Introductions

[anon6ymous1986]

Hey,

Im getting very "ask happy" at the moment lol, I have looked around, at text to speech applications over the internet, and nothing is really answering -

Is there something available that I can customise a "you're in the mix with...." intro that I can save as an audio file? Text to speech software etc..?

[yizzle]

chop it out of your mix with soundforge or something similar? save as an mp3 or wav and change it anyway you want.

[anon6ymous1986]

wow.. im so sorry, but I dont understand what you mean?

[russell]

Do you not have the option of recording yourself saying it? Either with a mic, a built-in mic on your laptop or even headphones if it came to it?

[anon6ymous1986]

I'd really prefer not to lol, I hate my voice at the best of times.

[russell]

if you have software to edit it and apply effects then no-one will ever know.

[yizzle]

Soz mate. You can use a program like Cool Edit which is free.

You can load your mix into that and cut out your intro from your mix and save it as a seperate file. that way you will have it to change and use. Cool Edit will also give you a huge range of effects and things to warp your sounds.

I hope this helped a little more..

[russell]

Soz mate. You can use a program like Cool Edit which is free.

You can load your mix into that and cut out your intro from your mix and save it as a seperate file. that way you will have it to change and use. Cool Edit will also give you a huge range of effects and things to warp your sounds.

I hope this helped a little more..

Dont think we're trying to cut an intro out of a mix here though. Trying to create a new intro audio file.

i think thats whats happening anyway.

[anon6ymous1986]

Yeah.. even with my own voice changed, I will personally know its my own voice, im not a fan of it, despite my profession. I will look into text/speech editors again I guess

[yizzle]

Do you not have the option of recording yourself saying it? Either with a mic, a built-in mic on your laptop or even headphones if it came to it?

*slaps forehead*

i can be kinda useless

i think what you said was spot on russell, because even if you dont like the sound of your voice (who does) you can tweak it so i will never sound like you, maybe even better

Text to speech editors also sound very similar. So maybe weigh up the pros & cons of

- you knowing its your voice

or

- other people knowing where the sound came from

[russell]

What is your profession, if you don't mind me asking?

[anon6ymous1986]

I work for a large financial organisation mostly call centre work, but partially administration as well. A lot of my job is based on talking on the phone.

Edit:: im not too fussed if the audience knows the voice comes from a known source (eg txt to speech editor), but yeah, pretty adamant my voice isn't going on there, maybe not until im "good" haha. Just to re-emphasise, this is only to kill time and muck around at the moment, at least while im learning.

[yizzle]

i bet if you work at a call center you got a radio voice but you hear diff

like a skinny chick seeing a fat chick in the mirror

[edit]: text-to-speech would be a good start. i never looked into it. there are some good freebies out there.

[russell]

you should have a look into what effects programs you can get for free (not sure if your willing to pay) and have a play around with them. Can really make your own voice sound very different from reality.

Worth it just for the mucking about with effect bit regardless.

[anon6ymous1986]

haha! yeah, to be honest bro, I hate it.. When I was a kid I used to much around taping my voice, since I hate it.. but yeah, dont mind even if I get a free editor, but so long as its not that stantard robot from the windows application lol.

Ill have a play around tonight I believe!

edit:: Thanks Russell.. but yeah, no offense intended, but if *I* know its my voice, even if its warped enough to sound totrally different, I wont use it haha.

Cheers