The polyphonic me | Beardyman

Translator: Rachel Yang Reviewer: Bighead Ge

I'd like you all

我想各位

to ask yourselves a question

問自己一個你可能從來未問過嘅問題

which you may never have asked yourselves before:

What is possible with the human voice?

人類嘅聲音有可以做到啲咩？

What is possible with the human voice?

(Beatboxing)

（節奏口技）

♪ Ooh baby ♪

♪ 哦奀咕 ♪

♪ baby ♪

♪ 奀咕 ♪

♪ baby ♪

♪ 奀咕 ♪

♪ baby ♪ (Baby crying)

♪ 奀咕 ♪（嬰兒哭聲）

♪ baby ♪ (Baby crying)

♪ 奀咕 ♪（嬰兒哭聲）

♪ baby ♪ (Cat meowing)

♪ 奀咕 ♪（貓叫）

(Dog barking)

（狗吠）

Yeah.

耶！

（掌聲）

(Applause)

(Boomerang noises)

（迴旋鏢聲）

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

頭先嗰啲全部都係嚟自我嘅聲音

冇錯，真係嚟自我

As you can probably well imagine,

所以你哋大概都可以想像到

I was a strange child.

我細個係一個好奇怪嘅細路

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Because the thing is, I was constantly trying

原因係

我一路都嘗試 令我嘅聲音做到最多嘅嘢

to extend my repertoire of noises to be

the very maximum that it could be.

I was constantly experimenting with these noises.

我一直以嚟都喺度試緊呢啲聲音

And I'm still on that mission.

我到宜家仍然喺度試緊

I'm still trying to find every noise

我仍然探索緊我可以發到嘅聲音

that I can possibly make.

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

但係，我宜家已經大個咗同埋聰明咗

and I know that there's some noises

我知道有啲聲音 係我永遠都冇辦法發出嘅

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

因為礙於身體嘅局限

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

所以有啲嘢係我做唔到嘅

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

而且，有啲嘢係人把聲無可能做到嘅

譬如，冇人可以同一個時間唱兩個音

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

You can do two-tone singing,

你可以好似僧侶咁唱兩個音，即係︰

which monks can do, which is like...

(Two-tone singing)

（複調唱法）

But that's cheating.

但係咁樣嘅唱法 係同時間唱兩個音

And it hurts your throat.

而且會傷害你嘅喉嚨

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

所以有啲嘢你係冇辦法做嘅

人嘅聲音有局限呢樣嘢一直都困擾住我

on the human voice have always really annoyed me,

because beatbox is the best way of getting

因為節奏口技雖然係最好方式 將你音樂嘅諗法帶出嚟

musical ideas out of your head and into the world,

but they're sketches at best,

但係佢哋最多只係簡單嘅音樂

which is what's annoyed me.

所以令我好困擾

If only, if only there was a way

然後我假設有一種方法

for these ideas to come out unimpeded

可以將音樂嘅諗法完全咁表達出嚟

by the restrictions which my body gives it.

而唔受身體所限制

So I've been working with these guys,

於是我同呢啲人合作

and we've made a machine.

我哋整咗部機器

We've made a system which is basically

我哋做咗一個系統

基本上係一個實時嘅生產機器

a live production machine,

a real-time music production machine,

一個實時嘅音樂製作機器

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

我只需要用自己把聲

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

即時創作出我腦海入邊聽到嘅音樂

unimpeded by any physical restrictions

而唔再受到身體限制

that my body might place on me.

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

我宜家會示範佢可以做啲乜嘢

And before I start making noises with it,

喺我用佢整聲音 同埋用佢編輯我把聲之前

and using it to manipulate my voice,

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

我想講多次，所有你會聽到嘅聲音

is being made by my voice.

都通過我把聲造出嚟嘅

This system has --

呢個系統有…

thank you, beautiful assistant --

唔該你，助手

this system has no sounds in it itself

呢個系統本身唔會自己發聲

until I start putting sounds in it,

so there's no prerecorded samples of any kind.

所以佢冇錄音範本可以用

So once this thing really gets going,

當呢部機運作

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

當佢開始轉換我把聲嘅時候

it becomes not obvious that it is the human voice,

聽起上嚟嘅人聲音就會冇咁似人聲

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

但係，出嚟嘅始終係人聲嚟

我逐步示範畀你哋睇

and start nice and simple.

我哋由簡單嘅開始

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

首先係複調音樂問題，我只有一把聲

How do I get around the problem

咁我點可以做到

of really wanting to have as many different voices

同一個時間有多個唔同嘅聲音？

going on at the same time.

The simplest way to do it is something like this.

最簡單嘅方法就好似咁︰

(Beatboxing)

（節奏口技）

By dancing. It's like this.

通過舞蹈，就會好似咁︰

(Music)

（音樂）

Thanks.

多謝

(Applause)

（掌聲）

So that's probably the easiest way.

呢個可能係最簡單嘅方法

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

但係如果你想做得更加即時

something that you can't achieve with live looping,

又或者想做實時循環 做唔到嘅嘢

there's other ways to layer your voice up.

你有其他方法鋪你把聲上去

There's things like pitch-shifting,

譬如有音調轉移

which are awesome,

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

我會畀大家聽下呢啲聲音係點樣嘅

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

我會打另一段拍子，好似咁

(Beatboxing)

（節奏口技）

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

一開始都會有少少嘅舞蹈

because it's just fun, so

因為咁樣好得意

you can clap along if you want.

如果你可以鍾意嘅話 可以跟住一齊打節拍

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

宜家聽下我加低音

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

(Music)

（音樂）

And now, a rockabilly guitar.

跟住，加搖滾吉他

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

個音出嚟好好

但係如果我想做，譬如話…（掌聲）

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

多謝。假設我想做，例如，搖滾風琴？

Is that possible? Yes, it is,

有冇可能呢？係可以嘅

by recording myself like this.

只要好我咁樣錄低我把聲

(Organ sound)

（風琴聲）

And now I have that, I have that recorded.

跟住，宜家我有頭先嗰個錄音

Assign it to a keyboard.

(Music)

我擺佢到時間軸上邊

（音樂）

So that's cool.

咁樣就得啦

(Applause)

（掌聲）

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

但係，如果我想要聽起嚟 好似成支 Pink Floyd 樂隊咁？

Impossible, you say. No.

冇可能，你哋覺得，冇可能

It is possible, and you can do it very simply

係有可能嘅，而且你可以用呢部機

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

非常簡單就做到。真係好神奇。聽下

(Music)

（音樂）

So every noise you can hear there is my voice.

所以所有你聽得到嘅聲音 都係嚟自我把聲

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

我整咗呢啲聲音

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

我係冇用到樣本音樂，冇合成

所有都係經過修改嘅我把聲

That is literally all my voice being manipulated,

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

當你明白咗製作過程，你一定會問

做呢啲嘢做咩？

what's the point?

Why do this? (Laughter)

點解要咁做？（笑聲）

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

我諗簡單嘅答案係 因為平過你去請成支 Pink Floyd

I suppose, is the easy answer.

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

但係事實上

我仲未整到一部 模仿已經存在咗嘅嘢嘅機器

so that I can emulate things that already exist.

I've made this so that I can make

於是我整咗呢部可以發出 任何我可以想像到嘅聲音

any noise that I can imagine.

So with your permission, I'm going to do

你哋批准嘅話

我宜家就會表演我腦海入邊嘅嘢

some things that are in my mind,

and I hope you enjoy them,

我希望你哋會鍾意啦

because they're rather unusual,

但我知道當佢哋本身非比尋常

especially when you're doing things which are

而且你哋做緊啲嘢好似呢樣咁奇呢時

as unusual as this, it can be hard to believe

你哋會好難相信呢啲全部都係我把聲

that it is all my voice, you see.

(Voice effects)

（聲音效果）

(Music)

（音樂）

Like this.

好似咁

(Music)

（音樂）

So, loosely defined,

呢個就係人類聲做到嘅嘢

that is what's possible with the human voice.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

好多謝各位

(Applause)

（掌聲）