Welcome to the first "How to Voice." In this segment, I will be showing you how to make the voices of different characters, creatures, sounds, etc. This week's voice is Dr. Claw.
Many people know who Dr. Claw is, but for those who don't, he was the main antagonist of the "Inspector Gadget" cartoon series. Voiced by Frank Welker (Transformers, Scooby Doo, Garfield), he was the first character to have the low, breathy voice that can only be described as evil and demonic. People have tried to dub it many names, but the name "Dr. Claw Voice" stuck the best. But I'm rambling. Let's teach you how to do that voice.
How to Voice: Dr. Claw
Step #1: Move the very back of your tongue and the entrance to your throat into a more open, circular shape. This causes your throat to open up a little.
Step #2: Have you ever tried intentionally snoring? If you have, make the breathing out portion into a throat effort, not a uvula effort.
Step #3: If you're doing it correctly, you should be making a sound vaguely similar to a burp. Now all you have to do is make the motions in your mouth and on your lips that you usually use to talk, but use this breathing out method instead of your vocal cords. Try saying, "I'll get you, Gadget!" That was Dr. Claw's catchphrase. Also, here's a reference of his voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1j7lyRnxVE
I hope this has been helpful to anyone who has read it!
-Speedy
Hi Kellen, I’m a huge fan of ur work, and ur voices. U’re a real talent! Idk if u still use this website anymore, but if u ever read this, I was wondering if u could re-upload the ur Dr. Claw voice tutorial on YouTube (I’m not sure if that’s what the link on the bottom of this blog is supposed to be)? If you don’t have the original video anymore could u make a new tutorial for Dr. Claw’s voice by any chance? U’re probably not going to read this anyway, but if u ever do, I’ll just leave this comment here. Keep up the great work bro!
ReplyDeletei was hoping for audacity settings or something to be in this article oh well ill come back if i work it out
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