Excerpts from ico's message of 2010-12-22 20:37:23 +0100: > 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. > > Many thanks! > > Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. > Composition, Music Technology > Director, DISIS Interactive Sound and Intermedia Studio > Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD > CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy) > Virginia Tech > Department of Music > Blacksburg, VA 24061-0240 > (540) 231-6139 > (540) 231-5034 (fax) > ico.bukvic.net For me the obvious thing to do would be something spatial. Imagine whispering all around you, different voices, moving, saying strange things. Quite cliche too, but I imagine it could also be a lot of fun. On a sidenote, I'd like to do the same thing with birds. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
