UPDATE 1: Here's a newer example - I think it sounds better: 02_useless_button.mp3 ( I'm certain that button doesn't do anything, it's just there for decoration.)

Here's an example:
01_best.mp3 (Whoever said the best things in life are free, never had an Aperture Science Hand-Held Portal Device.)

There's a bit of plosive noise from that recording as I didn't have the pop-filter placed correctly but that has been corrected since.

I'll be making more tests tonight - so if you have any feedback for me on how to improve my GLaDOS-style, let me know.

My current questions:
1. Am I headed in the right direction?
2. Does it sound better than the text-to-speech attempts?
3. Should I talk in a higher pitch/inflection?

But the sound itself is really close. Maybe a tad to "tinny"

Another try, trying to add more roundness (femininity/cuteness?) and emotion to my voice. Kind of sounds like a turret.

04_look_over_there.mp3 (Hey, look over there! It's your best friend the companion cube. Oh, nevermind, it was just a picture of a companion cube. Not your companion cube...You incinerated that one. )

To me it sounds like your formants have been raised too high. It sounds more like the turrets than GLaDOS.

Listen, for example, to how you say the word "Portal" compared to how GLaDOS says it. You need to sound more British. Pronounce your T's more, etc.

This is one of the closest i've heard so far though. Nice work.

Espen, You're a moderator. Show some more brains, and don't talk about pirating software on the board. If you're going to do anything that shouldn't be discussed, do it on instant messengers, or even PMs. I don't want to see this board shut down because people are idiots.

Putting something behind a spoiler tag doesn't stop anybody from realising what you're doing.

Lorithad wrote:
Show some more brains, and don't talk about pirating software on the board.

Actually, I've discussed this with msleeper. As long as it's not uploaded to the download database or directly linked to, he doesn't care. As of right now, discussing software piracy is not itself illegal.

NocturnalGhost wrote:
I think your first one sounds closest. Your technique seems very good, but you need to work on your pronunciation.

Listen, for example, to how you say the word "Portal" compared to how GLaDOS says it. You need to sound more British. Pronounce your T's more, etc.

This is one of the closest i've heard so far though. Nice work.

Thanks, I'll try a more deliberate and British sound tonight.

What I'm also going to do is listen to her commentary tracks to see how she sounds normally and try to imitate her that way.

Lorithad wrote:
Wow. Just Wow.

Espen, You're a moderator. Show some more brains, and don't talk about pirating software on the board. If you're going to do anything that shouldn't be discussed, do it on instant messengers, or even PMs. I don't want to see this board shut down because people are idiots.

Putting something behind a spoiler tag doesn't stop anybody from realising what you're doing.

The Rules wrote:
Don't post links to illegal files (warez, etc.). We aren't a piracy forum, so we won't for stand it. If you are looking to acquire some software, take it to PM please.

Don't ask where to find illegal files. If you don't know how to get your hands on something, you shouldn't be asking for it in the first place.

I don't see any broken forum rules, do you?

EDIT What Hober said sums it up pretty good too, discussing pirated software isn't illegal and my host won't shut me down for it. Uploading it here, or giving links to some site that does have it is illegal however, and will be dealt with. But since nobody has done that, we're all cool like Fonzy right now.

TEZT wrote:
I've been following the tutorial for Melodyne posted earlier, but I still can't quite get it. People said it takes them less than 5 minutes, but I still haven't gotten to the part where it sounds like a female GLaDOS. Maybe a male one :\ Perhaps that's the issue. Whenever I up the pitch to sound more feminine, it starts to sound not so great.

Try changing the formant instead of pitch - it's the true deciding factor in whether your voice sounds like a man, a girl or a chipmunk.

Anyway heres my attempt at a glaDOS style voice.. allbeit with a male...

Hello and welcome too...
BBC News?

Enjoy.

Record yourself talking normally, or a girl or w/e and make the first two words really high pitched, make a glitch sound, then switch to a low pitch. That'll sound really broken.

Also, if you bump the Formant up to about 300 it starts to sound more like the turrets.

Kingpin wrote:
Are you serious? Read the forum rules. No warez, illegal software, etc. Come on, use your fucking brain. --msleeper

[bad joke] more like: are you serious? did you just stuff that aperture science we dont know what it does thing into an aperture science emergency intelligence incinerator? that has got to be the dumbest thing i have ever whoa whoa whoaaa.... [/bad joke]

i tried making some GLaDOS sounds for a map series that i'm planning out right now, but i never did get it right, and because i cant get any of my friends that are girls to try it, i'm kind of stuck right now. oh well. but there are some sounds in this thread taht are getting closer

GLaDOS also tries to equally clearly pronounce most letters of a word, something which most humans in most languages do neither.