[LAU] seeking "fresh" way to process/shape human whisper in real-time

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from ico's message of 2010-12-22 20:37:23 +0100:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been battling a kind of a dsp-writer's-block as of late. Namely, I am
> dealing with a project where (at least as of right now) I would like to explore
> human whisper and its percussive/rhythmic power. This would take place in an
> ensemble of "voices." I am also looking to combine whisper with some sort of
> DSP. Obviously vocoder comes as one of the obvious choices but it sounds IMHO
> cliche and as a result I would like to avoid it as much as possible (unless I
> can somehow come up with a cool spin on it which I haven't yet). I also tried
> amp mod, additive, filtering, etc., but none of these struck me as something
> interesting. I do think delays will be fine in terms of "punctuating" the
> overall pattern but I think this should take place at the end of the DSP chain.
> Granular synthesis is also a consideration but I've done so much of it over the
> past years I am hoping to do something different.
> 
> So, as of right now I have:
> 
> 1) whisper
> 2) ???
> 3) delays
> 4) profit! :-)
> 
> Given the mental constipation I have been battling particularly over the past
> couple of days, I wanted to turn to you my fellow LA* enthusiasts for some
> thoughts/ideas/inspiration. Your help would be most appreciated and I will
> gladly credit your ideas in the final piece.
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
> Composition, Music Technology
> Director, DISIS Interactive Sound and Intermedia Studio
> Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD
> CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy)
> Virginia Tech
> Department of Music
> Blacksburg, VA 24061-0240
> (540) 231-6139
> (540) 231-5034 (fax)
> ico.bukvic.net

For me the obvious thing to do would be something spatial. Imagine
whispering all around you, different voices, moving, saying strange
things.
Quite cliche too, but I imagine it could also be a lot of fun.

On a sidenote, I'd like to do the same thing with birds.