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anonymous 3 March 2005

First off, hey guys, I'm new to this forum. I hope I'm posting this in the right category.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Here's my problem:

I'm actually a graphics guy, but unfortunately my workplace lacks a decent audio engineer, so (amongst other positions) I attempt to fill the position from time to time.

Anyhow, I've got a great graphic with a nearly complete audio mix, but I'm looking to create a certain effect on a voice track. The only way I can think to describe it is that it would make use of a reversed echo of the existing voice track.

It's often used in films (ie: lord of the rings) when people are talking with telepathy. Kind of a fantasy'ish, possessed voice effect, where the words seem to anticipate themselves.

So if anybody out there has an idea what this effect would be called, or just how to emulate it, PLEASE let me know.

Spoon

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Massive Mastering Fri, 03/04/2005 - 04:46

It takes a bit of experimenting to find the "perfect" verb...

You *might* want to put just a little "normal" verb on it first also to help take the "bite" off of it. Something with a pre-delay of about 50 milliseconds to help diffuse the reverse verb...

And if you print the reverse verb to a track, you can truly go nuts on it - EQ, flange, etc...

Massive Mastering Sun, 03/06/2005 - 09:36

BTW - Give thanks real quick for the ease of that effect...

In the "good 'ol days" we flipped the tape reels over, figured out which track was where when the tape was upside-down, recorded the verb aux, flipped the tape back over, recalled all the settings from before, listened.

And did it over and over until it sounded perfect.

And prayed that you wouldn't drop or otherwise damage one of the reels or kink the tape.

What took stacks of notes and hours of time is done in a matter of seconds in a good DAW.

Just my little "moment of appreciation" for today.

anonymous Sun, 03/06/2005 - 11:03

Interesting point there--I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty much part of the new school method of doing things **Gotta love digital**--albeit I'm an editor, its still a pain to pull off some of the fancy stuff in the linear world, so I can DEFINATELY appreciate the easiness of this effect in the digital world.

So again, Thanks guys

Spoon

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