Warping/making something sound weird, easily and freely?

[thegrandmaster]

Hey guys,

I need to take a song and make it sound strange and warped, its for a scene in a play I'm working on where someone accidentally moves from one dimension to another.

Basically I'm just looking for an easy (and free) way of taking a song and warping it and making it sound strange, I want to go for something like the noise the Tardis makes in Doctor Who, except its the song that's being 'warped'.

All help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[faintember]

Audacity is a free audio editor, and I think the phaser effect may work for you (though I have no clue what sound you are referencing in Doctor Who).

After you import the audio, select the section you want to "warp" and select Effect>Phaser, and try these settings:
Stages >8
Wet (all the way to the right)
LFO 3
Depth 200
Feedback 60-80

The wahwah effect can be used in a similar fashion.

If you want a smooth transition into this, put the same audio into Audacity on separate tracks, apply the effects to one track only, then do a fade between the tracks. Do this as many times as necessary, with a new track per "effect". It's a bit messy, but it should work.

Best of luck!

 

[zimv20]

phasers are cool, but i think you'll get closer to what you want with some filtering plugins, something like psp's nitro.

they have a demo, but i don't know how fully functional it is.

 

[thegrandmaster]

Awesome, thanks guys!