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Variation: Pitch 0: an emergency broadcast read in a flat voice.
Variation: 5-bit crusher: a tape copied too many times.

Use it in calls and on recordings

Try it here
Press Start mic above and talk. You hear this voice with the exact settings on this page, and every slider can be moved.
Use it live
Press Use this voice in calls, then pick Facecam Virtual Mic as the microphone in Discord, Google Meet, Zoom or any other call that runs in Chrome.
Put it on a recording
Open Online Voice Changer, record or upload a file, choose the same settings and download the result.

More about this voice

What degrades the recording

Part	Setting	What you hear
Crush	Bit crusher 7-bit at 7 kHz, 60% mix	Grainy, stepped sound, the main reason it seems old
Tape wobble	Chorus 0.6 times a second, 35% mix	Pitch that sags and recovers, like tape dragging in the machine
Narrow band	Bass cut below 180 Hz, treble cut above 3 kHz	No lows or highs: a television speaker in another room
Depth	Pitch -3	A little lower and less personal than the reader
Fuzz	Distortion 0.2, 35% mixed in	Light overload, as if recorded too hot

Read it like a public notice

Read, don't act. The genre's dread comes from an official voice giving calm instructions about something terrible.
Borrow the wording of bulletins and training tapes: where to stay, what not to look at, when further notice will come. Avoid slang and contractions.
Leave long gaps between sentences, where a caption card would sit on screen. The gate mutes the mic below -50 dB, so the gaps are empty.
Stress nothing. If one word needs to disturb, say it exactly as evenly as the others.

Where the voice belongs

This is mainly a voice for video: fake broadcasts, found-footage shorts, alternate-reality game clues, lore narration over still frames. Record the narration in the Online Voice Changer and download it for your editor, or type the script into the Character Voice Generator and add an effect if you'd rather not use your own voice. Live, it works as a stream segment or a tabletop handout read aloud. The second clip sets Pitch to 0 for an emergency broadcast read in a flat voice. The third drops the crusher to 5-bit, a tape copied too many times, which is best kept for a few words at a time.

The exact settings

Setting	Value
Noise gate	mutes the mic below -50 dB, between words
Pitch	-3 (lower)
Tone	moves with the pitch
Distortion	drive 0.2, 35% mix
Bit crusher	7-bit at 7 kHz, 60% mix
Chorus / vibrato	wobbles 0.6 times a second, 35% mix
Bass cut	below 180 Hz
Treble cut	above 3 kHz
Midrange	+2 dB around 1.2 kHz
Compressor	steadier volume (5:1 from -26 dB, then +5 dB)

Free analog horror voice generator FAQ

Can I generate an analog horror voice from text?

Yes. The Character Voice Generator reads typed text aloud and can add an effect on top. For your own voice, this page or the Online Voice Changer applies the tape settings.