Voice changing sw works pretty well for Robots, Aliens etc...

But you would waste lot of time doing TTS and the Voice Changing software for projects dealing with real people. The outcome is not worth it.

Go for the proven method. Do the way professionals do. Take your first baby step - setup your own audio studio in your study room. Cover the windows with blankets to muffle the noise. Record the real voices with a DYNAMIC MIC. You will be better off.
If you want to complete a movie in  real sense, please take the proven path.

Hi:

Thanks to all on the input regarding voice source.  The clear message is to avoid TTS in favour of actual voices from real people.  I would think that puts me more in the role of director.  Wouldn't mean I should be attending the "readings", or do I need to provide more of a screen play / story board to describe what I am looking for ahead of time?

My original thought was that I would use the TTS voices and then put them through a Voice Changer Software package to create different "characters".  The characters would be saved and then I would call them up to feed them their lines as needed.   Any thoughts on voice changer software or the feasibility of this as a process?

Thanks

Tim  

There are surely times when it is good to be stubborn.  Knowing when is the gift of experience.

Sometimes I wonder why does one have to use TTS for animation work ! Even if it's only a hobby !

To convert your PC to a good DAW, all you need is a USB based OMNI DIRECTIONAL DYNAMIC MIC ( Avoid Condenser mic ). This should be around $120 or so. Then you need just AUDACITY, a FREE programme. This has good Background Noise Cancellation feature. 
Then invite your family and friends to lend you their voice. Even if they are not professional, they will start picking up the thread after 2-3 takes.

Their voice would be so much better than these aweful TTS, people tend to struggle with !

It's much easier than you think. Start with a $2 mic ! But start playing with the real voice. Dump TTS.

There are many music oriented softwares which are mac based. 
Check out the market. Somebody nearby might be having this. You can pay for its one time use.

If you are serious about producing a series, my suggestion is you go for real audio rather than TTS. If you contact a recording Studio, they can produce the audio for your series for a reasonable price. They can arrange the voice talents too.

My Thanks to all!!!

Maybe I am missing something, but from what I saw, I left with the impression that ADX Trax was Mac based, which rules it out for me.  I also noticed that it was subscription based, and cloud based.

Now, yesterday I invested a whopping $12.00 for a standard headset.  Ok, I need to spend another $5.00 to get a mini plug extension for the headphone piece.  That jack is on my speaker system and not the back of the PC where the mic is.

That's less than the $19.00 I would have to pay for 1 month of ADX Trax, and I'm not sure I can buy one single month.  I am working on a one time project, which may or may not lead me into doing more of this type of thing.  For certain, I can see me creating short films or maybe a TV type episode based series, but I don't see that involving a lot of singing.

I did buy TextAloud 3 audio software because the ability to handle pronunciation was better there than I saw anywhere else.

I can't see investing $300 until I know I am going to be using it a lot.  If it is Mac based only, I would have to add the price of a new system and the math is just not working for me.

I will get my mini plug extension cable today and see what I can do with a mic and the original mp3.  After all, my goal is to lip-sync a character.  I am more interested in the animation aspects right now than I am in the music.

best,

Tim

There are surely times when it is good to be stubborn.  Knowing when is the gift of experience.

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You mean to say you are going to teach him how to click a button in this software ?

Only the  Dumbheads and fools brag like that.

Stop losing your self-esteem, if you have any left.

For your kind information, I set up first Audio studio in 1975 while studying in school. I used 8 track Nagra Spool for professional recording. Designed a cassette duplicating machine ( 1 to 250 ) by connecting cheap decks as I could not afford high speed duplicating machine. I hired guys playing in wedding bands and graded them ( A/B/C category ) and fixed the studio rates. That system is still running my old home town.

After decades, I showed interest in music just a few months back. Now I do full instrumentation on my computer. I create beats by playing on the table / bucket and WHISTLE the tune and then SAMPLE them with real instruments ( percussion, trumpets and strings etc.)

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For vocal separation, try ADX Trax.

You may not have a better tool than this.