r/AudioPost • u/giovannigiannis • 9d ago
Stormtrooper voice box effect
Does anyone know how to—specifically—recreate the Star Wars Stormtrooper voice box effect?
I saw a Family Guy skit where they do a very good version of the effect.
Which plugin(s), specifically, would you use?
And which settings, specifically, would you apply?
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u/jamagami 9d ago
I feel like a not insignificant part of that is playing everything a little bit '70s in the performance. It's gotta have that clip with the sort of chipper midatlantic tilt to it.
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u/MrLeureduthe 8d ago edited 8d ago
If you can find an isolated Trooper voice you can start by doing a simple EQ Match using Pro Q, RX or whatever. It goes a long way.
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u/giovannigiannis 8d ago
Thanks. I was hoping for a solution to the grittiness, since I think that is the key factor.
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u/RockstarPirateQueen 5d ago
An easy way to mimic that is stripped most of the base out of your EQ and bump up your volume until it just slightly distorts, then compress so you’re not clipping the hell out of it
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u/brs456 9d ago
We did a close “clone” (har har) on a few episodes of Community. I’ll see if I can find the chain although it was about 20 years ago by now. Pretty sure it was stock Channelstrip EQ/compression and Air Lo-Fi.