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Matthewmatics
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posted 20 April 2005 11:23         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm looking for some tips on creating a live monsterizer.
Basically what I want to do is take a live input or vocal sample and give the live input characteristics of an animal noise that I choose. Such as a lion, whale, bird etc. I've tried using Amp Follower and Freq Tracker to trigger Sum of Sines but it sounds pretty synthetic. If there is anything else that I could trigger that might give me slightly more "realistic" results that would be appreciated.

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pete
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posted 20 April 2005 13:06         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi Matthew

You could try a well selceted loop of an animal sample and pitch control that from a pitch tracker. And then put that output into a vocoder controled by the same mic. I know that vocoders have got a bad name as sounding machine like but that's normaly because the input signal is a synth. You instead will have say a looped lions raw and hopfully the loop will be masked by the fact that your mic signal will be pitch changing it and EQ changing it, giving it a more animal (human animal) type feel. In this case if you growl agressivly in the mic you should get similar agression to the output.

Note: you may have to be very carefull about feedback as you signal returning to the mic may be messing with the vocoder without being imediatly obviouse.

Pete

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mathis
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posted 27 April 2005 18:30         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I programmed more or less exactly that for a horror/computer game flick. If you happen to read German I can send you a copy of an article I wrote about this job.

[This message has been edited by mathis (edited 27 April 2005).]

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Matthewmatics
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posted 27 April 2005 19:31         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don't read German but I could attempt to get it translated. It could be VERY usefull,

thanks


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mathis
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posted 30 April 2005 16:27         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, IŽd need an Email adress...

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Matthewmatics
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posted 30 April 2005 18:00         Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
matt@okratron5000.com

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