Members RichyRox Posted June 17, 2009 Members Share Posted June 17, 2009 Lets assume a singer wants to write a song in the style of Alice In Chains, is their processors available that uses Alice In chains vocal sound? Or I want to sound like Frank Sinatra, is there a processor that will allow me to sound like Frank Sinatra? I know there are pitch correctors, harmonizers but have they developed the technology to allow anyone to sound like their favorite singers? This would be really great for songwriters, don't you think? A great money maker as well... Richyrox.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dk123123dk Posted June 17, 2009 Members Share Posted June 17, 2009 I know the Digitech Vocalist has some settings that will turn a male vocal into a female vocal, and there are a few other funny effects. But there is really no way to do this without sounding fake. I like the idea of a person sounding like themselves. dk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I'm not aware of any software that does what you're looking for. Frankly, unless there was a way to totally disregard and / or analyze the source vocal first, I don't know how you could do it. IOW, the sound of the source vocal is the starting point... in order to manipulate that into "Sinatra's tone" (setting aside other issues such as phrasing, enunciation, accent, feel and timing, etc. - all of which are just as critical as timbre is), you have to analyze both before you can even think of morphing one into the other. IMO, if you want the sound of Sinatra, you'd have to dig him up... or find someone who could do a good impersonation. IMO, it's all about the source - and if the source isn't Sinatra, or doesn't sound like him, you'll be fruitlessly chasing your tail trying to achieve that later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimOBrien Posted June 18, 2009 Members Share Posted June 18, 2009 'Ya cant buy talent, Richy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 18, 2009 Members Share Posted June 18, 2009 It'd be a great money maker, you are right. And I'm not anti-technology or old-fashioned, but I have to say, that's one technology I hope is never developed. To render someone's uniqueness and talent and personality moot would be horrible, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BushmasterM4 Posted June 19, 2009 Members Share Posted June 19, 2009 I sound like Frank Sinatra on crack !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samtrips Posted June 19, 2009 Members Share Posted June 19, 2009 that's one technology I hope is never developed. Seconded. Although there's probably more. I'm worried about invisibility cloaks for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 19, 2009 Members Share Posted June 19, 2009 Seconded. Although there's probably more. I'm worried about invisibility cloaks for starters. You mean like the Romulans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CN Fletcher Posted June 20, 2009 Members Share Posted June 20, 2009 Sometimes we forget the musician is the first part of the chain!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted June 21, 2009 Members Share Posted June 21, 2009 Butch posts over at gearsluts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 22, 2009 Members Share Posted June 22, 2009 No, that's me pretending to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted June 22, 2009 Members Share Posted June 22, 2009 Buy autotune. You can sound like Kanye all day long!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CN Fletcher Posted June 22, 2009 Members Share Posted June 22, 2009 Butch is doing a "one month guest shot"... there have been a bunch of them... I did one of the first "guest shots" with EveAnna Manley. We had a blast. Neither here nor there but there is this little thought that perhaps you should endeavor to work with the singer to make THAT singer sound like one of the world's new "classic vocalists". There already was a Sinatra, a Tony Bennett, a Mick Jagger, a Bono, a David Lee Roth (or Sammy Hagar depending on your personal favorite era), Steven Tyler, Bonnie Rait (etc., etc., etc.). NONE of them sound like anyone but them... which is why they had a career and guys who sound like someone else work in cover and/or "tribute" bands. I realize it's many people's goal to sound like someone else... but in reality the only way to have an actual career is to sound like the best "yourself" that you can be!! Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted June 22, 2009 Members Share Posted June 22, 2009 That's pretty sweet, to bad I won't touch that forum with a 12 foot pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I realize it's many people's goal to sound like someone else... but in reality the only way to have an actual career is to sound like the best "yourself" that you can be!! Recently, Craig Anderton, in response to me saying I was "no George Massenburg" said something along the lines of "he's no Phil O'Keefe either". As you know Fletcher, my respect for GM is boundless, so I'm not trying to make comparisons here... but it does illustrate your point - while it's fine to learn from, and to a degree, emulate our heroes, even as engineers and producers, we need to find our own unique "voice". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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