Darth Vader Voice Tutorial - VoxFX Ep. 31
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- At last, it's here! This tutorial talks about how to use comb filtering to create the Darth Vader voice. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments.
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To clarify: to be able to use this effect on live audio, you do the exact same set of effects, but on a mixer channel where your mic is, rather than on a track with recorded audio. I changed the pitch of my voice using a 3rd party plugin called Pitchproof, which I put at the start of the chain. Hope that helps!
It's not easy, unfortunately. I plan to do a video later on talking about this, but basically the options are either bulky, expensive, or sound bad.
@@ShallieDragon Subscribed! I too am interested in this. Please do a tutorial on how to put custom effects like this into a mobile wearable live performance voice box, or wearable speaker. I'd be willing to do expensive to achieve an amazing effect.
Let us know
Any update on live use?
I'm pretty ignorant in regards to sound engineering... so you're saying I could use voxfx live with these settings on a mixer channel? Or would you recommend a different software for live?
I can do an impression of James Earl Jones deep voice then I found this and it's now perfect!
Excellent! I'm glad I could help!
Wow, can you upload a video of that pls?
Seriously. If you post yourself talking like Vader I’ll post a video @ OP
I’ll try to talk like him
The talent is with you, young D E A D A C C O U N T, but you are not Darth Vader yet.
Now run Mufasa's dialogue through that filter and we'll have Vader impersonating The Lion King.
absolutely the best tutorial on darth vader'voice. Clearly and simply explain, with the easiest solution - Ocam's razor. Congrats !!
Thanks! What are some other tutorials you'd like to see?
Thank you so much👏
5:11 "By the way, this effect can be used live"
Me : That's really awesome!
It's fun, yeah. 😊
Everyone is thinking this vocal processing is done by fl studio but the mic quality and his vocal already are magical ❤️🔥🤩.
Frankly, this is the best Darth Vader voice tutorial I've seen so far! No one gets as close to the sound as you do. 👍
How many semitones did you pitchshift the vocal? What exactly is the breathing sfx?
I set the pitch shift by ear. Every voice is a little different. And the breathing sound was just a file I found online. If you want to make your own from scratch, record a scuba rebreather, and pitch shift it down.
You're damn talented. 👌
You're very kind. 😊
Thank you so much, I'm now able to do a perfect Vader voice ^_^
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the useful information "Bro". Have a great future.
0:00 Needs a longer pause before the "but are not a Jedi yet"
does it matter?
Masked yes
Lady Gray no, hes just showcasing the voice with effects and such
@@MoriMasked When someone is very good, people start to look for small mistakes and they point them out... It's annoying.
pkmovies92 indeed
The deep voice is just as important as James Earl Jone's inflection and the way he drags certain syllables. "Obi Wan nevvvaar tooold you about your Faaaather"
AWESOME! Thank you! May the 4th be with you 🖤
Thank you tons 💓
That's just awesome man ! You nailed it 👌
Thanks, I really appreciate it. :)
@@ShallieDragon you're welcome, keep up the amazing work!
I don't need a voice changer my voice is deep like Darth Vader.
I got this to work with garage band on my phone for my films and now I’ve got the voice!
Excellent!
Logan Belleque how? What did you do for it?
Conor McGuinness so record your voice and then create a copy of it and delay it by the smallest amount possible and then change the pitch and eq and reverb to your liking
@@conormcguinness3215 there’s another option now and there’s a delay plug in provided by Apple
Been trying for about a week to recreate this in Audacity but it's pretty much impossible. Like, I'm able to get close to a Vader voice but it doesn't sound... "metallic" enough. Almost as if it's not coming from his helmet. Would it just be better to just install FL Studio and use the same effects?
Short delay times are your friend. I'm using a free 3rd party vst in this video, so use whatever you have access to. Maybe try adding a little delay feedback.
Wow, that was amazing! 👍
Well....I have to say bravo to you for such a realistic and high quality demo for all of us. I feel embarrassed at my samples now.
Don't feel embarrassed. We all start somewhere.
very interesting !! i already reproduced Darth Vader's voice, but by using a loot of chorus, Delay, Distortion and stuff, so the result was good but kinda "blurred"
And now i see this, only pitch and two signals with a tiny dephasing, omc well done bro x))
i knew that comb filtering was for reverberation chambers corrections, but not for Darth vader's voice! now i'm thinking about it... i'm so dumb I didn't think about it earlier x)
(Darth Vadar HAHAHAHAHA ) xD
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BTW this new tuto video format is pretty good, fast, clear and you learn lot of stuff still ^^
Thanks for the feedback. And yeah, it's funny how some of the most well known effects are really quite simple.
Great settings! Thanks!
Thanks!. This is when someone who is an expert teach us!. This is the way!
I'm glad you found it useful! Let me know if you have any questions.
@@ShallieDragon I find this searching for a way to do this on a live gameplay. And with this info there is hope at the end of the tunnel lol
You could have fouled me with Vader’s voice
Hahaha thanks
Wow/
That's cool)
I can't wait the moment that my microphone be here!
I want to try this knowledge)
Looking forward to hearing how it goes.
Really good tutorial ! You're awsome !!
What software is that?
Edit: nvm. Read the description
What all would you need to run this and put it on a voice changer for cosplay? One of the best Vader voices I’ve heard.
Most solutions aren't great. You could put it on a Raspberry Pi if you're feeling techy, could use a TC Helicon Perform-VE if you want to spend a lot of money, or you could get a cheap Darth Vader voice changer if you're okay with poor quality. That's my best guess right now. A lot of people have asked about it, so I think I might do some more serious research and make a video on it.
Please show us how to do this live, so I can use this on livestreams
If anyone wondering, and you can’t understand the video it’s basically a combination of delay, reverb, pitch and bass
Amazing video man. It would be soo cool if you'd make a video where Anakin from prequels speaks with the Vader voice with this technique!!
That could be fun. Though probably pretty hard. 🤔
I liked the flower on the hat
I think it makes things more fun.
Excellent!!!
That was fucking cool. I always wondered house they did this.
Very nice and funny video.
Thank you! What other tutorials would you want to see?
ahhhhhhhh i love itttttt
Thank you for this tuto
No problem! Let me know if you have any questions.
And here are my few observations on the work i've been doing with Darth Vader's voice. After having realize successfuly your tutorial with a pretyy good result, I started a new work to bring a bit of amusement to very dear friends of mine. And i decided to re use Vader's voice. And here are the interesting facts I observed.
First : for Vader's voice, you absolutely must respect the way he talks, the rythm of his diction. If you do not, you will have, at best, an effect that sounds pretty similar, but with the sensation of a fabricated voice that tries to be like - which is not what we want. And the result is something - or someone, with a robotic voice, but not Vader.
Second : if you succed in creating Vader's voice speaking english, it may happens that in an other languages - french and spanish in my case, the settings of the plugins are no longer suitable. As a matter of fact, I had to change almost every parameters of each plugins to succeed in creating again Vader's voice in french.
Wondering why such a thing happens, my best guess is that every different language magnify specific frequencies, giving it it's very own noise footprint. And that's because of the very specific noise footprint of each language that the levels of each parameters in every plugins might be adapted.
It seems to me that i got another point to share with all of you guys, but I don't remember it right now. Anyway, if I do, I'll be back. Good Vader guys!!
That's a very good observation. For a lot of vocal effects, the vocal performances makes a HUGE difference in how the final result sounds. This is especially true for Darth Vader. It's basically just James Earl Jones, with a comb filter on his voice.
As for different plugin settings for different languages, it had never crossed my mind that different languages would magnify different frequencies, and thus require different EQ settings. But, it kind of makes sense. More likely, there are differences between different VOICES, which require different EQ settings. So if you just copied the EQ curve on my example, which was tailored to my voice, it would probably sound weird on your voice.
That's why I try to teach people concepts, not settings. If people know how EQ works, they'll be able to set it to match their vocalist, rather than just trying to copy the plugin settings I'm using and being surprised when it doesn't work.
Hi there! I don't suppose you'd know how to do this using a live Mixer board? (GoXLR?) I am still new at all this, and trying to figure out if it is possible to use it on there. Though there's way more settings than I thought, and trying to follow in the tutorial (stupidity on my part) is much more difficult than I thought it would be! Any advice?
There may be an FX preset on there that resembles Darth Vader. However, a GoXLR doesn't give you the degree of customization that a DAW would.
@@ShallieDragon okay, thanks! I'll look into the software then, much appreciated!
Great video, though I still don't know what programs I'd need to make this happen. I use OBS as my main recording program.
You can do this with any DAW
I really like it :D
Glad to hear it. :)
ReaDelay is not compatible with Mac, is there an alternative to this? (I use Logic Pro X btw)
Any delay plugin that can be set to 10ms or less. Or a flanger where you turn the LFO rate to zero.
Please make an updated tutorial of it! Im completely new to those types of computer apps and don't know how to mess with them.
An in-dept, step-by-step tutorial would be very appreciated.
You may want to go back and watch some of my earlier tutorials that explains each of these effects in depth.
Hi mate,
yes, you're right. Just to practice, I first downloaded the file to have your voice and focus on setting the T7 plugins correctly without having to say the text myself. But what you wrote her above is right. Above the differences that go with the different languages, the main difference is the kind of each voice.
For example, mine is baryton, which means that the setiings - as you said, of your voice will never work with mine. Anyway, I succeeded in doing a Vader's voice not so bad, and now that I get my rack with every plugin set just fine for my voice, wether I speak french, spanish or english doesn't change anything because it's always my voice.
Well, just a few adjustments for each language as I said before, but nothing as bigger as when you have to set the whole thing because you change from a tenor to a baryton voice for instance.
Glad it's working out. Though I'm actually a bass, not a tenor.
I'm trying to accomplish this in MorhVOX Pro but it doesn't seem like I can get anywhere near his voice. I've been researching this for a while now and haven't found anything useful. Do you know how I can accomplish this in MorphVOX?
From what I can see, MorphVox abstracts a lot of the control away. I don't know if it lets you do specific things like set a delay time. Maybe try something like a robot setting? A lot of these pre-built effect suites are designed to produce a particular effect, rather than give you the freedom to make your own effects (like what I'm doing here).
I have bad news dude
Normally I was using ReaDelay only in Audacity
But since Audacity has got new updates, ReaDelay is changed too
And even if I set settings correctly again, it's not giving same effect anymore
hey man, as I said, just amazing. I made it with my DAW - T7, and it sounds pretty good to me. Eventually, if you get an email to sent it to you to have a return, it would be cool.
For now, I am going to dig into to the tutorials you already did, and if I think of something, I'll let you know. thanks again for your very good job.
I'm glad to help! Also cool to see a T7 user. It's a very underrated DAW.
Can I use the plugins in Logic Pro or only in FL Studio?
Some of the plugins (e.g. ReaDelay) are 3rd party, so you can use them in any DAW with VST support. Others are FL-native (e.g. FL's equalizer) but Logic should have its own versions of those. Either way, you should be fine.
How we - you - can create a microchip ?
I have already the original quotes on a keyholder licenced, but I would like to be free to speak (not authorized by 501st Legion by the way 😔)
Thanks !
Can this work for my mic in videogames?
Could you also make a tutorial to make General Grievous' voice from revenge of the sith?
I can’t get ReaDelay to effect my wav file in FL Studio??
Might want to read the FL manual to see if you have your 3rd party plugins set up correctly. Or just ask on the Image Line forums.
Hey I’m new to the channel is there a way of sounding like this on discord or Instagram on iPhone? I call my friends on them and I wanna sound like darth Vader for like roleplay or whatever sooo is there a way???
There is. I've never tried it, so I don't really know how.
What sorfware that you are using to do this? can you do it more detail? CAUSE i'm just a beginner =(( and i don't know how to use reaper
In order for me to keep my tutorials platform-neutral, I don't really talk about specific plugins to use. Like, I say "EQ" instead of "Fruity Parametric EQ 2", because I don't want to give the impression that you need specific software to make the effect. Because in most cases, you don't.
I would encourage you to look up tutorials on Reaper, to help get you started. My tutorials kind of assume that you know how to use your own software.
Do you know how to do the rebels effect for vader? His voice sounds a bit different in rebels and I’m wondering how to recreate it? Would I just use more delay?
I haven't actually seen Rebels, so I can't really speak to that.
what program are you using
Whats some good,free audio softwares other than audacity? I’ve been doing this for like a month and I can nail a Kylo voice well but only vader in Star Wars Rebels.
If you're on Mac, GarageBand is solid. If you're on Windows (or also if you're on Mac), you should check out Tracktion Waveform Free.
Is there some way to get this into a portable form for a costume?
They sell Darth Vader voice changers in stores I believe.
Unfortunately they are all crap
@@RevengeWP That stinks. I think there are ways to get audio processing onto something like a Raspberry Pi, but I'm really not sure how that would work.
woah this is amazing! what program do you use for editing?
FL studio. However, this effect can be created in any digital audio workstation.
ok thanks
awsome!!
Hey
thanks for your answer. What I mean with "waves" is the graphical represntation of the sound that any DAW draws while recording for instance. And in my case, T7 DRAW only one wave thought, when I imported your voice, it displays two waves. but, anyway, you answer my question : your mic is mono like mine. And i understand even less why i don't get two wave like you??? Maybe your DAW generates a stereo file - i don't know, i'am guessing ...
"imported your voice", meaning you downloaded the video file? Well, the raw recording was in mono. However, I added a reverb to the final recording, to put it in a space. And most software reverbs are in stereo. So that probably explains the stereo effect going on.
Could you try and do a tutorial on The fizzarolli from Helluva boss? I would really appreciate it
This is super cool! As a Darth Vader costumer, we're always looking how to best impersonate DV's voice while in costume. Have you ever tried using the Zoom Multistomp for VFX?
I haven't. But I can see how that kind of setup would work. The Zoom pedals are quite good, and well-priced.
@@ShallieDragon the Zoom Multistomp has a delay effect, but not a ReaDelay. Will the “delay” effect work to get that slight offset in voice? Trying to see if I can get my Zoom to do the same thing. Thanks!!
Yo mate
Here I am again. I have kept working on the vader's voice - l'll be describing the facts i noticed later on your channel, I think It might be interesting if not for you who may already know it, but mostly for other susbcribers I think.
But my point today is that I notice that the track of your voice appears composed of two waves - like in stereo, while mine only displays one wave - i am using the very classic SM58. Does it means that the mic you used for Vader's tutorial is a stereo one and since i got only one wave, that the SM58 is mono?
I'm not sure what you mean by "two waves", but I'm using a mono microphone, my Behringer B-1.
Good video! Well done. What was the "saturation" you used? What does it do? What would another program, like garageband, or Sonar call it? Thanks!
You should watch my video on Distortion and Saturation
What is the name of the program you used in the video? I tried to google VoiceFX, but I didn't find any downloads
I created it using FL Studio. However, you can create this effect in any Digital Audio Workstation. Indeed, the comb filter was created using a freeware delay plugin that I put a link to in the description.
@@ShallieDragon ok, thank you!
Btw can you find me any tutorial for how to make my sound like cute reall girl because I can't make it through the yt videos I saw plz
Because I want to troll players in valorant😂
How would you do this on Adobe Audition?
Same thing. You pitch the vocal down, add a really short delay, and add some extra effects for fun.
Huuu .. sorry to be such a noob on TH-cam .. but how do you do to send a PM? I mean just keep discussing points that are not relevant to be display here, but are important to me?
There's a link to my discord server in the description.
Man honestly this tutorial is so confusing. If he didn't skip some parts, fast forwarded it at the end and explained what buttons he pressed to pop this and that up, as well as talking about how we can make this voice go live with our microphone, then it would have been a thumbs up from me
Not sure what parts you're referring to, but I fast-forwarded because the effect is literally the same whether it's being used on live audio or pre-recorded audio.
Further, as my tutorials try to be platform-agnostic, it's not my responsibility to ensure you know how to use your DAW.
Awesome vid!
Could you do a tutorial on how to recreate the *malfunctioning* voice effect of Darth Vader in the "Obi-Wan Kenobi" TV show (episode 6)?
In the episode, Vader's voice speaker malfunctions, and I've been searching for a tutorial how to recreate the effect.
I know i'm super late but can you link voxfx, I cant seem to find it anywhere
VoxFX is the name of my tutorial series. It's not an app or a website.
@@ShallieDragon That makes more sense
@@ShallieDragon How do you get redelay into FL studio
Can you tell me what software is that
You can recreate this in any digital audio workstation.
Do i need the full version of FL Studio?
No, unless you want to be able to load the project again after you close it.
how to we use it live? (:
awesome video but i could not find a way on how to use readelay on fl studio
It's a 3rd party plugin. You have to install it from Reaper's site (there should be a link in the description).
Ouah ! Pas mal !
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Is there a way to do Darth Vader voice with using VoiceMod or MorphVox? I been trying to create it but haven't really gotten it.
I don't have much experience with those programs. I might do a review of them down the road.
@@ShallieDragon Its cool appreciate you took the time answering tho, I been trying for a few time to get it to sound like vader but havent really gotten it yet thanks anyways.
Very nice!! Is there a way to do this live without using this whole heavy processing software? It would be very useful and amazing to have a way to use this while playing a game and have it set to output as the mic input.
Not exactly. You can definitely set the output of a DAW to route to a voice chat with your friends. However, most options that let you use live effects with your friends are going to be "heavy." If you don't use a DAW, you can instead use a hardware effects processor (e.g. the TC-Helicon Perform VE), but they cost $200. You might be able to find cheaper hardware or software options, but they'll likely be very limited or poor quality.
Could you do voice acting for the movie *Scream*?
Wow !! Awesome job,
But what's the window at 3:26 ? I dont know how open this window :)
Thank you so much
That's the FL Studio sample window. It's accessible from the channel rack.
Do you have a separate video on how to use an effect live ?
I plan to. Not yet though.
What software do you use?
FL studio, but you can make this effect in any digital audio workstation.
ok What is the program u maked everything on ?
I used FL Studio. But this effect can be achieved using any digital audio workstation.
Hey, thanks for the info...I was able to recreate it using the same software you use after watching your video. I'd like to request a video of how you set-up using the effect live (the way you did at the end of the video but you went through it sooooo fast, I couldn't see HOW you did it. Can you show us? Thanks
The easy solution is to set the last part of the video to slow speed.
Wonderful! Just how I do this with a pretty bad microphone?
The same way you'd do it with a good microphone. It just wouldn't sound as good.
Thank you very much) You are top)
Wow! This is awesome. Does anyone know if there is a tutorial on how to make this live?
Can you use this on discord ,teamspeak or is it just when you record it? great mic btw
There are ways to route the audio out from a DAW into various voice chat programs. Look into a plugin called Voxengo Recorder.
Saludos desde Perú Hi5
what recording program are you using?
I use FL Studio, but this can be achieved with any digital audio workstation.
it's impressive....but is it possible to be used by a Darth Vader cosplayer?
Excellent work on the Darth Vader voice
I don’t know if you can help me here however here it is: I want to do a live speech where part of the text would be my Vader voice. The meeting will be via Zoom using Ecamm live. The microphone could be AirPod pro or a lavalier via focus rite. Do you have suggestions?
I've never actually tried to output DAW audio to a video conference. I don't know if it's possible. Sorry, I don't really have much info here.
Thanks for the quick reply. I will keep researching this and will let you know if I find a working solution
What software is this? I use audition but I can’t find half of the effects used here in it, what specific software are you during in this vid? By the way the effect is perfect I’m amazed
I work in FL Studio. However, the tutorial can be applied to any audio workstation, especially audition. All you need is a pitch shifter, a delay, an eq, a compressor, a de-esser, some kind of basic saturation or distortion plugin, and a reverb. Audition has all of those things.
Shal Music FX I’ll give it a shot!
@@ShallieDragon can you get readelay for Audition? I tried the delay and it doesn't sound like your recording at that stage
I can't seem to get the same results with audition :/
@@tomosborne2926 If you noticed, the delay time was set to something like 7ms. If the audition delay can't go that short, then yeah, you can use ReaDelay. Audition supports 3rd party VST's easily enough.
Hi man! Impressive, most impressive!! Is this possible to do with the "Audacity" software? Can u show us how? THX!!
It should be possible using Audacity. It should have all of the plugins you need to follow along (pitch shifting, delay, and a little EQ and distortion).
And I thought I kept my hair tight so I don't have to use combs... tyvm! I need to make for my machinima Darth's voice and mini-me Lego Darth Vader's voice but higher, given he's just a mini-me Darth... I hope this works for me. Btw, don't use my idea, I want a unique Disney copyright strike even if I'm doing this for a non-commerical purpose. (Art Therapy).
You may ask, how does sound affect my visual art!? The senses follow the ears - (some famous cinematography guy).
That's very interesting! I'm glad my tutorial was able to help you with your project!
Can you do a tutorial on how to do Proxy's voice from The Force Unleashed?
I don't know that voice
What native software do you use with the voxFX plugin? Thanks.
VoxFX is not a plugin. VoxFX is the name of my tutorial series. Also, I use FL Studio, but you don't have to use it to achieve this effect.
@@ShallieDragon
Thanks for answering. What version do you use FL Studio?
@@beatmaster8965 I use the FL Signature Bundle, but you'll need at least the Producer Edition to make this effect.
@@ShallieDragon Thanks friend, I will try and post the result!
@@beatmaster8965 for the record, you can use any digital audio workstation to make this effect. If you notice, the delay I used was a free 3rd party plugin, which can be used with any programs with VST support.
One flaw the movies had is that the breathing sound was on when Vader was talking
I noticed that! I'm not sure if it was on purpose or not.
I'm pretty sure it was done on purpose. His respirator was working independently from his voice.
I'm sorry, it may sound stupid, but do we could turn female voice into Darth Vader? Thank you for the tutorial, it's amazing!
It's not stupid. You can use this effect on any voice. Don't be afraid to experiment, who knows what you might discover. :D
@@ShallieDragon Thank you ^_^
Excellent! How did u use this in live?
What do you mean?