Ketil, I listened to that, sounds pretty cool. So there is a vst-server for linux, would you happen to know the site? Thanks for the reply, this may save me some time! Bryan On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Ketil Thorgersen wrote: |fredag 18. april 2003, 18:46, skrev Bryan Koschmann - GKT: |> Does anyone know of either a program, plugin, or even technique, to make a |> single recorded voice sound like many? They don't necessarily need to vary |> in pitch I guess, just sound like many people singing. |> |> Odd request I'm sure :) | |Hmm - I've never seen a free one, but if you have vst-server installed you |might try this: http://www.cloneensemble.com/cl_main.htm |shareware, but will make several voices in free version. Haven't tried it |though | |Ketil |

Hello! A simple variant might just be to use the multi_voice_chorus ladspa-plugin. I tested it mostly with instruments and there it sounded good. It is in the swh-plugin set from Steve. If you don't already have them, you can find them at: htthp://plugin.org.uk If this plugin doesn't suite your task at hand, you might have great fun with them anyway. I hope that can also be of some help. Kindest regards Julien Julien Patrick Claassen jclaassen(a)gmx.de julien(a)c-lab.de http://www.geocities.com/jjs_home SBS C-LAB Fuerstenallee 11 33102 Paderborn Phone: (+49) 5251 60 6060 Fax: (+49) 5251 60 6065 www.c-lab.de

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:27:54 +0200, Ketil Thorgersen wrote / a écrit: Arf. It's nearly as ugly as my old icewm rack decoration 8P . If anyone is interested, it's here: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.clotilde/GPL/Rack.tar.gz and the screenshot is here: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.clotilde/GPL/Rack_capture.png JOYEUSES PAQUES! Guy CLO~ ----------------------------------------------- #ICQ 37736372 #219055 http://counter.li.org ----------------------------------------------- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.clotilde/index.html -----------------------------------------------

Ron, Thank you very much for the great explanation. I really appreciate the details you offered, and I think this will give me what I need. I will work on it tonight and see how it comes out. I'm assuming I can do all this with Ardour, although I'm welcome to any other suggestions (linux veteran, still an audio newbie though). I think I'll print this out and staple it to my wall to keep it fresh in mind :) Bryan On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, R Parker wrote: | |Not at all odd. The following describes the ideal |situation where you've got three singers. Of course |you're dealing with one and so you'll never achieve |the result that I get with the technique that I'll |describe. Reguardless the principle applies accept |that you're faced with a sound design challange to |create a sense multiple voices--otherwise known as a |PITA. | |Ideally, you've got three singers in the vocal booth |where each is singing a harmony note and all three to |one track. Then you repeat that performance and |optionally assign them different notes. Now you've got |six voices on two tracks. You can eq and effect each |track differently to create distinction and depth. |Inexperienced singers will want to sing lead when |they're doing back up tracks. Don't let them. Keep the |parts painfully simple. Position them around the mic |in a half circle so they can follow eachother's lips |and tell them to do that if they're having timing |problems. And they will! Often times these parts are |being written on the fly. | |Lots of reverb will help smooth out poor performances |but doesn't replace talent. | |After you achieve a sound that you like, comp the two |tracks to one. Then copy the final track that includes |the six voices and two mixes to another track. |Playback the final two mult tracks to their own |channels and pan them hard Left and hard Right. | |You can go nuts with variations on this theme until |you've got the sound you want. | |Panning hard L and R creates a wide stereo field, |enables you to keep those track volumes lower in the |mix and still have them punch out when the parts play. | |Chorus vocal mults rule. You want the right thing. | |Things to try that might fatten up one voice but will |probably be alot more work than having three singers; |copy the track and shift one "slightly" out of |time--not so much to affect the groove, use pitch |shifting, tight slap back echo--creates depth, reverb, |etc. | |Maybe that gives you some ideas. | |ron | |> Thanks, |> |> Bryan |> | | |__________________________________________________ |Do you Yahoo!? |The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo |http://search.yahoo.com |