Automatic Voice enhancer

[billyo]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

There was a device (voice live?) that was a forum subject 2 or 3 years ago that would correct a singers pitch. It cost about $600 and you had to dial in the pitch ahead of time to make it work so I never checked into it much.


Sam

i had one about 7 years ago before we all went digital,( i was using a mini disc back then ) it was made by A.R.E. it was a table top type gear not a rack mount , cost me almost $700, the only bad thing about it was its only good for 1 mic,and this was a very excellent gear, you can sound like from michael jackson to darth vader, eagles to a church choir..has a pitch correction etc.i had to trade it in for a mackie vlz

[ddouglass]

I use a Vocopro mixer and it has Key Control for both the music and the microphones. However no amount of key shift is going to fix a flat singer. You may be able to bring their pitch down or up slightly but if they are off key it won't help.
Reverb/Echo will help some and that may be what they were asking for.

[CerealKiller]

I just want the mixer that has the built in suck knob so I can dial down how bad the singer sounds, I think the one I have isn't working.

[ddouglass]

Why is it that the worst singers always think it is your equipment that is making them sound bad?? We have one who is always flat and two lines behind the lyrics. She accuses us of speeding the songs up to make her sound bad.

[billyo]

i have one that used to come to my show and i was not aware that he was partially deaf !!!! yes deaf !!! i kinda noticed it when every song that has a word that starts /end with s on it it comes out diff. and he was so out of timed,and i could see that he was kinda counting the beat by tapping his feet on the ground,( like a bass drum) and he keeps telling me that there was something wrong with the music..i just dont have the heart to tell him that it wasnt the music..

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by billyo

i have one that used to come to my show and i was not aware that he was partially deaf !!!! yes deaf !!! i kinda noticed it when every song that has a word that starts /end with s on it it comes out diff. and he was so out of timed,and i could see that he was kinda counting the beat by tapping his feet on the ground,( like a bass drum) and he keeps telling me that there was something wrong with the music..i just dont have the heart to tell him that it wasnt the music..

I used to have an older gentleman who had been steadily losing his hearing since the Korean war ("too much bang bang"). He's now at the point where his hearing aids don't help much and is slurring his words a bit and very monotone (and crotchety to boot). For him I have to turn up the music and his vocals. It can be a long 4 minutes. Most of the regulars know the deal, for other people I will usually discreetly explain the situation to them and their cool about it.
How do you tell a guy "thankyou for your service to our country, but because of that service we don't want you to sing".

Sam

[ddouglass]

Sam do you have a headphone jack on your mixer? If so you could get a long corded headphone and have him wear it over one ear. That might help him. You would have to descreetly approach him about it.

[muzicman144]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I used to have an older gentleman who had been steadily losing his hearing since the Korean war ("too much bang bang"). He's now at the point where his hearing aids don't help much and is slurring his words a bit and very monotone (and crotchety to boot). For him I have to turn up the music and his vocals. It can be a long 4 minutes. Most of the regulars know the deal, for other people I will usually discreetly explain the situation to them and their cool about it.
How do you tell a guy "thankyou for your service to our country, but because of that service we don't want you to sing".

Sam

The day your show gets to that point of "thank you for your service to our country, but we don't won't you to sing" because of too much "bang-bang", please tell me you didn't tell him he can't sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is not funny, nor should it come to the point of making fun, which is the way i see this post.
He was there so now, you, hopefully, want have to be.
muzicman

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by CerealKiller

I just want the mixer that has the built in suck knob so I can dial down how bad the singer sounds,

All boards have them, they are called "Faders". Some folks call the "Volume Controlers".

This ia a joke and not ment to offend anybody. The thought made me laugh.

Jim

[muzicman144]

Just think of the business one of those things would generate. Pretty soon the Celebrity Imitators would be out of business. Just go to the K-Bar and be any singer with a twist of the knob.
muzicman

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by muzicman144

Just think of the business one of those things would generate. Pretty soon the Celebrity Imitators would be out of business. Just go to the K-Bar and be any singer with a twist of the knob.
muzicman

Didn't Milli Vanilli get caught doing that? Girl, you know it's true.

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by marklwood

Didn't Milli Vanilli get caught doing that? Girl, you know it's true.

No no, they got caught lip syncing, they never actually sang a note on their records or live - which is when they got caught, singing on stage & the cd skipped!

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by CerealKiller

I just want the mixer that has the built in suck knob so I can dial down how bad the singer sounds, I think the one I have isn't working.

I saw a humorous cartoon once showing a goofy looking soundguy at a concert pressing the "suck" button on the mixer and showing the crowd booing the band.

I wished I had snagged that cartoon.

Sam

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I saw a humorous cartoon once showing a goofy looking soundguy at a concert pressing the "suck" button on the mixer and showing the crowd booing the band.

I wished I had snagged that cartoon.

Sam

I made that label for my mixer & put it on the +48 phantom power button. We accidently pushed it once & it made a horrendous noise, so it was labeled the suck button. People asked why I just told them because it would suck if you pushed it.
Here is the cartoon pic though.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by Lonman

I made that label for my mixer & put it on the +48 phantom power button. We accidently pushed it once & it made a horrendous noise, so it was labeled the suck button. People asked why I just told them because it would suck if you pushed it.
Here is the cartoon pic though.

LOL - That was exactly the cartoon I was thinking of. Thanks

Sam

[captnkarl]

Originally Posted by billyo

i had one about 7 years ago before we all went digital,( i was using a mini disc back then ) it was made by A.R.E. it was a table top type gear not a rack mount , cost me almost $700, the only bad thing about it was its only good for 1 mic,and this was a very excellent gear, you can sound like from michael jackson to darth vader, eagles to a church choir..has a pitch correction etc.i had to trade it in for a mackie vlz

Billyo, I would be interested in something like that...even if it were just for fun. Do you have any more info on it cause I can't seem to find anything on the web about A.R.E.

Thanks

[billyo]

Originally Posted by captnkarl

Billyo, I would be interested in something like that...even if it were just for fun. Do you have any more info on it cause I can't seem to find anything on the web about A.R.E.

Thanks

i'll see if i still have the manual, that was a while back and i wished i have never traded it, caused that was a very nice gear to have..and also it's not really an auto. enhancer you have to kinda set it manually to look for voice effects you wanted..i might be wrong on the manufacturers name, if not A.R.E. try D.O.D ( can't tell you the meaning of ) i think Lexicon has one too, so you might wanna try seaching the web for "voice enhancer"