Voice alterations with Audition

[stevenp15666665]

Hey guys,

This is my first post in the Audition area of the forum.

I come from a Garageband background (mainly 6, not the crappy new version).

Bearing in mind I probably have some stuff to learn, how good is this software at mimicking voices?

If not, is there a plugin?

Reason being, I'm creating a song parody of a Kendrick Lamar song as a Christmas present. Aside from practicing sounding like him, are there any resources you would recommend?

I'm sorry if this is too vague or annoying of a question.

Thanks!

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[Bob Howes · Accepted solution]

Well, there's not automatic "make me sound like somebody else" option, otherwise I could have a great career as a vocalist!

Seriously, your best bet is to try and imitate the style you want--phrasing, pronunciation, etc.. as best as you can.  Then you can use tools like the Pitch Changer in Effects/Time and pitch to alter your voice into the same vocal range as the person you're imitating.  Also, creative use of EQ can make you sound quite different.  Finally, listen carefully to the recording you're trying to imitate and try to copy things like the amount of reverb used, compression, etc.

[stevenp15666665]

Good point!

This might be a dumb question but - do you know any good resources to learn audition?

I'm sure Adobe's are fine, but I'm a more visual/video based learner.

[stefan_gru]

Steven,

Adobe published a new getting-started Audition tutorial last week that comes with sample assets: Edit music with Audition

Here's an older one that remains still very popular: Remove noise from audio files with Audition

Hope this helps!

[stevenp15666665]

I do have one question.

I'm trying to specifically emulate the low pitch voice effect at the beginning of the song.

Stretch and Pitch effect kind of work but...it still sounds weird.

Anything I'm missing?

[Bob Howes]

Well, on your two questions, many of the Adobe tutorials are indeed videos and are quite good.  You need to do a search on the specific effect you wish to learn rather than what you're trying to achieve.  I just tried to grab a link to the specific tutorial you want but the system wouldn't let me because I used a search.  However if you go to the Adobe.com home page and search for "Audition Tutorials" you'll get the full list.  Stretch and Pitch is near the top of the fifth page for me but this may vary for you depending on you settings.

For third party stuff, Lynda.com has some excellent tutorials but you have to pay to be a member.

Beyond that, I can't name a single source of tutorials but a basic Google on something like "Adobe Audition CC Stretch and Pitch tutorial" brings up tons of videos--I'm sure some will be good.

As for the Pitch changer sounding funny, if you do too much yes it does sound artificial.  Your best bet (as I said before) is to sing as close to the original as your voice allows, then use effects to tweak things rather than trying to make them do everything.

[stevenp15666665]

Awesome great ideas! Thank you so much, I will give it a go!