The polyphonic me | Beardyman

翻译人员: Shengwei Cai 校对人员: Wei Wu

I'd like you all

我希望你们

to ask yourselves a question

先问你们自己一个问题

which you may never have asked yourselves before:

这个问题可能你们从没问过自己

What is possible with the human voice?

人的声音能干些啥

What is possible with the human voice?

人的声音能干些~啥~

(Beatboxing)

（B-Box）

♪ Ooh baby ♪

呜~~宝贝儿~

♪ baby ♪

宝贝儿~

♪ baby ♪

宝贝儿~

♪ baby ♪ (Baby crying)

宝贝儿~（婴儿哭）

♪ baby ♪ (Baby crying)

宝贝儿~（婴儿哭）

♪ baby ♪ (Cat meowing)

宝贝儿~（猫叫）

(Dog barking)

（犬吠）

Yeah.

好了

(Applause)

（掌声）

(Boomerang noises)

（飞去来器声音）

It was coming straight for me. I had to. It was, yeah.

它直接朝我飞过来，打到我了，疼啊

As you can probably well imagine,

你们大概能想到

I was a strange child.

我原先是个怪小孩儿

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Because the thing is, I was constantly trying

因为我时常尝试

to extend my repertoire of noises to be

把我的声音技能

the very maximum that it could be.

发挥到极限

I was constantly experimenting with these noises.

我时常用这些声音做实验

And I'm still on that mission.

现在我仍在干那事儿

I'm still trying to find every noise

我仍希望找到

that I can possibly make.

自己能够制造出的声音

And the thing is, I'm a bit older and wiser now,

但是，我现在年龄大了 也变聪明了

and I know that there's some noises

因为身体构造的局限性

I'll never be able to make because I'm hemmed in

我知道有些声响 是我永远都发不出来的

by my physical body, and there's things it can't do.

总有事情是它做不了的

And there's things that no one's voice can do.

有些声响没有人的嗓音能够完成

比如说，人声不能同时发出两个音符

For example, no one can do two notes at the same time.

You can do two-tone singing,

但你可以同时发出双音调

which monks can do, which is like...

和尚们就能做到，像这样

(Two-tone singing)

（双音调演示）

But that's cheating.

但那是作弊

And it hurts your throat.

而且会伤到喉咙

So there's things you can't do, and these limitations

所以说，总有声响是你发不出来的

on the human voice have always really annoyed me,

这些人声的局限总是困扰我呀

because beatbox is the best way of getting

因为B-Box是把你脑子里的音乐想法

musical ideas out of your head and into the world,

发挥出来并走向世界的最好的办法

but they're sketches at best,

但它们最多算得上草稿

which is what's annoyed me.

那就是困扰我的地方

If only, if only there was a way

要是有一个方法

for these ideas to come out unimpeded

可以让这些想法不受身体限制

by the restrictions which my body gives it.

并顺畅的表达出来就好了

So I've been working with these guys,

所以，我一直和这些家伙合作

and we've made a machine.

我们成功造出了一台机器

We've made a system which is basically

我们制造了一个系统

a live production machine,

一台实时的创作机器

a real-time music production machine,

一台实时的音乐创作机器

and it enables me to, using nothing but my voice,

它能让我只用自己的声音

create music in real time as I hear it in my head

即时创作我脑袋里听到的音乐

unimpeded by any physical restrictions

不受任何我身体构造

that my body might place on me.

可能对我造成的限制

And I'm going to show you what it can do.

接下来我就给你们演示一下

And before I start making noises with it,

在我用它制造噪音

and using it to manipulate my voice,

和用它控制我的声音之前

I want to reiterate that everything that you're about to hear

我想重申一下 待会儿你们听到的所有声音

is being made by my voice.

都是我的声音

This system has --

这个系统······

thank you, beautiful assistant --

谢谢你，美丽善良的助手

this system has no sounds in it itself

在我往这个系统里录音之前

until I start putting sounds in it,

它本身是没有任何声音的

so there's no prerecorded samples of any kind.

所以，没有任何形式的事先录音

So once this thing really gets going,

一旦系统开始运作

and it really starts to mangle the audio I'm putting into it,

它就会把我录进去的声音切成片段

it becomes not obvious that it is the human voice,

人声的特点就不会那么明显了

but it is, so I'm going to take you through it bit by bit

所以我先一点一点的带你们体验一下

and start nice and simple.

来点儿简单易懂的

So the polyphony problem: I've only got one voice.

有一个多声部的问题： 我只有一个声音

How do I get around the problem

我该怎样克服

of really wanting to have as many different voices

希望它同时演奏很多不同声音

going on at the same time.

这个问题呢

The simplest way to do it is something like this.

最简单的方法是这样

(Beatboxing)

（B-Box）

By dancing. It's like this.

跳舞，像这样

(Music)

（音乐）

Thanks.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）

So that's probably the easiest way.

这可能是最简单的方法

But if you want to do something a little bit more immediate,

但如果你想做点更直接的

something that you can't achieve with live looping,

用实时循环功能都不能实现的事

there's other ways to layer your voice up.

还有其他办法实现声音层叠

There's things like pitch-shifting,

比如说音调转变

which are awesome,

酷极了

and I'm going to show you now what that sounds like.

现在我就给你们演示音调转变

So I'm going to start another beat for you, like this.

我以另一个节拍开始，像这样

(Beatboxing)

（B-Box）

There's always got to be a bit of a dance at the start,

开始总会先跳点儿小舞

because it's just fun, so

只是因为好玩儿

you can clap along if you want.

你们可以跟着节拍拍手

You don't have to. It's fine. Check it out.

不一定非得拍，没关系，看着

I'm going to lay down a bass sound now.

现在我要加入一个男低音

(Music)

（音乐）

And now, a rockabilly guitar.

接下来，乡村摇滚吉他

Which is nice. But what if I want to make, say, a -- (Applause) --

很好听，但如果我想加入······

Thanks. What if I want to make, say, a rock organ?

谢谢，我想加入摇滚风琴呢

Is that possible? Yes, it is,

能行吗？当然

by recording myself like this.

把我自己的声音录进去，像这样

(Organ sound)

（风琴声）

And now I have that, I have that recorded.

现在有了，我已经把它录进去了

Assign it to a keyboard.

现在把它转换到键盘上

(Music)

（音乐）

So that's cool.

非常棒

(Applause)

（掌声）

But what if I wanted to sound like the whole of Pink Floyd?

但如果我想听起来像Pink Floyd乐队呢

Impossible, you say. No.

你说不可能，错了

It is possible, and you can do it very simply

是可能的 有了这个机器，做起来小菜一碟

using this machine. It's really fantastic. Check it out.

真的很不可思议，看着啊

(Music)

（音乐）

So every noise you can hear there is my voice.

所以说，你们听到的所有声响 都是我的声音

I didn't just trigger something which sounds like that.

我并没有触发一个那样的装置

There's no samples. There's no synthesizers.

根本没有样本 没有音响合成器

只是我在控制我的声音

That is literally all my voice being manipulated,

and when you get to that point, you have to ask, don't you,

当你意识到那个的时候，你就会问

what's the point?

那有什么意义啊

Why do this? (Laughter)

为什么这样做呢

Because it's cheaper than hiring the whole of Pink Floyd,

因为这比雇Pink Floyd乐队便宜呀

I suppose, is the easy answer.

我想这个答案比较简单

But in actual fact, I haven't made this machine

但事实上，我们造出这个机器

so that I can emulate things that already exist.

不是为了模仿已经存在的声音

I've made this so that I can make

我制造这个机器是为了

any noise that I can imagine.

演奏我能想象到的所有声音

So with your permission, I'm going to do

接下来，如果你们允许的话

some things that are in my mind,

我就演奏一些我脑子里的声音

and I hope you enjoy them,

希望你们喜欢

because they're rather unusual,

因为它们相当与众不同

especially when you're doing things which are

尤其是当你们在做这类不寻常的事情时

as unusual as this, it can be hard to believe

你很难相信那都是我的声音

that it is all my voice, you see.

你们瞧着啊

(Voice effects)

（音效）

(Music)

（音乐）

Like this.

像这样

(Music)

（音乐）

So, loosely defined,

所以，简单说来

that is what's possible with the human voice.

这就是人声能干的事儿

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

谢谢，女士们先生们

(Applause)

（掌声）