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Question about altering your voice on video

by funkdoctor
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Hey everyone,

A friend of mine made a couple of videos for a site we're working on, but he isn't happy with how he sounds in the video. Is there any (preferably free) way to alter the tone of his voice so it sounds different.. but still human =p

Different doesn't necessarily have to be better

Thanks,
The Funk Doctor
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  • Profile picture of the author TNTDiet
    You can get a free trial of Adobe Soundbooth CS5 on Adobe's website. Simply alter the pitch or tonality of the voice and see if you can find something that fits.
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      Originally Posted by TNTDiet View Post

      You can get a free trial of Adobe Soundbooth CS5 on Adobe's website. Simply alter the pitch or tonality of the voice and see if you can find something that fits.
      Sweet. I'll try this out and tell ya how it works. Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author donhx
    Originally Posted by funkdoctor View Post

    Hey everyone,

    A friend of mine made a couple of videos for a site we're working on, but he isn't happy with how he sounds in the video. Is there any (preferably free) way to alter the tone of his voice so it sounds different.. but still human =p

    Different doesn't necessarily have to be better

    Thanks,
    The Funk Doctor
    The video and audio are on separate tracks in almost all cases. He should dump the bad track and re-record the audio. He can practice to get it to sound the way he wants.

    Virtually every modern movie made involves re-recording, as you can see in the screen credits. People have more confidence when they can read off a script, for an example, and that comes through in the performance. "Dubbing" is cool. Give it a try.

    Dubbing is far better, IMO, than trying to mask a voice through pitch and tone, and better than using one of those unnatural voices found at places like Free text to speech software with Natural Voices-- Free NaturalReader (not an affiliate link). Those voices are getting better, but people can sill tell.
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    • Profile picture of the author funkdoctor
      Thanks for the quick response. The video is actually just a powerpoint presentation with his audio narrating it. There are definitely many mistakes in his audio recording, so he'll likely need to re-record, but the main issue was that he doesn't like how he sounds in the audio, so I'm looking for more of a tonality adjustment if it doesn't ruin the video!

      Thanks again

      Originally Posted by donhx View Post

      The video and audio are on separate tracks in almost all cases. He should dump the bad track and re-record the audio. He can practice to get it to sound the way he wants.

      Virtually every modern movie made involves re-recording, as you can see in the screen credits. People have more confidence when they can read off a script, for an example, and that comes through in the performance. "Dubbing" is cool. Give it a try.

      Dubbing is far better, IMO, than trying to mask a voice through pitch and tone, and better than using one of those unnatural voices found at places like Free text to speech software with Natural Voices-- Free NaturalReader (not an affiliate link). Those voices are getting better, but people can sill tell.
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