A special thanks to ellen for her support of gaymerx formerly gaymercon. Dec 31, 2011 you set the voice in system preferences. Is there a voice synthesizer that sounds like glados. Glados voice lines glados, appearing in portal and portal 2, is voiced by ellen mclain. Artoo says that the chances of survival are 725 to 1. My voice has been featured in portal and portal 2, poker night 2, team fortress 2, half life 2, dota 2, and the upcoming blockbuster pacific rim. She provides the voices of many characters in several video games from valve. The character was created by erik wolpaw and kim swift and voiced by ellen mclain. Jan 20, 2011 the way valve did it for portal was they had a professional voice actress, ellen mclain, do her best impression of a texttospeech engine. I dont think its entirely a natural effect by voice acting, though i have to admit i was impressed when i listened to mclain s unaided attempt at glados on a commentary just now. For the first time in the history of the internet, ellen mclain, the voice of glados will bake 5 special people a cake.
Googol glados voice tutorial, originally from my site. How can i reproduce glados voice modulation effect. Jul 26, 2012 a special thanks to ellen for her support of gaymerx formerly gaymercon. If you have come here for the animation of googol glados, i encourage you to watch it before you continue. To save that as an mp3 file youll need a program that records sound files. This tool is automated, thus cannot rely on professional voice acting. While we may not all be professional voice actors, its pretty easy to get the same effect at home. Portals backstory massive nuclear spoilers if you have.
I have watched tutorials, how to create glados voice effects and they all base on the commercial program melodyne. I would like to hear or read again some of her sentences. Ellen mclain born december 1, 1952 is an american soprano and voice actress. Portal extras in the making voice of glados youtube. Create a tts engine that sounds like glados from the game portal. Ellen mclain is an opera singer and voice actress from nashville, tennessee, usa.
How to make your voice sound like glados from portal. About ellen working as a professional singer and musician, im able to share my extensive knowledge with those that have an interest in all areas of the music. Want to use her as your ringtone, voicemail greeting, or have her propose to your special someone for you. It was performed by ellen mclane, the voice of glados. I hope you brought something stronger than a portal gun this time.
The official portal thread of weighted companion cube love. Oct 09, 2007 heh, did anyone notice the voice acting credits. While glados initially appears in the first game to simply be a voice that guides the. Jan 15, 2012 mrs mclain did a line from portal 2 for me as a gift to my little sister. If i had to place the robot voice on a scale of one to ten, with one being ellen mclain and ten being glados, id put the pacific rim robot voice at about an 8. The final song still alive was written by jonathan coulton, which explains why its so awesome. Portal glados turrets curiosity core intelligence core self. Rightclick on link and chose save target as table of contents.
Then you type the text in any text program, highlight it and rightclick to get the contextual menu and pick start speaking. Ive made my own version of a glados voice for tomtom satnavs. Yes, that actually is glados in the pacific rim trailer. Professional singer and voice actress ellen mclain provided the voice of the ai glados throughout portal.
Ellen mclane also voices the announcer in team fortress 2 and the overwatch voice in the halflife 2 series, making her the only person to be in every game in the orange box. Among them are glados, the artificialintelligence antagonist in portal 2007 for which she won an aias interactive achievement award for outstanding achievement in character performance. Several steps were undertaken to achieve the specific sound heard in the game. Glados is the fictional genetic lifeform and disk operating system, voiced by ellen mclain, and featured in the pc game portal which also features in the orange box. Glados voice emulatorglados voice emulator specialising in sales, parts, trade and service of all. So we see below are the following 6 ai voice assistants in the room in googol glados 2. Glados from portal explains nuclear fusion for nasa cnet. Mrs mclain did a line from portal 2 for me as a gift to my little sister. One of things im particularly interested is how they transformed ellen mclain s voice to glados musical one. Ellen mclain, voice of glados in the popular game portal, once again enters the voicemodulated fray this time in an educational video for. Dec, 2012 the voiceover work is done by glados s ellen mclain. This is mainly due to the fact ill have to alter voice files of my voice actors to match the voice of the popular character glados. Oct 19, 2012 the voice for glados is a professionally trained opera singer that has been processed with what is most likely antares autotune. Jonathan coulton featuring ellen mclain as the voice of glados still alive.
Feel free to download portal 2 addon packages for your products at audio4fun addon store. According to directors commentary in the game, mclain listened to synthesized texttospeech voice samples to give her the general idea of how to deliver her. Let ellen mclain, the original voice of glados, guide you through the tutorial, and learn all the tips and tricks that make a true aperture science employee. Ellen mclain actorsinger voice of glados from portal. Ellen mclain, the voice of glados from portal, voices support. Jonathan coulton featuring ellen mclain as the voice of. The voice for glados is a professionally trained opera singer that has been processed with what is most likely antares autotune. Valves done one for dota 2, they can call ellen back and partner with hsc to offer the ultimate psychopathic ai to test the verse. One of things im particularly interested is how they transformed ellen mclains voice to glados musical one. Ellen degeneres inserts herself into the voice jam session. Mar 31, 2015 ellen mclain, the voice behind the murderous artificial intelligence glados from the portal series, and her husband, john patrick lowrie, who voices the sni per from the game team fortress 2, are nothing if not adorable. We are working diligently to resolve the issue and. My goal is to produce a tts engine that sounds like the computer a.
Glados is voiced by opera singer and voice actress ellen mclain. Ellen mclain, the voice of glados from portal, voices. Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1. She is best known for providing the voice of glados, the primary antagonist of the portal video game series, the combine overwatch in halflife 2, and the administrator, the announcer in team fortress 2. But like i said, i think all those things are true. Before that jagger, dutch mogul and new cohost laurie banks discuss narrative in games, touching on.
Please make sure you own these games if you are going to listen to their content. Ellen mclain, the voice of glados from portal, voices support for gaymerx. Portal extras in the making voice of glados as been playing portal recently, found. The full list of processed messages with downloads is available here. I was too busy watching the left side the first few times. The voiceover work is done by gladoss ellen mclain.
The opera piece that the turrets sing in italian for chell as she leaves is an aria composed and sung by glados voice actress, ellen mclane, called cara mia. Genetic lifeform and disk operating system, or glados for short, is an operating system for personal computers. Glados later appeared in the lab and lego dimensions. They used tts to record her lines, then played them back to give her a basis for her voice acting. The only way i know of that really does a decent job of mimicking the glados voice is to basically do it the way valve did it take a human voice, trying to sound like a computer i believe ellen mclain also mentioned that she first studied how computergenerated voices differed in the timing of syllables and stuff like that, pitchcorrect it to the nearest semitone, shift the pitches and. I dont think its entirely a natural effect by voice acting, though i have to admit i was impressed when i listened to mclains unaided attempt at glados on a commentary just now. Ellen mclain, the voice behind the murderous artificial intelligence glados from the portal series, and her husband, john patrick lowrie, who voices the sni per from the game team fortress 2, are nothing if not adorable. One of the most highly requested videos i get is a more detailed explanation and walkthrough of how i record and edit my portal character voices, so here it is. Glados was voiced by ellen mclain, a professional voice actress. She was created by erik wolpaw and kim swift and is voiced by ellen mclain. The anger sphere also, can anyone tell me what this symbol represents.
For starters, im not ellen mclain or even a professional voice actor. The mechanical voice also sings the lyrics to the song still alive, which is played as the games ending credits roll. Creating a portal ai voice valve developer community. I started playing portal 2 and glados voice and dialogs are simply amazing. Genetic lifeform and disk operating system for pcs.
I voice glados from the portal video game series and jaeger a. Glados bakes a cake ellen mclain, the official glados. Every voice line files used by glados stored on the wiki. And other robots if you have come here for the animation of googol glados, id encourage you to watch it before you continue. Ellen mclain, the voice of glados from portal, voices support for. Portal voice tutorial melodyne glados, turrets, defects. Media in category glados voice filesde the following 200 files are in this category, out of 1,041 total.
Glados voicepack elite dangerous general discussions. As long as you keep it 30 seconds or less she will say whatever you want. Gladoss voice is based on ellen mclain mimicking the playback of her original lines through a digitization process, followed by further. Media in category glados voice files the following 200 files are in this category, out of 1,404 total. She is best known for providing the voice of glados, the primary antagonist.
Is it possible extracting them in audio or text form, from some. The title translates in english to my dear and the songs lyrics describe a begrudging farewell to a loved one. Ellen mclain actorsinger voice of glados from portal posts. Its not just her however, shes had her voice run through nearly the exact same alteration process as in portal, which is why the two sound. Nov 04, 20 glados voice emulatorglados voice emulator specialising in sales, parts, trade and service of all. Glados is responsible for testing and maintenance in the aperture science computeraided enrichment center in all titles.
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