"I can transform ya" - Robot voice??

BitHate · 12th November 2009, 01:02 AM

Hello all, first post here.
A little question: If you had to re-make that nice robot voice in the intro (that is also the hook of teh track) of chris brown´s "I Can Transform Ya", how would you do it??

Lrmusic · 12th November 2009, 01:06 AM

Hire a session robot.

Lrmusic · 12th November 2009, 01:06 AM

Or use a vocoder or text-to-speech device.

BitHate · 12th November 2009, 01:21 AM

A session robot is out of question, I think (no money...)

About the vocoder, seems to be the most obvious, but I dont believe they used a vocoder... any other ideas?

Lrmusic · 12th November 2009, 01:31 AM

Whenever you post a song, you should always link it. I googled it though.

YouTube - Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya

Sounds like it can be done by vocoding an industrial drone sound fx or something.

Try this:

1. Record a vocal, in normal monotone intonation, saying whatever you want to sound robotic.

2. Time stretch it to a fairly high multiple, keeping the pitch constant (you'll have experiment with this). Re-record that result into a new sample. That will create the metallic, weird artifacts. It's important that you export this to a new sample slot, because you need to unstretch the time in step 3, and if you just turn the timestrech setting back to where it was at the start, you'll lose all of your artifacts.

3. Then time stretch that back into the desired length. Play around with the pitch. Maybe apply harsh metallic reverb.

That's if you don't want to use a vocoder or some speech-to-text program. My preferred option is still the session robot, they don't accept cash ime, you'll need to take a trip to the gas station.

BitHate · 12th November 2009, 01:42 AM

Thanks, LR, Ill try this. Interesting, using unwanted artifacts as effect... Will try this with Live and in Kontakt

MYAMS · 12th November 2009, 03:57 AM

u can do it all with a synth, then add some drum ambiences around it or something

phillysoulman · 12th November 2009, 05:11 AM

Waves Morphoder

Trell Blaze · 12th November 2009, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BitHate

A session robot is out of question, I think (no money...)

Just to be sure...you WERE just playing along with the joke, right?

BitHate · 12th November 2009, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trell Blaze

Just to be sure...you WERE just playing along with the joke, right?

Hehe, sure, just playing along... Session robots are not this expensive....

BitHate · 12th November 2009, 11:18 AM

Morphoder is cool, I tryed it... but what is cool about all this experimentation is that you discover other sounds, different from what you were looking for, and sometimes fitting better for your needs.

Reggmail · 12th November 2009, 01:54 PM

If it's not the ''Waves Morphoder'' it very well may be the New TC Helicon Voice Synth: usually Producers like to use the newest gear.
You can get this for around $299.00 or slightly lower. Also can be used live as well.

http://www.tc-helicon.com/voicetonesynth.asp Listen to the Demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGdbp-HzbY

Peace & blessings.

phillysoulman · 12th November 2009, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BitHate

Morphoder is cool, I tryed it... but what is cool about all this experimentation is that you discover other sounds, different from what you were looking for, and sometimes fitting better for your needs.

yes,but you asked about the one used on the Chris Brown joint.
You can also try the Boss VT1 Voice Tansformer..it has a "robot feature" BOSS U.S. - VT-1: Voice Transformer

mgthefuture · 12th November 2009, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phillysoulman

Waves Morphoder

+1

The actual beat has some Fantom stock drumFX/kits as well that is doing the robot sound.

trill · 15th November 2009, 12:17 PM

Do what Swizz beats does, sample it from electronica songs.

DivineMusic · 15th November 2009, 02:49 PM

Waves Morphoder or Image-Line Vocodex(vst plugin) can do what you want

max7777 · 17th November 2009, 04:45 PM

The 2 voices in the intro and in the chorus are both sounds in any Roland Fantom X. He didn't do anything else to them, they come standard like that

complex · 19th November 2009, 01:54 PM

i made a preset in massive the other day that sounded remarkably like it, even better when u slide between pitches

flextone · 19th November 2009, 06:26 PM

Doesn't sound like a vocoder at all to me. More like a feedback loop.
Sounds awful btw. Just experiment with your gear, delay/flanger, even ring modulation. This is not a vocoder.

MYAMS · 19th November 2009, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by complex

i made a preset in massive the other day that sounded remarkably like it, even better when u slide between pitches

post up the patch I would like to try it out

AlexW. · 28th November 2009, 10:49 PM

The robot voice(s) is a couple of different samples from the Roland Fantom X.

You can also hear one of the samples in the beginning of "Kelly Rowland - Like This" (produced by Polow Da Don):
YouTube - Kelly Rowland - Like this

Swizz Beatz is kind of infamous for using the most unusable samples and make them work really good....

Hope that could cure the curiosity

EDIT: I kind of now understood that you want to remake the samples - Anyway, hope this is better than nothing

Drama · 29th November 2009, 11:06 PM

the sample is from the fantom x artifakt kit...

theres 3 sounds the 2 you hear in transform ya and one other that says something like "SLYTH"
also
Camel Space/Camelphat has effects like that in it

jasonair · 5th January 2010, 11:49 PM

I'm on Logic and I think it's as simple as sticking the Tape Delay plug on and setting delay time as low as 59 ms then feedback to 47% or so, also maybe ad a time delay plug and offset the left or right to widen it.

ClaudioAudio · 6th January 2010, 12:04 AM

Its a sample from a Drum Kit in the Fantom X6. Swizz beats literally just used 2 keys for that sound..

mgthefuture · 6th January 2010, 03:26 AM

Somehow i managed to answer this weeks ago and you guys are still re-iterating and defining the simple act lol...

whats this vocoder talk about? what vocoder changes ur voice into a robot?

i might need that

ClaudioAudio · 6th January 2010, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgthefuture

Somehow i managed to answer this weeks ago and you guys are still re-iterating and defining the simple act lol...

whats this vocoder talk about? what vocoder changes ur voice into a robot?

i might need that

i only read his question and a few responses

chrislago · 6th January 2010, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClaudioAudio

Its a sample from a Drum Kit in the Fantom X6. Swizz beats literally just used 2 keys for that sound..

LOL.

leodpenrose · 6th January 2010, 08:50 PM

Its a Patch in the Roland Fantom X series

AddictivePro · 7th January 2010, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BitHate

Hello all, first post here.
A little question: If you had to re-make that nice robot voice in the intro (that is also the hook of teh track) of chris brown´s "I Can Transform Ya", how would you do it??

I made this on my fantom g8

YouTube - I Can Transform Ya Beat (Roland Fantom G8)!!!!

12th November 2009, 01:02 AM	#1
BitHate Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14	"I can transform ya" - Robot voice?? Hello all, first post here. A little question: If you had to re-make that nice robot voice in the intro (that is also the hook of teh track) of chris brown´s "I Can Transform Ya", how would you do it??

12th November 2009, 05:11 AM	#8
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12th November 2009, 01:54 PM	#12
Reggmail Gear nut Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 140	If it's not the ''Waves Morphoder'' it very well may be the New TC Helicon Voice Synth: usually Producers like to use the newest gear. You can get this for around $299.00 or slightly lower. Also can be used live as well. http://www.tc-helicon.com/voicetonesynth.asp Listen to the Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGdbp-HzbY Peace & blessings. Last edited by Reggmail; 12th November 2009 at 02:17 PM.. Reason: More info

15th November 2009, 02:49 PM	#16
DivineMusic Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta Posts: 2,118	Waves Morphoder or Image-Line Vocodex(vst plugin) can do what you want __________________ DivineMusic 2-23-07 ppl wanna praise protools like its the best thing since pu$$y

5th January 2010, 11:49 PM	#23
jasonair Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London Posts: 1	Tape Delay I'm on Logic and I think it's as simple as sticking the Tape Delay plug on and setting delay time as low as 59 ms then feedback to 47% or so, also maybe ad a time delay plug and offset the left or right to widen it.

12th November 2009, 01:06 AM	#2
Lrmusic Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Practicing at 100% Posts: 1,499	Hire a session robot.

12th November 2009, 01:21 AM	#4
BitHate Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14	A session robot is out of question, I think (no money...) About the vocoder, seems to be the most obvious, but I dont believe they used a vocoder... any other ideas?

12th November 2009, 01:31 AM	#5
Lrmusic Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Practicing at 100% Posts: 1,499	Whenever you post a song, you should always link it. I googled it though. YouTube - Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya Sounds like it can be done by vocoding an industrial drone sound fx or something. Try this: 1. Record a vocal, in normal monotone intonation, saying whatever you want to sound robotic. 2. Time stretch it to a fairly high multiple, keeping the pitch constant (you'll have experiment with this). Re-record that result into a new sample. That will create the metallic, weird artifacts. It's important that you export this to a new sample slot, because you need to unstretch the time in step 3, and if you just turn the timestrech setting back to where it was at the start, you'll lose all of your artifacts. 3. Then time stretch that back into the desired length. Play around with the pitch. Maybe apply harsh metallic reverb. That's if you don't want to use a vocoder or some speech-to-text program. My preferred option is still the session robot, they don't accept cash ime, you'll need to take a trip to the gas station.

12th November 2009, 01:42 AM	#6
BitHate Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14	Thanks, LR, Ill try this. Interesting, using unwanted artifacts as effect... Will try this with Live and in Kontakt

12th November 2009, 03:57 AM	#7
MYAMS Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,239	u can do it all with a synth, then add some drum ambiences around it or something

12th November 2009, 11:18 AM	#11
BitHate Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14	Morphoder is cool, I tryed it... but what is cool about all this experimentation is that you discover other sounds, different from what you were looking for, and sometimes fitting better for your needs.

15th November 2009, 12:17 PM	#15
trill Gear Head Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Australia/QLD/Sunshine Coast Posts: 62	Do what Swizz beats does, sample it from electronica songs.

17th November 2009, 04:45 PM	#17
max7777 Gear interested Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 27	The 2 voices in the intro and in the chorus are both sounds in any Roland Fantom X. He didn't do anything else to them, they come standard like that

19th November 2009, 01:54 PM	#18
complex Gear Head Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 38	i made a preset in massive the other day that sounded remarkably like it, even better when u slide between pitches

19th November 2009, 06:26 PM	#19
flextone Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 19	Doesn't sound like a vocoder at all to me. More like a feedback loop. Sounds awful btw. Just experiment with your gear, delay/flanger, even ring modulation. This is not a vocoder.

28th November 2009, 10:49 PM	#21
AlexW. Gear interested Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 11	The robot voice(s) is a couple of different samples from the Roland Fantom X. You can also hear one of the samples in the beginning of "Kelly Rowland - Like This" (produced by Polow Da Don): YouTube - Kelly Rowland - Like this Swizz Beatz is kind of infamous for using the most unusable samples and make them work really good.... Hope that could cure the curiosity EDIT: I kind of now understood that you want to remake the samples - Anyway, hope this is better than nothing

29th November 2009, 11:06 PM	#22
Drama Gear interested Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1	the sample is from the fantom x artifakt kit... theres 3 sounds the 2 you hear in transform ya and one other that says something like "SLYTH" also Camel Space/Camelphat has effects like that in it

6th January 2010, 12:04 AM	#24
ClaudioAudio Gear maniac Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 166	Its a sample from a Drum Kit in the Fantom X6. Swizz beats literally just used 2 keys for that sound.. __________________

6th January 2010, 03:26 AM	#25
mgthefuture Gear addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Raleigh Posts: 336	Somehow i managed to answer this weeks ago and you guys are still re-iterating and defining the simple act lol... whats this vocoder talk about? what vocoder changes ur voice into a robot? i might need that __________________ We Put Our LUST To Good USE Listen: http://www.soundclick.com/radiofriendlybeats

6th January 2010, 08:50 PM	#28
leodpenrose Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3	Its a Patch in the Roland Fantom X series

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