Making mumble rap auto tune
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P1: Vocoders will give you a robotic sound with the right source instrument (try a heavier lead sound to get that really robotic vibe). Theres a few free vocoders and most daws have some type of vocoder out the box. If you're not familiar with how they work just watch a tutorial on YouTube for the specific plugin you end up using - can be a little confusing to get the desired effect, but once you get it down you can get really creative w/ it.
Essentially with a vocoder you feed a source sound like a lead or pad or something into it, along with the vocal signal and it can result in vocals that sound like the source instrument / pitches to the notes being played in the source track.
P2: Antares Autotune or Melodyne. some artists are using these type of plugins and then manipulating the voice to deliberately be out of pitch so the plugin has to correct it more which brings out that robotic vocal sound. The difference between this process and a vocoder is that rather than processing vocals to modulate / tune with a source track, Autotune style plugins just pitch correct the input to match whatever notes / key you set in the plugin. You can normally let it automatically pitch correct at a certain speed you set (a lot of that robotic sound comes from a fast correction on out of pitch vocals), or for more control you can manually correct the pitch but probably not nescessary for what you're talking about.
That should get you close, then of course typical mix fx like reverb, EQ, compression etc...
As a side note, lookup a 'talk box' video. it's a pretty dope effect that was more common in the past that has a similar effect to vocoders (ie filtering a sound to modulate vocals) but they're physical devices rather than software n you stick this tube in your mouth that's sending out an instrument signal(normally guitar) to the mouth which then gets picked up by the mic when the performer says words / sings resulting in a really unique robotic like vocal effect.
PS: Not sure why you would want to emulate the mumble rap sound, that shit honestly sounds terrible to me, but hopefully that helps get you closer to what you want to do. You can do some amazing things with processing effects, but remember that the vocal itself plays a big part too. Listen to the cadence / way they're articulating the words (not just the pitch but the dynamics / annunciation / timing etc) if you want to get close to a similar sound.
Essentially with a vocoder you feed a source sound like a lead or pad or something into it, along with the vocal signal and it can result in vocals that sound like the source instrument / pitches to the notes being played in the source track.
P2: Antares Autotune or Melodyne. some artists are using these type of plugins and then manipulating the voice to deliberately be out of pitch so the plugin has to correct it more which brings out that robotic vocal sound. The difference between this process and a vocoder is that rather than processing vocals to modulate / tune with a source track, Autotune style plugins just pitch correct the input to match whatever notes / key you set in the plugin. You can normally let it automatically pitch correct at a certain speed you set (a lot of that robotic sound comes from a fast correction on out of pitch vocals), or for more control you can manually correct the pitch but probably not nescessary for what you're talking about.
That should get you close, then of course typical mix fx like reverb, EQ, compression etc...
As a side note, lookup a 'talk box' video. it's a pretty dope effect that was more common in the past that has a similar effect to vocoders (ie filtering a sound to modulate vocals) but they're physical devices rather than software n you stick this tube in your mouth that's sending out an instrument signal(normally guitar) to the mouth which then gets picked up by the mic when the performer says words / sings resulting in a really unique robotic like vocal effect.
PS: Not sure why you would want to emulate the mumble rap sound, that shit honestly sounds terrible to me, but hopefully that helps get you closer to what you want to do. You can do some amazing things with processing effects, but remember that the vocal itself plays a big part too. Listen to the cadence / way they're articulating the words (not just the pitch but the dynamics / annunciation / timing etc) if you want to get close to a similar sound.