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

[david]

Philipp Überbacher wrote:
> Excerpts from david's message of 2010-12-23 07:08:24 +0100:
>> Philipp Überbacher wrote:
>>> 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!
>>  >
>>> 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.
>> That would be very interesting using ambisonics. Would make a neat 
>> soundtrack for a mysterious magical ritual or such.
> 
> Yes, that would be the cliche, but imagine them whispering funny stuff
> 'pancakes, give me pancakes', 'mumbo jumbo mumbo jumbo', 'and then he
> said I wasn't pretty enough', 'a man and a doctor sit on a chair', ...

That's the kind of stuff I was thinking of.

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