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Who is the voice actor of Totoro Mandarin?

Speaking of "Totoro", this old movie fan of mine can't help but want to talk about the Mandarin dubbing. When I first watched it on TV as a child, the voice of Xiao Yue was so gentle that it made people feel at ease, and then I found out that in the classic Taiwanese dubbed version, the voice of Xiao Yue was Ms. Wang Ruixin. She dubbed a number of animated characters, the voice is particularly affinity, you listen to her when she speaks that warm feeling, simply like a neighbor big sister in the storytelling. How about Xiao Mei? Is another voice actor with the name I do not remember clearly, but that kind of childish mischievous strength, with super in place, let a person look at it to think of their own little sister. The overall dubbing team is quite professional, the background sound effects are also handled delicately, and the winds and grasses all carry the flavor of life. However, the online version is a mess, and some of the pirated versions have changed the dubbing to a completely different look, which makes it very awkward to listen to.

Compare and contrast the free to watch versions

When it comes to watching Totoro for free, I have to start by complaining that it's not easy to find genuine resources! I've tried a few channels myself, and YouTube has people uploading clips, but the picture quality is so muddy it looks like a mosaic, and the dubbing is often a copycat version with a rustling sound quality that makes me cringe when I watch it. Netflix has the occasional Ghibli feature, but you have to subscribe to a membership, so it's not exactly free. There are some platforms like B-station, where users share "demo" versions with decent picture quality, but the dubbing may have been compressed, and Koyuki's voice lacks its original warmth. Pirated sites are even worse, with ads flying all over the place, half a day's buffering is not finished, and the computer is almost poisoned after watching an episode. In contrast, I recommend trying the free trial period of the official APP - for example, Disney + sometimes engage in activities, you can whore for a few days, high-definition picture with the original Mandarin dubbing, the experience is full. However, in the final analysis, to support the original is the king, save the toss.

While we're on the subject, a detail occurs to me: the subtitle treatment of different versions also affects the viewing experience. In some free versions, the subtitle is so hard to translate that they call "Totoro" instead of "Totoro", which is very awkward. The subtitles of the original dubbed version are much smoother, and with Wang Ruixin's voice, the emotion is expressed more naturally. All in all, when looking for resources, don't ruin your classic memories by trying to get it for free.

FAQ: Totoro Watch Frequently Asked Questions

Looking for the Chinese dubbed version of Totoro? My true experience of searching all over the net

Yesterday, a reader wrote to me and asked, \"Old Zhang, my daughter insisted on hearing the Taiwanese-accented version with Mei calling out to her \'sister\', where can I watch it now? \" This instantly brought me back to ten years ago - at that time, in order to find the genuine Chinese dubbed "Totoro", I had to pick up more than thirty pirate sites, and finally reinstalled the system in a site where the pop-up ads were bigger than the screen. Now I don't have to do that anymore.

First of all, a lesson in tears: do not go to search what \"Totoro Mandarin online watch free HD \". Last year I tested, the first three results are either false links with spinach ads or Macau casinos with a sheep's head selling dog meat. Seriously want to see, directly rushed B station. Yes, the same B-magazine that you swipe every day. Searching for "Totoro Chinese dub\" will take you directly to the official Ghibli account, where the 1988 Taiwan dubbed version and the 2001 CCTV version of the movie are lying.

Be warned, though, that the free version's picture quality looks like it's covered in a layer of hairy glass. I took my projector to rewrite it at 2am last Tuesday, and the part where the little chinchilla holds up a lotus leaf on a rainy night was so muddy that I almost thought it was holding up a rag. I really want to see the texture of the hair, 9.9 dollars to open a large membership can be unlocked 1080P, bite the bullet as less milk tea.

These are the hidden channels you may not know about

Love Qiyi and Tencent video actually have copyrights, but the hiding that is a deep. The last time I helped my neighbor's children to find, in the Tencent video search \ "Totoro \" the first to pop up is actually a flow of stars acting in a bad web drama. Later found to cut to the \ "film - animation - Ghibli \" three-level directory, like a treasure hunt. Here is the mainland dubbed version, for those who haven't heard it: Xiao Mei yells sister not in a soft \"Xie Xie~\", but in a proper voice \"Sis! \" with an exclamation point.

Note to cell phone party! Mango TV mobile often has limited freebies, which I casually swiped last month while squatting in the restroom. But don't expect the full version - the free episodes are like opening a blind box, today you can watch the first 30 minutes, tomorrow you might switch to the last 40 minutes, I suspect the operations editor himself can't figure out the scheduling logic.

Cold gossip about voice actors

Yang Xiaoli, the voice of Xiao Yue in the Taiwan version, is now a regular at the Golden Bell Awards. Once I caught her backstage at the Taipei Film Festival and asked her about voicing Totoro, she burst out laughing: \ "Recording Xiao Mei choking on corn, I was really choking on the halibut in the bento to the point where the director shouted cut and was still coughing! \" And the mainland version of the voice to the grass wall father Li Lihong, is later "tongue on the tip of China" that let people listen to the hungry narration.

The most extreme is the Taiwan version of the theme song singer Fan Xiao Xuan, when the record company felt that \ "Dou Dou Long \" is too childish to force her to use a stage name to release a movie. As a result, twenty years later, she suddenly sang the song during the concert encore, and the thirty-something fans on stage cried so much that their mascara was all smudged - something I witnessed with my own eyes, and I had goose bumps from my arms to my back.

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Note: Platform information in this article is updated through July 2024 and pricing strategies are subject to change. The early morning squatting limit is recommended with a cup of goji berry tea, after all, the old movie revisited is most likely to stay up with dark circles under the eyes.

When the voice of Sun Daisen drills into the studio: a chat about how the voice of Black Myth: Goku was made

The other day in my friend's studio tea, chatting about the recent screen "Black Myth: Wukong" trailer, my friend suddenly asked me: "Hey, you say that the monkey in this game that voice, listen to the really strong, feel the bones through the cracks of a wild, how did they come up with?" This question brought me back to the end of last year by chance to contact the behind-the-scenes drip. This thing, really not find a good voice to shout two voices so simple, inside the doorway deep it.

First of all, it's important to understand who this monkey is. He's not the familiar, somewhat mercenary and somewhat lovable Qi Tian Da Sheng from Journey to the West. Goku in Black Myths is more like a wounded beast, sharpened by age and betrayal. Voice director Lao K (as he's known in the industry) told me that before casting, the team was locked in a small dark room, discussing the finalized script and bits and pieces of the script, breaking it up and crumbling it down: is this monkey sad? Is it anger? Is it madness? Or is it utter nothingness? The voice has to carry his weight for 500 years. It's not about imitating anyone, it's about "becoming" him in that particular situation.

At the time of casting, it was said that the corridor outside the recording studio was full of people. Those who came were not nobodies, some had been cast in the classic movie and TV series Monkey King, some were veteran actors on the drama stage, and there was even a martial arts actor with a particularly good voice condition. Old K said, he does not look at the resume, just listen to the voice. Audition clip thief tricky, not a large section of lines, but some extreme emotions hissing, gasping, and even silence in the throat that kind of suppressed grunt. What he was looking for was not "like", but the kind of "animalistic" and "divine" undertones that come with the voice, as well as the ability to withstand a long time of hissing without splitting his throat.

The finalized teacher (we won't disclose who exactly), Old K slapped his thigh: "That's him! That gravelly feeling in his voice isn't a performance, it's natural!" It is said that in order to get into shape, this teacher began to "toss" himself around for half a year in advance, practicing martial arts, studying the movements of monkeys, and even deliberately drinking less water to keep his voice in a subtle "dryness" - not pathology, but the kind of thing that happens when you've been in a situation for a long time. -It's not a sickness, it's a kind of weathered coarseness.

When you're in the studio, that's the hard part. You think voice acting is just looking at the screen and opening your mouth? That's a big mistake. Many of the fight scenes in "Black Myth" are so fast and exaggerated that the voice actor has to imagine what it feels like to be smashed, burned, or struck by lightning, and synchronize his reactions. Old K and I imitated that scene: the actor wearing headphones, staring at the script or simple motion capture playback, suddenly have to burst out a muffled grunt of being hit by a golden rod in the abdomen, but also with the feeling of blood foam. An intense fight scene with down, the actor holding the wall out, covered in sweat, with a real fight no difference. What do recording engineers fear most? Not with the wrong words, is the actor is too committed, a fist smashed in the spray mask, or roar too hard to monitor the headset shocked whistle.

The details are outrageous. The monkeys jumped around in the mountains and fields, and the tiny sounds of clothes rubbing and armor clashing had to be recorded separately. The mimicry artist used all kinds of strange props: an old leather jacket to simulate the rubbing of leather, a set of rusty keys to imitate the locking armor, and even a wet towel wrapped around a stick to simulate the sound of the stick breaking in the air with a quick swing. In the fraction of a second that it takes for a monkey to land and turn around, a combination of "rustle-clack" sounds may be tweaked dozens of times by the sound-mimicry artist.

The hardest part is the state of "God". A monkey becomes a Buddha? A demon? Or something in between? At this point, K says, there are fewer lines, and it's all about breath and subtle changes in tone. The studio is scarily quiet, and the actor closes his eyes, looking for that kind of transcendence or sinking feeling of emptiness, the voice should float up, but also to sink down, can not have a "human" flavor. It is possible to record a whole day, just for those one or two phrases with echoes, as if from the ancient whispers, after recording the actor himself in a trance for half a day.

The sound mixing is even more metaphysical. Just a monkey's voice, in the open valley, closed cave, fierce battlefield, illusory spiritual realm, the hearing is completely different. The mixer has to use EQ (equalizer) and reverb plug-ins to "pinch" the sense of space layer by layer. The roar of a monster may have several layers of sound superimposed on it: the low roar of a wild animal, the distorted wail of metal, or even the weird low frequencies made by synthesizers, all of which are mixed together to create that kind of inhuman horror. What's the biggest fear? Too clean a sound! You have to intentionally add a "dirty" undercurrent to simulate the rough texture of the old legends that have been passed down by word of mouth.

So yeah, the next time you hear that wild and bleak hiss of a monkey in a game, don't just get all hot and bothered. Behind it is a room full of people who are almost paranoid: from understanding a broken soul, to burning themselves in front of a microphone, to building a whole world with the magic of sound. It's not something that is "matched", it's something that is "plucked" from the bones. In this job, technology alone is not enough, you have to have the heart, but also a little crazy.

About the Black Myth: Goku dub you may be curious about

Q1: Why don't you use the familiar voice actor of the TV version of the Monkey King?

A: It's a completely different direction! The TV version is an operatic, relatively bright rendition of the classic, closer to the familiar image of the public. The Goku of "Black Myth" is darker, more complex and heavier, requiring a new, more primitive impact and vicissitudes of voice temperament, more like an untamed master popping out of the stone. It's not a matter of who's good or who's bad, it's not the same "monkey" at all.

Q2: Why are the voices of the demons in the game so scary? Are they really human voices?

A: Most of the core demon lines are definitely dubbed by real people! The techniques are very specific though. The voice actor tries all sorts of ways of distorting the vocal cords (while protecting the voice), such as pinching the nose, squeezing the throat to vocalize, or incorporating special breathing patterns. A great deal of processing is then applied later: speed shifting, pitch shifting, overlaying animal growls or ambient sounds, and even modulating non-human frequencies with synthesizers. The final effect is to "alienate" the human voice so that you don't hear it as a human being, but with the emotion of speech.

Q3: Do voice actors need to know kung fu? How do you synchronize the voices during fights?

A: Knowing kung fu is certainly a plus, but not necessary. The key is strong imagination and body control. When recording, the actor may have a simple video reference of the movements in front of him, or the director may be guiding from the sidelines with verbal vehemence: "Quick! Heavy blow to the left! Dodge! Kicked off!" . The actor has to synchronize his or her body memory and emotions, imagining the point of force, in order to make realistic sounds of force, muffled grunts from the blow, and gasps. Sometimes they have to match their body movements to "move" themselves to find the sensation.

Q4: Are the environmental sound effects in the game (such as the wind blowing the leaves and the clash of weapons) also done by the voice-over team?

A: Strictly speaking, this belongs to the category of "Foley" and "Sound Design", which are closely cooperated with Voice Over, but with different division of labor. Under the same audio team, there will be a specialized Foley Artist responsible for recording physical sounds such as footsteps, clothing friction, props collision, etc., while the Sound Designer will be responsible for collecting, producing or synthesizing more complex environmental sounds, magical sound effects, and so on. Character voices focus on character lines and emotional vocalizations. The three are ultimately blended together by the sound mixer.

Q5: I heard that the dub was recorded in many versions, how did you finally decide which one to use?

A: Yes, important lines are often recorded dozens or even tens of times! The decision is mainly in the hands of the dubbing director, who will listen to it together with the creators of the game (director, screenwriter, etc.). They don't just listen to "is it right", they listen to "does it feel right". Sometimes a technically perfect recording may be passed over because it's "too refined" or "lacks a hint of emotion", and the final version chosen is often the one that hits the heart and best matches the character's soul state at the moment, even if it may have some minor flaws (such as a hint of authenticity). Even if it may have some minor flaws (such as a hint of real huskiness or wheezing). Artistic choices are subjective and critical.

Really free, tested and working stuff!

It's no use coming up with all that highfalutin stuff, we need to get down to earth. First.CapCutYes, it's the one that cuts videos! Don't underestimate it, its built-in "text read aloud" function is hidden quite deep, but the treasure ah. Select "featured pronouncer", inside the "Jianghu chivalrous" tone, with a bit of vicissitude of the hoarse strength, slightly adjust the speed and tone, with a Wukong narration or low roar of the battle, the flavor is quite correct! The key is the operation of the fool, cell phones and computers can be used, cut the video directly export audio, seamless. The disadvantage is that the style is limited, want to match a delicate female goblin? No way. But it wins in convenience, zero threshold.

The second one.Microsoft Azure Text to Speech (free amount)The sound of this thing is so natural that it blows away a lot of instruments. This thing is technically sound, and the naturalness of the voice is a few blocks away from many tools. Sign up for a Microsoft account, find Azure Cognitive Services, open the voice service (Speech), new users have a free quota, enough for you to play for a while. There are many choices of Chinese tones, "Yun Jian" (male), "Yun Yang" (male), "Xiao Xiao" (female) are good. Here's the kicker: it supports tweakinghairstyleYou can choose from "passionate", "sad", "tender", etc! You can choose from "emotional", "sad", "tender" and so on. A "sad" style for an old monkey reminiscing about the past will bring out the emotions. Disadvantages? It's a bit of a barrier for newcomers to the web, and you have to pay when your free credit runs out, but it's definitely good enough for practicing at first and making little clips.

Third.ElevenLabs (free basic models)This dude's been on fire lately. This guy has been on fire lately, and his AI clone sounds great. Although its free plan is very restrictive (a certain number of characters per month, only the basic model), but the basic model of the "multilingual V1" performance is quite good. You write English scripts, it can be read out in a quite natural Chinese accent (with a bit of foreign accent, but with a different flavor), or you directly lose Chinese, the effect is not bad, the key is that theemotional ups and downsStronger than regular TTS. Good for dubbing some dramatic lines, like the mysterious whispers of the Landlord. Sign up and it works, web page operation, save your free credits and do a character key line that stands out.

Fourth.Audacity. This isn't AI dubbing, it's the granddaddy of recording and post-processing! Completely free and open source. You record with your own voice (cell phone headset microphone is fine) and use it to fix it after recording. Noise reduction (a must!) , adjust the EQ (to make the sound thicker or brighter), add reverb (to simulate the ambient sound of caves and halls), variable speed and variable tuning (want to match the goblin's shrill voice? Just drop the key). It's like your all-purpose toolbox, taking the previous AI-generated sounds or your own dry sounds and polishing them up to sound like that. The learning curve is a bit steep, so search for tutorials on B-site and you'll be up and running with the basics in half an hour.

Don't just rely on tools, these tips will make your voiceover more "black mythic".

Tools are dead, people are alive. Want to match a little "Black Myth" that dark, coarse and a little fatalistic tone, just point to generate the button can not.

The lines have to be "worked on.": The lines in the game are written in white and have an ancient flavor. When they are generated directly in the vernacular, the flavor is not right. Try changing "I'm leaving" to "I'm going", "why" to "why", and add some "Before AI generation, touch up the script by yourself, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Emotion is the soul.: Even the best AI has limited emotional expression. That's where Audacity comes in. For example, an angry "seek death!" If you don't think it's tough enough, use Audacity to raise the pitch and speed up the words. Use Audacity to pull up the pitch a little bit, speed up the speech, and then add some slight distortion effect (careful not to add too much), the ruthlessness will come out. Sad lines, you can slightly slow down the speed of speech, add some sighs of air (record some of their own air mixed in).

Ambient sound is a godsend for atmosphere: Dry voiceovers thrown into gameplay footage are also abrupt. With cutscenes or Audacity, lay a very faint layer of voiceover underneath theambient sound-- The sound of wind, the faint sound of weapons clashing, the sound of temple bells, the sound of flames crackling. Search online for "free ambient sound effects", a bunch of resources. Turn down the volume, if there is nothing, the sense of atmosphere is instantly full. Wukong monologue in the broken temple, the background with a little wood burning sound, the feeling is right.

Don't ignore the "air gaps" and pauses.: AI generation is prone to a stream of balderdash. Real speech breathes and pauses. Take the generated long sentences and put them in an editing program (Cutscene or Audacity)manual cutting, in commas, periods, or where emphasis is needed.Insertion of a silent gap of fractions of a second.. Mimicking the rhythm of a real person's speech can make the voiceover much more vivid. Think of Wukong saying "I, Lao Sun... Five hundred years ago..." The pause in the middle!

The "Pro" Tips for Free Players

Just because we don't have professional equipment doesn't mean we can't pursue better results.

recording environment earthwork: Find the smallest room in the house (like a closet!) ), hang quilts and thick clothes all around it, and people get in there and record. The effect is comparable to a humble recording studio, can suck out a lot of nasty echo and noise. It works, but it's a bit muffled. When recording on a cell phone, use your hand around the microphone a little, can also reduce the spraying of wheat and some ambient noise.

EQ tuning without asking for itAudacity's EQ (Equalizer) looks complicated, remember a few key points: feel the sound boring in the200Hz-500HzPull it down a little bit around the same time; feel that the sound is thin and harsh in the2kHz-5kHzPull it down a little bit; to make it sound thicker and more powerful (for Goku), add a little more power to the100HzThe neighborhood is slightly elevated a little bit. Tune a little bit at a time, listening as you tune and your ears take in the goods!

Make good use of "noise samples"Audacity's noise reduction feature requires you to "get a noise sample" first. This is to record a background sound in your room (empty recording for a few seconds), and then let it eliminate similar noise in the whole recording based on this sample, which is much more effective than turning on the noise reduction directly, and the sound is less distorted.

The free sound library has your back!: In addition to ambient sounds, the wind of fists in a fight, the cracking sound of a golden rod being swung, the hissing of a demon, all of these can be heard in the Freesound.org Find free resources on these types of sites. Handpicked and layered, your voiceover clips will instantly be fleshed out and more "cinematic".

The most important thing is to have fun.

In the end, we use free tools to dub for Black Myth, just to have fun and express our love for the game. Don't be limited by the tools, try boldly, use your own voice to interpret the character in your heart, even if the dubbing is not "professional" enough, the love and creativity is the most precious thing. Listen to the original game soundtracks, feel the tone and rhythm of the characters, and leave the rest to your passion and these free little helpers!

You may also want to ask

Q: Can the sounds dubbed from these free tools be used directly in the Black Myth II Creation video I made myself to send out the platform? Will it be a copyright infringement?

Q: I tried Microsoft Azure, but I feel the voice is still a bit "robotic" and not emotional enough, what should I do?

A: Robotic rawness is a common problem. In addition to the aforementioned modulation of speech rate, pitch, and style, the key to theScript splitting and post. Don't let the AI read long sentences! Split a sentence into several phrases or even words generated separately, and then manually adjust them in Audacity between theintervals, volume levels (emphasized words are read louder), and even intonation subtleties(end note goes up or down slightly). Fold in a little more very, very slightreverberation(Choose a small room or plate reverb), which simulates a sense of real space and can dramatically improve naturalness. Spend more time on post splicing and fine tuning, the effect improvement is obvious.

Q: How can I record in my own voice to imitate Goku's voice? It doesn't sound like me even when I'm hoarse!

Q: What should I do if I feel the sound is muffled or there is a strange buzzing sound after Audacity noise reduction?

Q: Are there any free tools that can change voices in real time so I can match them as I play like in the game?

A: Real-time, effective, free... It's really hard to find one that fulfills all three at the same time. Some voice changing software (such as Voicemod free version) can change in real time, but there are fewer free tones, and the effect is cartoonish or e-sports style, which may be almost interesting with Black Myth. Another idea: useVirtual Audio Cable (VB-Cable such free tools) Input both the game sound and your mic sound into OBS Studio (free live streaming software), add realtime filters (like VST plugins, some free basic effects) to your mic sound in OBS, pitch shift, add reverb, etc., and output. This option is a toss-up, and latency could be an issue. Want to play in real time, you may have to lower your effect expectations a bit for now, or... It's fun to just howl and play by yourself!

It's not that hard to be a Qi Tian Da Sheng, Goku dubbing practical tips

A few days ago, I stayed up all night to finish the first chapter of "Black Myth", and all I could think of was the monkey's untamed accent, so my hands were itching, and I turned out the microphone to give it a try. Seriously, to the Monkey King dubbing this thing, at first glance, the threshold is quite high, but think through the actually have the way. Online those who do not move to let you pay money to buy a professional sound card tutorials, take a look at it, we ordinary people with the computer comes with a microphone, as usual, can play out a little fun.

I've done a lot of dubbing projects and found that the most critical thing is not how advanced the equipment is, but whether you can capture the character's "strength". Wukong's voice is a wild and untamed monkey, mixed with a bit of hoarseness, and occasionally a bit of mischievous naughtiness, but the underlying color is always the dominance of the heavens and the earth. Figure out this point, the tool is just to help you amplify the characteristics of the helper.

Ringing in the bell without spending money: three really free tools

Don't be fooled by software that says "free" and then locks you out of features, these three are the ones I've actually used for a long time:

1. Audacity (essential for basic recording): The old open source software, look at the interface retro point, but noise reduction, cutting, volume adjustment of these core functions of a group of stable. The point is that it is completely free without internal purchase! After recording the first step, use it to the environment of the buzzing, breathing sound processing out, the sound immediately clean a lot. Remember to export to .wav format for less loss of sound quality.

2. Voicemod (real-time voice changer)Voicemod's free mode is a great way to experience the Monkey King's voice in real time. There are a few "Monster" or "Giant" presets in there, turn down the pitch a bit and add some "Reverb" to simulate the echo of a cave. The flavor will come out. If you're playing a game, teasing your friends, or recording a voice-over to get a feel for it, it's especially fun to use it for real-time monitoring.

3. Screen Cut for PC (Hidden Speech Synthesizer): Didn't expect that, did you? There are several distinctive male voices hidden in the text-to-speech of the clips. Find the "Dialect" or "Special Pronunciator" category, there is a relatively thick tone with a bit of Jianghu qi (the specific name may be updated, try listening to a few more), slow down the speed of speech, add a bit of "intensity", when reading lines, adjust the text breaks shorter and more powerful, the synthesized effect is unexpectedly close to the game in the game. ", read the lines of the text breaks to adjust the short powerful point, synthesized out of the effect unexpectedly close to the game Goku that kind of low staccato sense of speech, suitable for voice-over supplement.

Imitating Goku's voice? Capture the soul of these points

The tools are just amplifiers; the soul of the sound has to be performed by you. After practicing for a few days, I figured out a few key techniques:

The breath goes down, the voice goes up.: Don't yell at the top of your lungs. Imagine the sound coming from the dantian (under the stomach), with the breath pressed down and stabilized, but with the point of impact of the sound raised up, on the palate or even at the back of the nose. Try saying "I am coming!" quickly. The emphasis is on the sudden rise of the word "Sun", with a bit of a tearing sensation, but don't really shout.

"Friction" for hoarseness.: It's not a mute in the sense of smoking a cigarette and breaking your voice. Try making your vocal cords not close all the way when pronouncing vowels (a, o, e) to create a grainy, fricative sound. This is especially true for words at the end of a sentence, like the "also" in "Go!" can have a rustle in the end to make it sound like it's going through the motions.

Rhythm is the soul.: The monkey's rate of speech is variable. Normally, he may speak in a lazy, drawn-out manner, but when it comes to declaring a battle or shouting in anger, he explodes in an instant, with words that sound like gold and iron, and with short, sharp pauses. Try "Boring!" The first two words are fast and furious, and then the word "up" suddenly stops with an impatient nasal sound.

Don't forget the monkey details.These are the little details that can bring a sound to life instantly. Think of all those subtle movements a monkey makes when he scratches his ears.

Don't apply the dialect.The accent of Wukong in the game is a unique interpretation, not a standard local dialect. Focus on biting the words a little "grippy", especially the rhyming vowel, such as "master" of the "father", do not be too word-perfect, can be a little to "fuo "But don't overdo it, it's only flavorful when you get to the point.

I just started to record, I was embarrassed to hear myself, record a few times to playback, compared to the original sound of the game to find the gap, slowly find the feeling. Once in the middle of the night to record a section of the monkey king angry hissing, the neighbors almost came to knock on the door, thought I was fighting at home... If you want to play dubbing, you have to have thicker skin!

You might have asked:

Don't put too much pressure on yourself when it comes to dubbing. The key is to be interested, dare to open your mouth to imitate, and enjoy the process of playing the Great Sage of Qi Tian Da Sheng. It doesn't matter if the equipment is simple, but if you can capture the "monkey's charm", it will work better than any advanced sound card. Try it, you may roar out "Eat my old grandson's stick!" It's a lot more emotional than you think!

Lai Shen this voice, free tools can match a few flavors?

Playing voice-over was purely an accident. In the past, I always thought it was a professional studio, expensive equipment to do the job. Until once I cut a video, I wanted to add some lines to the role of Lai Shen, and after looking around, I found that the price of professional dubbing directly discouraged me from doing it. So, I did it myself! Tossed a small half a year, the microphone are disk out of oil, but also really feel out a little doorway, especially those who do not spend money on the baby tools, today I talk about it from the bottom of my heart.

Just to be clear, don't expect free tools to produce the results of a million tuners. Our goal is:Low-cost, listenable, and with the flavor of Ri Shannon.. There are just two points at the core:Vocal proximity + emotional holdThe tone of Ri Shen's low and steady voice with a little bit of detachment. Lai Shen's low and steady with a little detached tone, can not catch this charm, even the best equipment is useless.

Free stuff that's been tried and tested with real money.

1. Recording base: Audacity (the old man, the real one)

This thing is old enough, the interface is a retro style, the first time I opened I was almost dissuaded. But it can't help that it's free and open source with no ads, and it's full-featured! Recording dry sound is the basic operation, the key it can do a lot of fine processing. For example, Lai Shen often speak with the kind of subtle pause and gas sound, with its noise reduction and compression features, can maximize the retention of these details, will not be pressed into the sound of a dry robot. There are so many export formats that it's hard to miss, and compatibility is no match for it. The downside? It takes a bit of patience to get started, and there are a bunch of online tutorials to chew on for half an hour before you can get to work. Remember.The dry notes are recorded cleanly so that there's a play behind them.

2. Online synthesis to the rescue: TTSMaker (the straw that breaks the camel's back)

Who hasn't had a microphone strike or a noisy marketplace? That's where online text-to-speech is a lifesaver, and TTSMaker's free credits are enough for newbies to ooh and aah. Here's the kicker! Its "Chinese (Mandarin)" voice library has a few options for male voices that are on the lower end of the scale.Adjust the speed of speech by slowing down, adding pauses, and lowering the pitch a little.It can barely make up a "bass" frame, and it's okay to have a narrator or a short sentence in case of emergency. Don't expect much emotion, it's just a heartless reading machine, but it's convenient and quick, and can be operated by cell phone.

3. Voice.ai (community modeling is interesting)

This is the one that has been playing around a bit lately. Strictly speaking its core function is AI voice conversion, and the free version is good enough. The fun part of it lies in the various voice model libraries uploaded by users. I've searched for "low male voice" and "mature male voice", and some people have actually trained some similar models (of course, the copyright issue is a matter of your own judgment).real time voice changeThe function is the most practical, you speak into the microphone, headphones in real time to hear the effect after the change of voice, adjust the huge intuitive. I've tried to use it to imitate the chest resonance of Lai Shen's voice, and it takes a bit of effort to adjust the parameters, but if you do it right, you can really fool the unfamiliar passersby. Note that network latency may affect the experience, but local operation is much smoother.

4. The gospel of the cell phone party: the phone comes with a recorder + simple editing APP

Don't look down on cell phones! The recording quality of flagships is really not bad these days. Find a quiet nest, the phone with a book or bracket fixed, about a fist away from the mouth (anti-microphone), start recording! Recorded with the cell phone's own editing function or "cut screen" such free APP, cut out the waste film, add some basic reverb (choose "room" or "small hall" effect, do not open too big, otherwise KTV), can also produce a usable dry sound.The key is convenience, and inspiration can be recorded anytime you pull out your cell phone.

Don't step on the pitfalls of newbies, here's the blood and tears experience

Microphone metaphysics? A hundred dollars is enough! Don't be fooled by the parameters at the beginning. I've used a $99 lavalier mic (had to add a windproof sweater) and a $200+ USB condenser mic (had to have a simple stand to protect it from vibration), and the dry sound I recorded was perfectly adequate for playing in an amateur player's home.Quiet environments are a hundred times more important than sky-high microphones! Close the windows, avoid the refrigerator and air conditioner, or even hang a bed of thick quilts to absorb the sound, and the effect is immediate.

Emotion is the soul, imitation is the shortcut. Lai Shen's line book was turned over and he listened to the original voice over and over again! Not just listening to the words, listening to where he pauses, where he sighs, where his breath intensifies. When you dub it yourself.I don't care what it looks like, I just dislike it... Anger, coldness, occasional flashes of concern, these emotions are there, even with a normal vocal line, are better than a dry imitation of a shell vocal tone. Listen back to yourself after you record it and feel awkward just a few more times to get used to it.

Don't be greedy in the later stages, cleanliness is most important. The most common mistakes made by novices: noise reduction is pulled full (the sound becomes a microphone sound), reverb is added vigorously (transformed into a bathroom singer), and the EQ is messed up (the sound is distorted).Just record cleanly in the front and fine tune it in the back. Focus on the obvious sputtering sounds, breathing murmurs, and unify the volume a bit. All those fancy effects, play with them when the foundation is solid.

Thick skin is a must. Send the work out! Throw it out to your friends, send it out to relevant communities (be aware of the platform rules), and it's a hundred times better to get a little flack than to get high. When people say "the mood here is wrong" or "it sounds like a cold", it's golden feedback. Ri Shen's fans are very sensitive to sound, and their opinions are worth a lot of money.

In the end, free tools are bricks on the door, how far you can knock the door open depends on how much effort you are willing to put into listening, practicing and imitating. The unique charm of Li Shen's voice can't be copied by machines for the time being, but let's use a little ingenuity to match our own understanding with these non-expensive tools and have fun, isn't it good?

You might ask this about the Lai Sham dub.