posted 02 January 2013 06:56            

I participated in this here project: http://www.sampleism.com/noisymichael/i-love-you?sk=kt
and now I'd like to turn some of the male voices into female voices
I've tried with SmoothedFormantShifter, but maybe there are some other options ..
the results that I get so far have to much "old granny" sound in them

any help appreciated ...

posted 03 January 2013 14:52            

Sadly it's not that easy, as it's not just the formant and pitch that tell us it's female/male, but it's the whole way of talking. As a start it's the pitch you want to change but while keeping the formant roughly in the same place (maybe up a tiny bit). Then it's down to rhythm and pitch deviations (the tune the voice plays), which may be done best with a wacom tablet having with time index left to right and pitch (formant corrected) up and down. Then play it by hand.

After that it's down to timbrel differences (not simply formant shifted). Sometimes mens voices do come out as quite good female voices with pitch and formant tweaking but this is often luck in getting the right starting voice more than effective processing.

posted 03 January 2013 14:55            

Sadly it's not that easy, as it's not just the formant and pitch that tell us it's female/male, but it's the whole way of talking. As a start it's the pitch you want to change but while keeping the formant roughly in the same place (maybe up a tiny bit). Then it's down to rhythm and pitch deviations (the tune the voice plays), which may be done best with a wacom tablet having with time index left to right and pitch (formant corrected) up and down. Then play it by hand.

After that it's down to timbrel differences (not simply formant shifted). Sometimes mens voices do come out as quite good female voices with pitch and formant tweaking but this is often luck in getting the right starting voice more than effective processing.

posted 07 January 2013 07:06            

JO_Ibo.mp3.zip JO_IboinCbaba.mp3.zip

Pete, thanx for opinions, and directions ...
As you have said, and I agree, it's not so simple
specially if speaker is not from your "culture circle"
here is example of what I achieved, and as it is Ibo language, I really can not tell is it convincing from there point of hear
or anybody's ...
in my project, inside musical context, it can pass
which brings me to the article "Speech Style Influences How We Perceive Gender Of The Speaker"
great staff!!
“s” sounds at a lower freq than the average female...."
why Sean Connery comes to mind
or Spanish accent

as for the Sound that could mimic this things,
I can only wag my tail, and bark in low volume, in anticipation

all the best in 2013.!