Rhett's delayed voice recorder

Hey mythical beasts!

I was curious if anyone could assist me in either making or finding the resources needed to create the delayed voice recorder that Rhett used in a Good Mythical Morning episode about a month ago. It records your voice and plays it back to you as you as you speak, except delays it about a second.

Thanks so much,

Mythical Beast (Ben)

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Permalink Reply by Lauren (Herbivore the Cannibal) on March 25, 2013 at 7:07pm

Oh, you mean the Speech Jammer?

I used Audacity (a free audio recording software). Basically, what you do, after you download the program and open it up, is go to "Edit", click "Preferences", go to the tab labeled "Recording" and make sure that "Software Playthrough" is checked. You might also want to go to the "Playback" tab and adjust how much of a delay you would like. Use a longer delay for maximum craziness, but I don't suggest you make it any longer than 1.5 seconds. Shorter delays are also fun, so experiment with it until you find the one that works best (worst) for you and your unsuspecting friends. Also, make sure that "Output Volume", found in the upper right hand corner of Audacity, is turned up high.

After all that is said in done, make sure your mic is working and click the big red record button. Begin talking and have fun! I hope this helps. ^_^ ~ H.T.C.

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on March 26, 2013 at 12:25pm

I don't use Audacity, but it sounds like Lauren knows what she's talking about! I just was popping in to say that they are in the process of working on an app for this purpose.

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Permalink Reply by Erin McMythical (EMc2) on March 26, 2013 at 9:25pm

It can be done very easily using Garageband if you have a Mac. There's also a free "Voice Jammer" app in the google app store if you have an Android phone. :)

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Permalink Reply by Growpocalypse on March 27, 2013 at 11:35am

For some reason, the Audacity solution didn't work for me. There's a program specifically designed to delay your speech and play it back to you (for windows). It's called Speech Monitor and it can be found as the first result on google at a .org website. You set the delay from 50-240, and you can ignore/do not have to record. I've tried 50-240 ms delays, using Beats full ear headphones turned up all the way, but my speech never becomes slurred or interrupted. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or maybe my brain can handle the noise delay and compensate. I don't know.. maybe it will work for you. The trick is to hear only the playback. It has to be loud enough so that you can't hear the sound of yourself talking through your head. You must only hear the blasting sound coming delayed out of the headphones.

EDIT: This program is excellent for speech/voice training too. If you have it quiet-medium while you're using teamspeak 3 or some other communication program without it disturbing you, you constantly hear what you sound like and can slowly and naturally adjust to get just the voice you desire. (GMM about why you hate your own voice gave me this idea)