k4ci6a Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 So, yesterday i saw my brother play with the voice changer on his DSi and i got an idea... Would it be possible to run some oblivion speech files trough some kind of voice altering software to make it sound different then attach them to some NPC's , ergo adding more variety to the NPC voices. I think that would result in a nice immersion-boosting mod. How hard would it be to pull this of from a technical standpoint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodaY Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 It probably wouldn't be hard from a technical point of view, but I wouldn't know since I never used voice altering software. I think it would be hard to find free software (and virus free, trustable software that doesnt make your computer crash for free is pretty rare, thanks god for gimp, nifskope & blender). Also, getting the results you want might be hard - most voice altering software focusses on robot voices and stuff. I think from that point of view, you might get better results by requesting voice actors. Most can do multiple voices, so you could try to give each NPC in Cyrodiil their own voice (if you do not count enemies and NPC). But, do renember, there are thousands of spoken lines in your voices bsa , and they all have the most unlogical names you can think off (it was made by Bethesda, ofcourse the had to name it something like HighElfFvoice001011101). If you are running a line that previously only had 1 voice by 3 voice actors for more difference, you'll also need knowledge of the dialogue system - but that is pretty easy, dont worry about that.Also, the file size of the complete might be a very big file - too big to upload in one piece.And renember to convert the files to their correct filetype - I think it was called wav or something, but I am probably wrong.Good luck with your mod, I'd like to see this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esscex Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 If you're looking for easy pitch shifting and other simple sound editing effects, Audacity is your best bet for a free way to go about doing this. There are other programs out there that could probably do it better if you've got the know-how, but it's definitely the best free to use sound editing software around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I'm scared of what'd happen if someone used a low-quality voice changer. Imagine if all the female elves started sounding like GLaDOS.. Actually, that'd be kind of cool. Would Audacity work on your own voice as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Set Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 mmm, chipmunks in Oblivion! :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venomlord99 Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 (edited) yeah some of the vanilla voices are stupid Edited April 27, 2011 by Venomlord99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawter500 Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I'm scared of what'd happen if someone used a low-quality voice changer. Imagine if all the female elves started sounding like GLaDOS.. Actually, that'd be kind of cool. Would Audacity work on your own voice as well? It would indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venomlord99 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 (edited) [Deleted] Edited April 27, 2011 by Venomlord99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okappa Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Yes, you could in theory do this but it would take FOREVER. There are reasons beyond budget that each race only has two voices, male and female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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