[arm-allstar] Voice recordings

[LaRoy McCann]

I was thinking about using Audacity to create some custom recordings or 
edit some of the existing sound files.

LaRoy McCann K5TW


On 2/20/2017 2:52 PM, "Wayne Hale via arm-allstar" wrote:
> Here's another way to make custom voice messages.
>
> I got an Echo Dot device for Christmas.  It turns out if you say 
> "Alexa, Simon Says WK7B Repeater", the Dot will reply with "WK7B 
> Repeater", but the spacing between individual letters in the call is a 
> little long.  I used an inexpensive desk mike plugged into my desktop 
> PC running the free Audacity software using settings from this article 
> http://images.ohnosec.org/app-rpt-audacity.pdf Place the microphone 
> close to the Dot device in a relatively quiet room and play around 
> with the mike gain until you get an acceptable recording level.
>
> Using the settings from the above link, record the output from the Dot 
> into Audacity.  You can then see the waveform and spacing between the 
> individual letters.  Using the edit features of Audacity, simply 
> select the undesired empty area and use the Cut function.  If you get 
> to aggressive, you can use the Undo feature to put back clips.  You 
> can use the same feature to edit out blank space at the beginning and 
> end of the recording until you get it sounding just right.
>
> Again, following the instructions in the article above, normalize the 
> levels and convert to the proper format.  Copy the resulting sound 
> file into /etc/asterisk/local/yoursoundfile with the extension .ulaw. 
> Yoursoundfile can be any name that makes sense to you, just make sure 
> to include the ulaw extension
>
> Log into your Pi and edit /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf 
> idrecording=/etc/asterisk/local/yoursoundfile  Note, do NOT include 
> the .ulaw extension here.  Save the file, restart asterisk and you 
> should be good to go.  From iaxrpt logged into your node, enter *80 to 
> hear the ID.
>
> The Dot device's female voice sounds great over the repeater and can 
> be easily changed.  The only problem was the spacing between letters.  
> I would imagine this same technique of editing could be used on sound 
> files created by other means.  Audacity is free/open source and 
> available for Windows, Linux and Mac.
>
> 73,
>
> Wayne W6IZK
>
> nodes 2099, 28146, 29454, 29629, 40809,
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> arm-allstar mailing list
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar
>
> Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - http://hamvoip.org
>


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus