[SML] Voice changers.

[Dale Farmer]

Hi everyone.
    It's halloween season again, and I have a need for a costume 
performer who uses one of those voice changer devices to provide the 
character's voice.   SO far, so good.  I can get them for ten bucks 
online.    However, I'd also like to have the character be able to use 
the same microphone to connect to a short range radio to talk to the 
other costumed characters and handlers.

     Basically, the performers can't see worth a damn in the costume, 
and the wonderful little kids will mob them, pull on their tails, and 
otherwise try to trip them up or yank off parts of the costumes.  So 
they need to be able to call for help, or for a bathroom break, or 
whatever, without their voice going out also to the voice changer.

    Currently, the performer has to use two microphones on headsets, and 
press a mute button on the voice changer and press the push to talk 
button on the radio.    This is inconvenient, and prone to error, so I'm 
hoping someone on the list can tell me where I can buy something like 
this.       I've got some ideas about hacking the microphones and 
getting some kind of external relay box to do this, but would much 
rather buy something off the shelf that is tested and works and costs 
less than my time and parts needed to create this.


    --Dale