Talkbox Tutor #1: "A Throat & Mouth Thing"

Mayhem breaks down the physics of talkboxing and gives a few pointers on getting those words out. Originally aired on djmpact's Talkbox TV #7.

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[gobbleobbleo]

........a biological psychologist?

[talkboxmayhem]

Yes, a biological psychologist.  You can do a "Google search" to learn more about it :) To be fair, perhaps "neuroscience" is probably a better description.

[talkboxmayhem]

I guess I'll weigh in on this whole "mic" thing: you would use a microphone for talkboxing as you would a regular singer - the singer doesn't need a microphone to practice or perform in front of small crowds. On the other hand, a microphone is necessary for recording or for playing live (you'll also need a PA system here!). In this video, I used the mic in my camera to record the sound (which is about as loud as a regular singer), in the Digital Love vid, I used my Shure SM58 with my Delta44.

[biggieboy2510]

it takes a woman to make a comment on someone's eyebwrows in a tutorial video...

[idtapthat12321]

2. I am also confused about breathing. I don't know whether to hold my breath, breathe through my mouth and close my nose, or any other combination of opening/closing the throat and nose. Will all of this come with time/trial and error?

[idtapthat12321]

1. Hey man, can you help me out? I just started playing the talkbox w/ my guitar a couple days ago. I'm trying to get the cleanest sound possible (no sound coming from my mouth/throat other than the consonants). But many of the sounds I don't even hear while talkboxing yet I hear them in recordings. Do you think what I'm trying to do is possible or am I reaching too high? (I've also heard even Roger Troutman make some throat sounds when talkboxing live.)

[FoFumFilms]

Terrific video :)

[Rogers1977]

Dude, that video explained everything I needed to find out about how to mouth words. Thank you so much!

[Rogers1977]

@talkboxmayhem I remember learning about biological psychology in my psychology class. It's definitely a real profession, although many biological theories in psychology aren't really accepted; for example, the theory that dreaming is just random neural impulses. However, I'm sure there's a lot of those bio-psychologist into how the brain works and reacts to things or eyesight and stuff like that.

[NY32986]

@talkboxmayhem DJ Mpact used to say it''s NO part of the talkbox magic.

[slashy04]

BOOTZILLA

[spinecraft]

are those "i voted" stickers on your desk? good for you for voting.

[rester16]

@bagofrandom heck nah...any keyboard would work

[fishersann2k7]

good tut but you look gay as fuck :(