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Hey Guys,

Been wanting to find out how to nail this effect for a while now, but to no avail, so I thought I'd throw it out to see if anybody could shed some light on it.

The effect I'm trying to get is the "ghostly premonition voice" effect. Sounds like a reversed whisper voice with phase shifting and a bit of reverb on it while the phrase is also spoken spookly. I'm guessing it needs two takes of the phrase, one spoken and one whispered and then the whispered one is reveresed and layered under the other. But I'm still having no luck.

Does anybody have any ideas, plug in suggestions or effect settings for Audition that might help?

Thanks

Under Audition's delay effects, the Echo and the Multitap plugins have presets similar to what you want. In fact, the Multitap has one called "Premonition." The Echo plugin's "Stereo Whispers" is also a close match.

i've achieved something like that by messin with heavily gated reverb on a few different software/hardware. Not sure of the technicals tho....

Another alternative is to reverse the actual piece you want the effect with. Then add reverb to that. After you've added the reverb, turn the phrase forward again. I've used that on vocals before for songs.

You could also then copy that original piece, boost the higher frequency of it, and have it somewhere behind the original.

If you're still not there, then experiment with copying that higher frequency edit. Add reverb to that playing forward and reverse that. That can also be added as something in the background.

You can also add echo to all of these to give it a sound like it's in a cave or tunnel or something. Also, phase is a great trick to use. Plus there's the placing of those copies - have slight differences in where they are so they're not quite in time with the original piece.

Remember that these copies should be at a different level to the original piece.

Thanks for the suggestions, I don't have those presets for Multi Tap delay or Echo in my version of Audition 2.0 but the reversing + reverb then reverse again worked a treat when mixed with a whispered version of the phrase and the spoken at a high level in the mix.

Does anyone know of a plug in that can be used as a track insert to reverse samples? Just so can all be done on the fly?

There's Backman at Klanglabs, though I've found it to be a bit of a resource drain on my system. It's very slow to load for me. Your system may like it better, though, so look for it under "Freebies."

If you want, I can get the specs of those presets for the Echo and Mulitap plugins and post them for you. Though I'd hate to deprive you of the fun of doing things hands on.

By the by ... I'm using Audition 1.5. If you've ever used that version, how do you like it compared to Audition 2.0?

Thanks for that suggestion Mal M. I'll give it a try although I'm running all this on an AMD Turion 64 Laptop, so it gets a little hot with out using VST plugins, so not got much hope but it's worth a shot. I'll play around with the settings myself, cause like you said, it's half the fun

I used to use Audition 1.0 which was a huge improvement on Cool Edit and from what I can gather there isn't much improvement on 1.5 but 2.0 takes it to another level. The editor section stays pretty much the same, but with some tweaks to the Spectral analyzer bit (which I have yet to work out what to do with) but it comes in it's own on the multitrack side.
It's pretty much become Pro Tools LE, specially if you hook up an external controller. Benefits from a 2 screen set up too just so you can seperate the mixer from the session view. It just as a much more professional look and feel than 1.0 so if you're serious about your session work I'd reccomend the upgrade.
Any version of Audition is pretty powerful but I've found 2.0 has really taken my production work to the next level. I use Pro Tools at work which is great for intense projects but for my freelance work doing quick projects on a laptop Audition 2.0 is the one for me.

Aces. Thanks very much for your insights, Matthorne. I'm always loathe to upgrade when I find a programme with which I feel comfortable, but I've been curious about 2.0. I suppose I might want to start saving my pennies.

Thanks again, and good luck with your project.