Voice - and voice changing

Voice is on its way. There seem to be lots of voice changers available for windows machines - so people can carry on disguising themselves. But is there one for the mac? Anyone know of one that works? I can't find anything using Google.

And is there a voice changer available that makes you sound less like an idiot? That's what I need most...

Just use your real voice if your going to use voice. It's sad to see how many people are trying to hide their identities. Do they forget that its a Virtual World.. nobody knows who they are in IRL.

Thanks for the moral guidence. Now, does anyone know ....


Seriously - if you want to debate the ethics, start your own thread. I've asked a practical question.

I found this:

http://www.potionfactory.com/voicecandy/

Hmm... not sure if that would work, looks like it is more for recording than real-time processing ?

Garageband has the capability to do voice-changing tricks. I can't remember now if it's real time though.... I think it might. I'll have to check when I get home. I forget which version, either the latest, or the second-latest. It does pitch up, down, has a bunch of presets, like robot and stuff. It will even turn one voice into a chorus.

On the other hand I'm not sure I could run garageband and SL at the same time without the processor catching fire... there must be other things out there. CoreAudio has all these things built in right? It's just a matter of interfacing them?

-Atashi

Ok, I don't know if this is Mac or PC but it's from the makers of Babbler (which is a SL object you wear). This is called Voice ++
I don't know a lot about it.
URL: http://www.maxcase.info/2007/03/06/voice/

I have been looking for a long time for something like that — over a year in searching now! — and I'm pretty sure there is nothing out there for the Mac — yet.

I've been a great fan of MorphVOX (http://www.morphvox.com) for Windows, which is better than the more popular AV Voice Changer (or whatever it's called). They also have a server-side solution (which runs under Linux), and I'm aware they were in touch with Linden Lab to do some integration of their software on the grid servers, but I'm not sure if they will ever go ahead with that — Linden Lab seems keener to have voice first, and add morphing in late 2008.

SreamingBee, the company that does MorphVOX, is rather friendly. I have patiently explained them that the Mac market has absolutely no competition in voice morphing technology; it's virgin, unexplored territory, and all they need to do is to get their fantastic morphing algorithms wrapped in a Mac OS X application (these tools do not have overly complex interfaces – what is important is the way they process the sound, not the fancy graphics). They showed some interest, asked for some more input about why they should port their platform for the Mac, but kindly explained that they have no idea how big the demand for a Mac port is. I still bought a license of MorphVOX and try all opportunities to let them know that we Mac users are still waiting for MorphVOX for the Mac. The best I can suggest at this point is that you email them telling that you're looking for a cool voice morphing application for the Mac and there still isn't any around, and that they know they're evaluating the Mac market's needs and would certainly be interested in buying MorphVOX for the Mac if it ever comes out.

I've also explained to them (that was a year ago) that SL has an extraordinary amount of Mac users (well over the average — I believe that almost 20% of all residents have Macs), that, unlike Windows users, would be "left out" of voice morphing once SL introduces that technology built-in. So launching MorphVOX for the Mac once SL opens voice to everybody could, very likely, get them a few hundred thousand licenses sold in a few days. They are still thinking about it. I guess that all what they need at this point is getting an avalanche of Mac users telling them the same. So feel free to email them and ask for a Mac port: the contact is Mark Ramirez, [email]feedback@screamingbee.com[/email]. If they don't know that there is a need for this, they will not know if they should allocate resources to developing the Mac port! (And, obviously, all their current users are indeed Windows users, so how do they know if we don't email them?)

In the mean time, there is a very complex setup that might work on Intel-based Macs: using Windows on Parallels, installing MorphVOX there, then capturing the audio output from the Windows virtual machine with Audio HiJack and feed it into Second Life. Now this setup almost works — there is somewhere a setting or two that I have to figure out to make it really work. So far, I've managed to capture the audio output inside Windows successfully (I can see it getting "tunneled" out of Windows) but the sound comes "blank" when it reaches the Mac part. There is something "there" but it's not sound — just internal data that shows that "something" is going on. I'm still playing around with settings, and searching on Google for more info, but I haven't found anyone who ever attempted to do this. I'll keep trying, though! Still, it's a very "expensive" setup — you need a license for Parallels, one for Windows (gah!), and one for MorphVOX (Audio HiJack at least is free) for all to work. For all of that you might get a cheap PC! (a new license Windows Vista costs in my country as much as low-end PC with an OEM version of Vista) And really, I'm not going to buy a PC to run SL with voice morphing, when the Mac works so well with SL otherwise...

hey there,
I'v been thinking about doing the whole traject you explained. Meaning installing Windows on my MacBook through Parrallels..then MorphVox Pro to get voice morphing in SL. Now, I think that the solution would be if you'd run both MorphVox Pro and SL in the Windows partition ? I mean, it does make sense right ? When you do all this on a PC rather than on a Mac you don't have to do anything special..Why would you have to if you're running Win XP, or Vista for that matter, on a Mac completely isolated as a guest OS.
So, my guess is to open SL in Windows, and run MorphVox Pro trying to pretend that you're on a PC...

Really, this is where the conversation ended up? Partitioning your computer and installing an entirely different operating system, so you can disguise your voice in an online virtual reality? This is how some pass their time, just had to point that out.

PiJee, I would actually follow the instructions on this link:

http://secondlife.funwithstuff.com/2007/03/whatever-you-want-to-sound-like-on-mac.html

It works rather well, and you can even add a soundtrack everytime you're speaking!

what the heck are you guys doing... I dont get it.. you dont need any 3rd party software for voice chainging/modification on the Mac, you can do it all with GarageBand...

errr... I take that back, you do need some 3rd party software, you need SoundFlower (free) so you can redirect inputs and outputs... so Garageband output can be routed back to default input... ive used it messing around with funny voices and stuff and it works pretty good.

as long as your Mac is new enough, or you have Garageband bought separately... it wont cost a thing to do voice changes if you use SoundFlower.

EDIT
just noticed that last link explained the same stuff... wish i saw this thread way back then... i first messed with Soundflower and garageband back in SLvoice beta testing... long long time ago...