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Vocoders were originally invented as a way to transmit speech over low-capacity transmission media. To encode: Start with speech as an electronic signal (e.g. from a microphone) Put the signal through a multi-band filter, getting some number of new signals, each covering a different frequency range. Pass each of these frequency bands through an envelope ...

If you've got a microphone, you shouldn't be getting volume from your vocal chords - if you want louder, turn up the amplifier. Consider that the electric guitarist who's drowning you out is making an incredibly quiet sound, until his amp gets hold of it. If your amplifier doesn't go loud enough, then either you need a more powerful PA, or everyone else ...

For goodness' sake, get thee to a voice instructor! Rock/blues stars who appear to be screaming and shredding their vocal cords have taken many lessons in how to produce that sound structure without actually stressing their throat. (or their career is less than a couple years long :-( ).

I think you will be hard-pressed to find someone willing to endorse screaming as a viable means of sustainable vocal production. Screaming is hurtful to the vocal folds. The reason why your voice gives out is because your vocal folds are inflamed from the screaming and cannot continue to resonate properly enough to sustain vocal production. This is why ...

"Tone deaf" is a bit of a misnomer -- if someone truly wasn't able to understand relative pitch, it would show up in their speech patterns. So, usually the term is applied to people for whom discerning differences in pitch is difficult, at least with the precision that is required for music. The fact that you must multitask this process with the act of ...

I think this is a matter of vocabulary. Volume is quietness or loudness. Pitch is the frequency of the note. On a piano keyboard: pitch is which key you hit volume is how hard you hit the key "Is it possible to sing the same frequency, say the middle C, at different volumes?" Yes! You can sing any note quietly or loudly. Put some backing music on. ...

We may not be referring to the same genres of music... Most screamers, growlers, (talking most modern metal) etc whom I've met that do this for a set or more frequently are singing at a much lower level surprisingly than one would imagine. A loud system backing up your vocals plus some EQ, maybe a bit of smooth distortion on the mic and you've got a gnarly ...

As mentionned in the other answers, ear training is in a category of its own. I would advise you to start with humming major scales and using an ear training course or software. Usually the first exercise consist of discerning the lower note between two, which is exactly what you need. Then you'll be able to move a step up and try to recognise intervals, ...

This area of musical study is called ear training. We have a tag on that subject; I have just added that tag to your question. There are several posts on that subject here on Musical Practice and Performance. Here is one. A music teacher can teach you ear-training (although this is usually done in classrooms rather than one-on-one) and there are a lot of ...

There's a 3rd property of your voice - timbre. volume is the overall loudness, pitch is the overall frequency. But timbre is the "characteristic sound" of once cycle of the frequency. In order to get your voice louder, your throat, voicebox, mouth and nasal passages change size. This gets your voice louder for the same pitch, but it will also change the ...

There is a curious relationship between pitch (frequency of the sound-wave), volume (amplitude of the sound-wave), and perceived intensity. Higher pitches at the same volume as lower pitches will sound louder. This is why a Bass amplifier needs 400-800 watts to match a 100 watt Guitar amplifier.

When you're singing acoustic songs, you may well be using your head voice, as this lends itself well to that genre. When belting out rock songs, you need to use your chest voice - from the diaphragm - to project.This takes a lot of practice, but will amplify your voice naturally. Drummers and guitarists can play quietly, it just takes a lot of courage for ...