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Title: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 05:34:02 PM: this isnt for a show. just general audio editing. does anyone know how to apply a ghostly sounding echo-ing sound effect? this will be used for talking audio clips. not music. basically, i have voice audio files that i want to apply an effect that makes them sound like a ghost. ya know that echoy sounding voice...anyone know a way to do that? thanks

edit: i figured it out! i used the 'remove noise' effect in audacity repeatedly and it created the effect i wanted. here, take a listen
original sample: http://www.sendspace.com/file/wiqjo2
ghost sample: http://www.sendspace.com/file/068kyj
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: digifish_music on February 16, 2009, 10:43:13 PM: Quote from: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 05:34:02 PM
this isnt for a show. just general audio editing. does anyone know how to apply a ghostly sounding echo-ing sound effect? this will be used for talking audio clips. not music. basically, i have voice audio files that i want to apply an effect that makes them sound like a ghost. ya know that echoy sounding voice...anyone know a way to do that? thanks

edit: i figured it out! i used the 'remove noise' effect in audacity repeatedly and it created the effect i wanted. here, take a listen
original sample: http://www.sendspace.com/file/wiqjo2
ghost sample: http://www.sendspace.com/file/068kyj

The usual way is to ...

1. Reverse the sample
2. Re-record it with reverb
3. reverse the re-recording...

e.g.

www.digifishmusic.com/public/sounds/TapersSection_subconscious_reverseverb.mp3

BTW: I cleaned that sample up a little beforehand too.

www.digifishmusic.com/public/sounds/TapersSection_subconscious_cleaner.mp3

digifish
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 10:54:12 PM: wow thats way better! i know how to reverse the sample, but when i re-record it with reverb. what setting did you have it all at?
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: digifish_music on February 16, 2009, 10:59:40 PM: Quote from: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 10:54:12 PM
wow thats way better! i know how to reverse the sample, but what do you mean by "re-record it with reverb"? what does that mean?

You need to add reverb to it...so whatever your platform does that can capture the result (re-render is a better term). Looking for a good audio-editor for free?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

digifish
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 11:02:13 PM: yeah thats what im using. can you tell me what you set the fields to for all the options to make it sound like that?
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: digifish_music on February 16, 2009, 11:10:11 PM: Quote from: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 11:02:13 PM
yeah thats what im using. can you tell me what you set the fields to for all the options to make it sound like that?

I didn't use audacity, I used FL Studio (http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/what.html) (which you can download the demo (http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/download.html) and try as it allows output/rendering in demo mode, but it's ~90 Mb download), and now that I look at it www.goldwave.com is probably a better one to use as it has a generous demo behavior and an inbuilt reverb.

digifish
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 11:11:13 PM: ok thanks for the help! ;D
Title: Re: edit - figured it out! - how to apply ghostly sounding sound effect
Post by: digifish_music on February 16, 2009, 11:14:39 PM: Quote from: DisturbedPyro on February 16, 2009, 11:11:13 PM
ok thanks for the help! ;D

I just updated as I remembered the Demo of FL Studio http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/download.html can render and has all the goodies you will need (assuming you are using a PC?)