Voice Lag Ventriloquism

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Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Bill Mullins » March 25th, 2021, 12:19 pm

This girl is trending on Boing Boing, Reddit, Kottke, etc. Using rudimentary vent technique, she makes it appear that the sound of her voice is delayed relative to her actions.

https://kottke.org/21/03/cool-voice-lag-ventriloquism

She only does it for single words. I've got to believe that this is not new, and that there are vents who've done it for whole sentences and more. Does anyone know of such?

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Q. Kumber » March 25th, 2021, 12:25 pm

Ronn Lucas did a routine with a microphone where the mic was playing with him. Ronn would mouth the words and a couple of seconds later the sound would come. His vocabulary was considerably greater too.

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Bill Mullins » March 25th, 2021, 1:03 pm

Thanks, Q.

Here he is:

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby AJM » March 25th, 2021, 1:08 pm

Quentin

You will also no doubt remember the master of the broken microphone.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2aAFjQqL4

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Q. Kumber » March 26th, 2021, 3:58 pm

Thank you Bill and Andrew for the links.

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Leo Garet » March 27th, 2021, 11:13 am

AJM wrote:Quentin

You will also no doubt remember the master of the broken microphone.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2aAFjQqL4

Andrew


I couldn't get on with his chicken routine, but the broken microphone is an absolute gem.

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Richard Kaufman » March 27th, 2021, 1:42 pm

I do like much British humor, but that guy was painful.
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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Leo Garet » March 29th, 2021, 1:42 pm

Richard Kaufman wrote:I do like much British humor, but that guy was painful.


As always, horses for courses. I think the microphone bit is hilarious.

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby Chas Nigh » March 29th, 2021, 7:31 pm

Red Skelton did a microphone routine playing a politician. Hilarious. Would love to find it on the web.

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Re: Voice Lag Ventriloquism

Postby chetday » March 30th, 2021, 10:30 am

I'm going to try this delayed "Hey" technique on the check-out gal at the grocery store the next time I'm in line to purchase beans and rice. Also on my grandson, who I know will get a kick out of it. It seems to me doing this would be very funny, but maybe that's just me.


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