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LuisAly
Member 		posted 28 October 2012 17:02         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi Kyma

I am working on a theater play and I want to create a sound effect for a scene where a wounded soldier begs for water and we start to hear a first fly buzzing and the like hundreds of them invade the stage ...

Can you give some clues to synthesize an effect like this?

Many thanks

Luis Aly

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Administrator 		posted 02 November 2012 14:55         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If you would like the voice of the soldier to change into the buzzing, one possibility is to analyze it using TAU. Open the Gallery and the Sound called:

"Looping time frequency formant adjust of <yourFileNameHere>"

If you slow down the rate almost to zero, vowels turn into an insect-like buzzing sound so you might be able to use this technique for at least one layer of your effect.

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Administrator 		posted 02 November 2012 15:09         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

whatsthebuzz.kym
 
Here's another idea that you might be able to use as a starting point. It's a MultiSampleCloud with ZZ phonemes as the samples. That is fed into a Replicator to get 4 copies spread across the stereo field. You could try this out on your samples of insects or recording of yourself making a buzzing sound. The more copies you make in the Replicator (and the higher the Density control) the more insects. I think it would sound much better with your samples in it instead of people saying ZZ but just to give an idea of generating a swarm out of small elements...

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LuisAly
Member 		posted 03 November 2012 12:57         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What can I say?? Simply uau!! With some drones and it will be great!!
Many thanks ... I will keep "buzzing"

Creative regards

Luis Aly

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