Hi everyone,

When I record mixes for friends, I would like to use some voices like the pro's use on their radio shows saying stuff like 'DJ HARN, non stop in the mix', or 'DJ HARN's track of the week', etc. I don't want it to be a recognisable voice, plus I want the voice to sound professional. What sort of programmes would I need? I have tried a text to voice synthesiser but the result is a similarity to Stephen Hawking and that voice certainly does not make my mix sound sexy!!!!

Cheers, DJ H.A.R.N.

you mite be able to get somethin usable from

http://www.ivosoftware.com/componen...Itemid,38/vo,4/

its not great as is, but add some delay and reverb and it can sound not too bad

Firstly, find someone with a good voice, preferably someone who's had their voice broadcast before (someone who's done professional singing, or presented a radio show or something) as they'll know how to "approach" the microhphone - they'll know how far away from the mic they should be, how to get their voice sounding in the right tone and so on. You could do it yourself, but people who recognise your voice might find it a bit weird hearing you talk about yourself in the 3rd person like that.

Then find a decent microphone, plug it into a mixer or just a mic preamp and feed that into a PC with a wave editor on it (something like Audacity would do) and get them to record a few bits.

I can't stress how much easier it is if you find someone who knows what they're doing from the off - some people are just able to get a professional sound out of a microphone and it saves having to spend ages messing around with compression and so on to make it sound right.

Then you can play around with a few effects. With jingles it generally helps to have a little bit of reverb on just about everything to make it sound separate enough from any talking you might be doing to introduce tracks etc. You can also try things like band-pass filters, distortion, bitcrushers, subtle echos and vocoders. I've heard some vocoder presets which turn the voice into a really clear whisper - that can work well.

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I might be able to help! I work in radio and do alot of voice work for other dj's. I also Produce intro's and web intro's for DJ's.

You can also use a pretty good service - Try this!

http://www.methodmixxl.com/djdrops.html

Here's a few of mine. Check them out because I will delete them later on today.

http://djwoody.com/open/drops

There's 3 different styles made for me by 3 different radio stations.

The ones that say Eric Edwards were done by him. He's the voice behind Power 106 in LA and Hot 97 in New York. He sent them to "dry" which means I have to add my own special effects.

The ones that say Boiler Room, were done for me by Super Estrella 107.1 in Los Angeles.

The one that says Alex Dreamz Edit was done for me by him. He's one of the DJ's behind 102.7 KIIS FM.

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Originally posted by ******** Those inserts are so f-in annoying. Begining end ok.. everything else.. anoying.

I've gotta say I do actually agree - it's really not necessary on a demo. A couple of jingles done in time with the music (like they do with the Essential Mix) are ok, still not really necessary though.

It's much more appropriate on a radio show or a podcast.

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Originally posted by ******** paid for the future h8 no doubt

I haven't got a fucking clue what that means.

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Originally posted by DjWoody Here's a few of mine. Check them out because I will delete them later on today. http://djwoody.com/open/drops There's 3 different styles made for me by 3 different radio stations. The ones that say Eric Edwards were done by him. He's the voice behind Power 106 in LA and Hot 97 in New York. He sent them to "dry" which means I have to add my own special effects. The ones that say Boiler Room, were done for me by Super Estrella 107.1 in Los Angeles. The one that says Alex Dreamz Edit was done for me by him. He's one of the DJ's behind 102.7 KIIS FM.

I like the Boiler Room ones, but the Eric Edwards ones are cheesy as fuck lol


Here are some of the ones I use for my radio show Adrenaline (which sadly finishes in a few weeks, but I'll be starting a new weekly podcast very soon to take its place), the first few are all variations on the same recording with different effects.

adrenaline_fx1.mp3
adrenaline_fx2.mp3
adrenaline_fx3.mp3
adrenaline_fx4.mp3
adrenaline_with_stu_cox_fx1.mp3
guest_mix_fx1.mp3
tune_of_the_week_fx1.mp3

I kept meaning to come up with a more imaginative name for my tune of the week but never got around to it!

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Stu Cox |

pay me two fitty and i'll use my radio 1 ready voice.

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Originally posted by ZeJayMan pay me two fitty and i'll use my radio 1 ready voice.

Two fitties?

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Originally posted by Stu Cox Two fitties?

three bitty for you

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