On 12/22/2010 08:37 PM, i...@vt.edu wrote: > 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.
spectral delay (freqtweak), if only to explore the details of the source material. and maybe low-pass filtering with extreme compression, to look for drone-like sounds where you woulnd't expect them? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
