Excerpts from david's message of 2010-12-23 07:08:24 +0100: > Philipp Ãberbacher wrote: > > 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! > > > > 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. > > That would be very interesting using ambisonics. Would make a neat > soundtrack for a mysterious magical ritual or such. Yes, that would be the cliche, but imagine them whispering funny stuff 'pancakes, give me pancakes', 'mumbo jumbo mumbo jumbo', 'and then he said I wasn't pretty enough', 'a man and a doctor sit on a chair', ... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
