Slowing Down the Chipmunks Reveal Actors’ Voices.



Do you remember Alvin and the Chipmunks? Then you probably know that a recording can be speeded up to make it sound squeaky like Alvin, Simon, Theodore.

But, do you know that if you slow down a Chipmunk recording, you can hear what the actual actors sound like?

Yep, that’s right. Listen (MP3) for yourself : Link - via Your Daily Awesome, Thanks Viper Fantastic!


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Posted on October 26, 2006 at 1:50 am by Alex
Category: 1 Other Neat Things, Music



6 comments to "Slowing Down the Chipmunks Reveal Actors’ Voices."

  • Bryan
    October 26th, 2006 at 6:11 am

    My gosh, that was creepy.

  • NeonCat
    October 26th, 2006 at 10:09 am

    Patton Oswalt has a hilarious routine about this, and the nightmarishly demonic sounds that Dave(?) makes when you listen to it slowed down.

  • Josh
    October 26th, 2006 at 12:32 pm

    The same effect can be done with Creative EAX Advanced Console. Just goto Effects, Special FX then choose Voice Zeus.

  • josiah the messiah
    October 26th, 2006 at 7:23 pm

    chopped/screwed…. i did this with a chipmunks christmas record a long time ago

  • Tominator66
    October 26th, 2006 at 11:26 pm

    Another interesting use of this technique is in Warner Bros cartoons that have Mel Blanc as the voice, eg Daffy Duck etc. The speed isn’t quite as different as the chipmunks but still quite noticable. The weird thing is, the new performer who does the more recent voices isn’t sped up at all so doesn’t sound quite right. Go figure.

  • Nick Burns
    November 3rd, 2006 at 10:47 am

    Actors? It should just be actor…Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville) did the voices for Alvin, Simon and Theodore using variable speeds. When he died, his son took over the job of the voices. This is nothing new and has been revealed some time ago.

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