Secret of the Cylon Voice has been revealed

[vocoderlover]

Secret of the Cylon Voice has been revealed

Inspired by the 2013 Janec Van Der Lans video "Secret Signal of Excitation" I recently started researching if the Cylon voice equipment list has been fully discovered. Thanks to our fearless leader Goldcylon's connections, he tracked down maybe the last person alive who actually worked on the production process the Cylon Centurion voice, for which there is zero "behind the scenes" information. That guy still works in Hollywood visual effects production, with a long IMDB list of credits. We spoke for 25 minutes, & he revealed to me 1. The ultra rare synthesizer used to create the oscillator- 2. Which exact model EMS vocoder used- 3. The very strange distortion, which came from overloading the mic input on an extremely rare vintage effects unit (the effect itself only used in 1-3 scenes) 4. the type of console used- 5. the vintage tube compressor - 6. ONE of the several tape machines used in the recording/editing process. I have rounded up all of this gear, except the synth, which I visited at a studio for one day, and am putting together a brief documentary about it. Hope to have it done by the end of the year, will post here when complete.

[bishopdonmiguel]

Very impressed with all the work you’ve done. Looking forward to the documentary.

[137th Gebirg]

An admirable endeavor. Hope it works out. Still pining for the day that someone comes up with a screen-accurate digital filter plug-in for various signal processing apps.

[Cylon-Knight]

WONDERFUL NEWS!
High-five vocoderlover. I can't wait to see the documentary you're working on. How amazing!!! Sounds like quite a process. It'll be so cool to see how all the different items come together to make Cylon Centurion magic.


When ready, If you provide it to GoldCylon or myself we can host it here on BYC's webspace if you like.

[goldcylon1]

Awesome research and explains why it’s so difficult to emulate. Very informative series. GC1