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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Re: KB-high voice/low voice
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 03:32:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 03:32:02 1985
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Keywords: Pink Floyd, Roy Harper, Kate Bush

> From Mike Ryan

> Double speed wouldn't work, but you can "increase" your range somewhat
> without the Chipmunk effect.  Pink Floyd did this on one of the tracks
> on "Wish You Were Here" (Welcome to the Machine, if I'm not mistaken).

Hey!  You must have read the same Pink Floyd book as me!  Yes, it was on
"Welcome to the Machine".  Hey!  Here's a great chance for me to plug
the great Roy Harper!  Did you know that it is Roy Harper who does the
vocals on "Have A Cigar"?

> Roger couldn't quite hit a high note, so they recorded the instruments
> at normal speed, played it back a step flat as he sang the vocal
> track, and mastered it at the normal speed.

Yes, this sort of stuff works very well for adjusting a voice a
semitone or so, but certainly not an octave!

Okay...  I'll admit it.  Kate Bush once used a tape effect to change the
pitch of her voice, but it was to LOWER it a tiny bit, not raise it.  It
was done on the song "Houdini", and on what is not quite singing per se,
but more of a scream.

			"You'd hit the water"

			 Doug Alan
			  nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)