Hi Friends. I please need your help. I wish to transform my male voice to a believable and natural sounding female voice in some of my audio/video work. Perhaps I do not know how to finesse enough, but pitchshifting alone does not seem to cut it for me.
I've only come across AV Voice Changer, which many folk seem not pleased by it, and Dubmaster, which I cannot find out how to download the demo (links are empty-- maybe they are out of business?). Any ideas?-- even if how I can do it with Soundforge 8 or Magix Music Studio? I thought another specialty app might be more appropriate? Thanks!
Vocal Transformation or Morphing Software?
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- KVRian
- 951 posts since 11 Jan, 2004 from Netherlands
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1693.html
Has pitch and formant control. Play with the 'Stretch Formant' slider to adjust the voice from male to female and vice versa.
Has pitch and formant control. Play with the 'Stretch Formant' slider to adjust the voice from male to female and vice versa.
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Colonel Flashback Colonel Flashback https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=57766
- KVRian
- 898 posts since 12 Feb, 2005 from Green Man Inn
fuggedaboutit...Gerard wrote:I wish to transform my male voice to a believable and natural sounding female voice
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Programentalist Programentalist https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8597
- KVRian
- 657 posts since 21 Aug, 2003
Massive amounts of estrogen will do the job, short of that's it's probably not possible (not a *natural* sounding voice at least).
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 10 posts since 9 Mar, 2003
Thank you all very much for your kind responses. I am not ready to try estrogen yet. I did download the "Choir Boy" demo and played with it some. Praise to the developer-- it was much fun and easy to use. Alas, I could not quite get there as I needed for this particular project, but for others it would be marvelous.
Something that confounds me though is that aren't some of these text-to-speech apps impressive with how they can simulate a female voice? Only, are there any that offer any control of the nuances?
Another idea came to me... I wonder if I worked the EQ to cut the lower end of the voice spectrum substantially and boost up the higher end harmonics of that? Hmmmm...
Really, if I could get my voice close to that of a digital female simulation, that would be close enough for a cigar. Anyway, thanks again.
Something that confounds me though is that aren't some of these text-to-speech apps impressive with how they can simulate a female voice? Only, are there any that offer any control of the nuances?
Another idea came to me... I wonder if I worked the EQ to cut the lower end of the voice spectrum substantially and boost up the higher end harmonics of that? Hmmmm...
Really, if I could get my voice close to that of a digital female simulation, that would be close enough for a cigar. Anyway, thanks again.
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- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 5 Oct, 2003
Personally, I've never heard anything (hardware or software) pull that off in a truly convincing way.
That said, I'm reasonably happy with the "female" backing vocal on a project I am putting together for an old friend (and brilliant songwriter) Gil Neal.
I used Akai DeccaBuddy: http://www.gilbertneal.net/gn/drinkthebeastwithme.mp3
That said, I'm reasonably happy with the "female" backing vocal on a project I am putting together for an old friend (and brilliant songwriter) Gil Neal.
I used Akai DeccaBuddy: http://www.gilbertneal.net/gn/drinkthebeastwithme.mp3
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- KVRist
- 255 posts since 13 Apr, 2005
You might want to try Antares Throat in combination with a pitch shifter, maybe -5 semitones or so. I've found using throat on its own doesn't do gender changing, but if you mix in some pitch shifting you can get a decent gender change. They have a 10 day trial so I'd give it a whirl... maybe you can get what you want done without buying anything.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 10 posts since 9 Mar, 2003
Thank you so much, guys.
Mick,... I really did enjoy your song. I believe other folks ought to check it out. You have a nice voice. i did find your female backup a bit on the subtle side, so you had it well blended. I have certain short segments that will need to stand alone and shine on their own, so it's tough to guage.
Jason, I thank you, too. I wonder how in the world you discovered that one. Antares (which is my astrological heart star... Scorpio), sure sounds promising. I was only frightened by the $400 price tag at first. Perhaps I can try out the demo. Maybe if it performs as it proclaims, I could eat rice cakes for a while (tee-he).
Mick,... I really did enjoy your song. I believe other folks ought to check it out. You have a nice voice. i did find your female backup a bit on the subtle side, so you had it well blended. I have certain short segments that will need to stand alone and shine on their own, so it's tough to guage.
Jason, I thank you, too. I wonder how in the world you discovered that one. Antares (which is my astrological heart star... Scorpio), sure sounds promising. I was only frightened by the $400 price tag at first. Perhaps I can try out the demo. Maybe if it performs as it proclaims, I could eat rice cakes for a while (tee-he).
Love it is that makes the world go round. It is the music of the cosmos.
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- KVRAF
- 5350 posts since 8 Aug, 2003 from Berlin Germany
[edit]I take it back..
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Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
Buy sonar 5 and use V-Vocal