[SML] Voice changers.

[Jerry Durand]

How about a radio that has buttons for tone alerts on it.  I've got some
FRS radios that have 2 or 3 different tones.  They could just push the
button and you know what the tone means on the receiving end.

On 09/09/2014 06:50 PM, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft wrote:
> 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
>
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