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Hi all..I have just completed a pneumatic animatronic Tiki Totem pole. His name is Tahula, and he stands 7 feet tall. His mouth can be synchronized to ANY audio input (without music)...Anyone have any ideas as to what this guy can say? I have been testing him with Disney's Haunted Mansion audio, but I'm looking for some Hawaiian, Polynesian, or even some funny MP3's or WAV files...I can burn the audio onto a CD, and play it back through the controller, and it will synch its mouth to the audio...unfortunately, there can be no background noise or music, or it will "trip" the controller and respond accordingly causing "chatter"....any ideas on where I can find some cool phrases for him to repeat?

Thanks in advance... oh, and by the way, Tahula is the guy on the right...LOL

Hey that is really cool! If I were you I would spend my time recording my own audio tracks rather than trying to find some already done that were appropriate. You would need a decent USB microphone and a quiet place to do the recording but even with some of the free audio software out there like Audacity you can add some amazing effects to your own voice. I did this for a talking skull this past year and had people in stitches laughing with some of the tracks I came up with. You could start with "Whats a matter - never saw a talking totem pole before?" Please post some videos with whatever you end up with - we would love to see them!

Speaking of Disney sounds, I wonder if the tiki chants from the Enchanted Tiki Room are available? Those are kind of ominous-sounding. Beautiful prop!

Azdude, good idea...I have Audacity...I'll just have to get a USB mic and try myself...I really suck at the "creative" end of voice-recordings..LOL...

Otaku, I have been all over the net looking for just that!!! All I can find is the Tiki room audio the music / background noise mixed in...I'd love to just have the audio from the talking totems..actually, the whole concept came from just that...We went to Disney back in February, and sat right next to one of the totems in the Enchanted Tiki Room...my 3 year old looked up at me and said "daddy, you can make one like that, can't you"...thus, Tahula was born...LOL...

Thanks gang...

Great job on the pole! I would love to see this thing in action. (Video, please!) So the mouth moves and the eyes light up?

If you do use Audacity, I would definitely suggest boosting the bass and using a superwoofer or some speakers with great bass.

Thanks! I have some video during the testing phase...I'll post soon...The eyes are covered internally with a transluscent video screen material, and there is a special effect light behind it...the eyes almost look like white flaming movements. Nice effect....

There are also some funny sayings from the Easter Island head in the movie "Night at the Museum"

The MovieWavs Page - Night At The Museum Wavs Mp3s Movie Quotes Movie Sounds Movie Wavs

what about the initiation scene of Finding Nemo? "Sharkbait, hoo ha ha!" "Mount Wannahockaloogie" lol

-DGM

I made a sipmle file if you will pm me your email I could send it too
you but its just a sample not amazing quality.

Thanks to everyone! I'm going to take all of your suggestions and roll them into one!!! Video coming soon...Tahula will make his debut appearance on Easter Sunday!!!!