions,

Tom Banton

Eventide DSP4000, 7000, 8000 etc using combination of pitchshifts and
time stretching / shrinking as necessary to create a gender bender.
Works for casual listening. Experienced ears listening critically
won't be fooled.

bobs

Bob Smith
BS Studios
we organize chaos
http://www.bsstudios.com

[Laurence Payne]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:22:16 -0400, "Tom Banton"
wrote:

I am doing a research project in which I need to take a spoken voice clip
and alter the apparent gender of the voice. Basically, I want identical
inflections, volume level, etc. from a male and a female speaker. Does
anyone have recommendations on how to achieve this in a believable way? I am
open to either hardware or software solutions for altering voices.

Hire two actors. I realise this will introduce small differences in
inflexion etc. But if you're after what I think you are, it's more
important that your subjects hear a man and a woman, not a man and a
robot.

[Boris Lau]

Hi Tom,

search for a program or software plugin, that is a) a Pitch Shifter
(changing the pitch without changing the speed), and that can b)
manipulate the formants. Google for formant shifter or pitch spectrum
shifter, on the first page there are some links to free plugins, don't
know how good they are though.
If you are on the research side, you could try out Praat if you haven't
done that yet: http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat

Cheers,

Boris

Tom Banton wrote:
Hello,

I am doing a research project in which I need to take a spoken voice clip
and alter the apparent gender of the voice. Basically, I want identical
inflections, volume level, etc. from a male and a female speaker. Does
anyone have recommendations on how to achieve this in a believable way? I am
open to either hardware or software solutions for altering voices.

I've lurked here for awhile and appreciate the wisdom of this group
Thanks in advance for your suggestions,

Tom Banton




--
http://www.borislau.de - computer science, music, photos

[[email protected]]

TC HELICON VOICEPRO

On Oct 4, 7:04 pm, Boris Lau wrote:
Hi Tom,

search for a program or software plugin, that is a) a Pitch Shifter
(changing the pitch without changing the speed), and that can b)
manipulate the formants. Google for formant shifter or pitch spectrum
shifter, on the first page there are some links to free plugins, don't
know how good they are though.
If you are on the research side, you could try out Praat if you haven't
done that yet:http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat

Cheers,

Boris

Tom Banton wrote:
Hello,

I am doing a research project in which I need to take a spoken voice clip
and alter the apparent gender of the voice. Basically, I want identical
inflections, volume level, etc. from a male and a female speaker. Does
anyone have recommendations on how to achieve this in a believable way? I am
open to either hardware or software solutions for altering voices.

I've lurked here for awhile and appreciate the wisdom of this group
Thanks in advance for your suggestions,

Tom Banton

--http://www.borislau.de- computer science, music, photos