Bitspeek

Bitspeek is a plug-in that is capable of producing a real-time linear prediction effect where you can manipulate the parameters. In case you are not familiar with linear prediction, then you should know that the term refers to a voice compression technology which was quite popular in the seventies. In fact, the technology back then was very common with the speaking toys. Nowadays, the same technology has advanced quite a bit and it is widely employed with cell phones.

The effect produced by the linear prediction has been applied to this plug-in so that you can easily incorporate it into your mixes. The principle behind the tool is quite simple and entails analyzing the audio and extracting various parameters which are afterwards resynthesized via filter architecture, noise management and a simple oscillator.

The parameters extracted include the volume, formant data and the pitch. According to the developer, the plug-in comes with a few playback parameters that enable you to have total control over the pitch as well as the tonal quality of the sound. Even though the tool does not include many controls, you should know that it can produce a wide variety of sounds, including the speaking toys, talkbox effect and high-end vocoder.