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Values above 1.00 represent a widening of
the throat while values below 1.00 represent
a narrowing of the throat. The actual values
represent the percentage change in the throat
width. For example, a value of 1.20 represents
a 20% increase in throat width, while a value of
0.80 represents a 20% decrease in throat width.
NOTE: As with the Throat Length
control above, if you are going
for “realism,” limit yourself to
modifications of about +/- 20%. For special
effects, anything goes.
To adjust Throat Width, click on the knob and
move the cursor up to turn the knob clockwise,
or down to turn it counterclockwise. The numeric
display will indicate the percentage
of change.
Command (Mac)/Alt (PC) clicking on the knob will
reset it to its default value of 1.00.
MUTATE SECTION
Having created your basic vocal characteristic
with the Voice Design controls, the Mutate
section let’s you turn that voice into a variety of,
how shall we put it, alternative entities (i.e., weird
creatures).
Mutation
The Mutation
control allows you
to select among
24 different
varieties of
mutation, as well
as being able to
select “0,” which, not surprisingly, will result in no
mutation effect.
Although the sound of each mutation setting
depends to a great extent on the characteristics of
the specific voice being processed, as a general
rule, odd-numbered settings will typically result in
more enharmonic overtones being added to the
voice (i.e., weird growly or grunginess) than even-
numbered settings. When first experimenting, try
starting with “8” and then work out from there.
Beyond that, there are really no rules for
predicting how a particular setting will affect a
particular voice. Trial and error is the method of
the day.
varying the length of the voice’s model vocal tract.
It can be used in combination with the Shift Pitch
control to modify gender and/or vocal quality.
Values above 1.00 represent a lengthening of
the throat while values below 1.00 represent
a shortening of the throat. The actual values
represent the percentage change in the throat
length. For example, a value of 1.20 represents
a 20% increase in throat length, while a value of
0.80 represents a 20% decrease in throat length.
In addition to simply changing vocal timbre,
increasing throat length is useful when the original
input is female and you are shifting it down and
want it to sound male. Conversely, decreasing
throat length is useful when the original input is
male and you want to shift it up to sound female
or childlike.
NOTE: While this control gives you
the ability to radically change the
throat length, keep in mind that
the variation in the length of human vocal
tracts is rarely more than about 20% in either
direction. If you are looking for a “realistic”
vocal characteristic, start with modest settings
of this control. More extreme settings can
produce dramatic results, but probably not
what anyone would call “realistic.”
To adjust Throat Length, click on the knob and
move the cursor up to turn the knob clockwise,
or down to turn it counterclockwise. The numeric
display will indicate the percentage of change.
Command (Mac)/Alt (PC) clicking on the knob will
reset it to its default value of 1.00.
Throat Width
As you might imagine, this control is similar the
the Throat Length control described above, but
instead modifies the width of the modeled throat.