Robot Voices

[BobbyDazzler]

Any one know of any programs or plugs that generate good Robot style voices.
I've used the Mac Voice a bit, and the Virus Vocoder, but apart from that I'm not sure what is available.
Sometimes I hear these great voice effects on TV and wonder how the hell they made them.

[Robotnik]

Check out VocalWriter. It's shareware.

[davemc]

purepitch by wave mechanics, I used to just use it to freak out the vocalist, like change gender, robot effect etc. Quite good, there is a demo

[Felix]

Originally posted by davemc:
purepitch by wave mechanics, I used to just use it to freak out the vocalist, like change gender, robot effect etc. Quite good, there is a demo

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">purepitch is good, but kind of limited in the robot department.
Orange Vocoder is much better for this. i used it for Silon voices once and it worked great whereas the Purepitch just couldn't quite match it. not even very close actually.

[tech_head]

Hi,

I use an analog Roland SVC-350.
Worth it's weight in gold. Literally.

tech

[MattiMattMatt]

Not really a direct answer, but tc electronics FireworX has a good robot patch, and there's a really cool, inexpensive vocal box by Roland, I believe it's called the VT-1 or something, that turns voices into robots, with little sliders to control pitch, formant, etc. Stores typically don't carry it, but Roland still makes it.

It's worth it's weight in gold. Figuratively.

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M.M.M.

[tonefloat]

Buy a KYMA! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Jeff Schmidt]

All these suggestions work - incredibly expensive KYMA notwithstanding .

You might also try to grab one of those speak and spell toys on e-bay. they're pretty cool!

[BobbyDazzler]

Thanks Guys..but what the hell is a KYMA?

[Barnabas]

Hve you tried SimpleText on the Mac? It comes with lots of voices. Bruce and Fred are robot-like voices. Use Zarvox if you want a castrated robot sound.