Villain voice changer

The villain voice preset lowers your voice a little and adds light grit and the sound of a big hall, for a calm, menacing bad guy rather than a monster.

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Villain voice changer

The exact settings

Setting	Value
Noise gate	mutes the mic below -55 dB, between words
Pitch	-4 (lower)
Tone	-2 (sounds bigger)
Distortion	drive 0.15, 30% mix
Reverb	20% mix, 1.8 s long
Compressor	steadier volume (4:1 from -24 dB, then +4 dB)

A villain monologue from text

Writing a villain's lines for a video or a game? Type them into the Character Voice Generator, pick a deep voice such as Atlas and add the Villain effect. It's the same effect as this preset, applied to typed speech, and you get a file to download.

Character Voice Generator

More about this voice

Smooth, not monstrous

The drop is moderate (Pitch -4), so you still sound like a person in control. There's only a touch of distortion: enough edge to sound dangerous, not enough to growl. A medium reverb puts you in a large room without washing out your words.

Playing the part

Slow down and enunciate every consonant.
Drop your volume and lean into the mic for a close, intimate threat.
Smile while you talk. It changes the tone more than any setting here.