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eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:20 pm

There's a 14-second segment near the end of Madonna's Hollywood on her American Life album that I assume is a pitch change from her voice to that of a male. Anyone know how this was actually done?

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:24 pm

I wondered the same, pretty well done effect isn't it? I have no advice to offer tho, sorry...

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:26 pm

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:05 pm

Kriminal wrote:HRT?

Is that an acronym for something or...

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:10 pm

hormone replacement therapy

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:20 pm

Kriminal wrote:hormone replacement therapy

Sounds like a great name for a pitch-shifting VST.

BobYordan · Post by **BobYordan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:08 pm

Ehh, are we talking about changing the formants?

I have not heard that specific part, though.

Applications like Melodyne makes such things with ease.

Cheers Bob

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:15 pm

BobYordan wrote:Ehh, are we talking about changing the formants?

I have not heard that specific part, though.

Applications like Melodyne makes such things with ease.

Cheers Bob

I have the clip if you give me a place to send it to. Or I suppose I could post it on one of the file download sites. Then maybe you could tell me (and others) how it was done.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:19 pm

sounds like a really good morph to me, then again pitch shifts can be pretty convincing

fxe · Post by **fxe** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:25 pm

eduardo_b wrote:
Kriminal wrote:HRT?
Is that an acronym for something or...

head-related transfer function (HRTF)

Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:26 pm

I have a hard enough time imagining Madonna as human as it is, much less male. But Ray of Light ruled.

BobYordan · Post by **BobYordan** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:06 pm

eduardo_b wrote:
BobYordan wrote:Ehh, are we talking about changing the formants?

I have not heard that specific part, though.

Applications like Melodyne makes such things with ease.

Cheers Bob
I have the clip if you give me a place to send it to. Or I suppose I could post it on one of the file download sites. Then maybe you could tell me (and others) how it was done.

Yeah, it would be cool if you PM:ed me a link.

Cheers Bob

Manc Chris · Post by **Manc Chris** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:25 pm

The producer of that album - Stuart Price (alias 'Jacques le Cont') is a shithot techy. He's used that trick on some of his Les Rhytmes Digitales work, and has also used a variant in his other side project - Zoot Woman. (Who are ace BTW)

Howzit done though? Dunno.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:34 pm

I 'thought' (as in, probably dreamt it) I'd heard somewhere that the difference between a male and female voice is approx one octave - so maybe it's just her voice being pitched down an octave over that 14 seconds? Dunno, like I say, probably talking out of me arse...

smart · Post by **smart** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:39 pm

it doesn't sound very good towards the end but for the first half of the shift it's very cool and convincing.

Madonna's Hollywood pitch change