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Hope it’s alright to drop in here with a question that is recording-related, but not directly. I apologize in advance if my question is too amateur or wrong forum; I don’t know this neighborhood.
My 9-year-old niece and her friends love to sing (none are Celine Dione, OK, but their voices are adorable). They use a Windows laptop and a couple of pretty decent PC speakers. They sing along, no mikes or anything, to CD’s, youtube, MP3’s, etc. (…if I hear those “High School Musical” songs just one more time, I may snap
).
Lately I’ve seen them using a fake microphone to simulate their pop-star idols. I know they’d love to hear their voice over the speakers. So I’m going to set them up with a microphone, which will plug directly into the sound card. I’m aware of the limitations of sound cards for vocals, but seriously, it’s not gonna matter. I want to keep it uncomplicated and inexpensive, no extra hardware components to fool with, except the microphone.
I know how to get the microphone to work “as is” on the computer. My question: Do you know of any relatively easy and inexpensive software that can add “vocal effects” such as “echo” or maybe even pitch-control, “robot”, etc., real-time, to their voices? So they can hear the effects while they are singing, regardless of whatever media player or internet site is playing the actual accompanying music. Essentially, a “Mr. Microphone” -type capability for the computer, with some voice effects. Something that would even work “a cappella” with no media player running. Is there even anything like that, on an economy budget?
I know it isn’t “recording” but perhaps that will come in time if they continue to enjoy. Right now I’m just looking to let them hear their voices through the speakers while they’re singing, with some software for sound effects real-time for fun. Thanks! If there’s a more fitting forum for this question, I’d appreciate a kindly point.
My 9-year-old niece and her friends love to sing (none are Celine Dione, OK, but their voices are adorable). They use a Windows laptop and a couple of pretty decent PC speakers. They sing along, no mikes or anything, to CD’s, youtube, MP3’s, etc. (…if I hear those “High School Musical” songs just one more time, I may snap
). Lately I’ve seen them using a fake microphone to simulate their pop-star idols. I know they’d love to hear their voice over the speakers. So I’m going to set them up with a microphone, which will plug directly into the sound card. I’m aware of the limitations of sound cards for vocals, but seriously, it’s not gonna matter. I want to keep it uncomplicated and inexpensive, no extra hardware components to fool with, except the microphone.
I know how to get the microphone to work “as is” on the computer. My question: Do you know of any relatively easy and inexpensive software that can add “vocal effects” such as “echo” or maybe even pitch-control, “robot”, etc., real-time, to their voices? So they can hear the effects while they are singing, regardless of whatever media player or internet site is playing the actual accompanying music. Essentially, a “Mr. Microphone” -type capability for the computer, with some voice effects. Something that would even work “a cappella” with no media player running. Is there even anything like that, on an economy budget?
I know it isn’t “recording” but perhaps that will come in time if they continue to enjoy. Right now I’m just looking to let them hear their voices through the speakers while they’re singing, with some software for sound effects real-time for fun. Thanks! If there’s a more fitting forum for this question, I’d appreciate a kindly point.
