Ever play the first Fallout? He voices General Maxson in the Brotherhood of Steel, and he sounds like a light-side Megatron. It was where I first noticed how Frank was in everything. 😊
Exactly. Michael Bay's team didn't vocode the voice, but instead synthesised like all the other characters. Every Bot and Con had their voices synthesised, and Bay's Soundwave was no different.
Fun fact: Frank Welker's voice as Soundwave, which he also used for Doctor Claw and the Cave of Wonders, was born when Frank was a stand up comedian and was doing an imitation of Barry White.
I never knew what Frank Welker looked like. He's listed as "additional voices" in the credits of practically every animated series in the past 60 years.
The Voice of DR Claw in Inspector Gadget meets Megatron ,Well done to Frank Welker behind the Voices of Megatron,Soundwave with the Vocoder without it sounds like Dr Claw ❤️Great Childhood memories 🤣
Imagine listening to Frank Welker and Peter Cullen live and doing their voiceovers... That must've given fans in attendance goosebumps listening to these two legends.
Frank Welker is God tier voice acting. He's had a heck of a career doing what he does and has lended his talent to so many roles. I praise him for his outstanding work in animation and film alike.
In the g1 episode "roll for it", there is an error where soundwave says "excellent ravage", just after chip is captured. They forgot to add the vocoder and you can here frank in his full 80s dr claw glory.
God, I'd give almost anything to live in an alternate reality where Welker was allowed to reprise Megatron in the first '07 movie. Michael Bay would've been beloved by the fans FOREVER if he had taken that last step. They would've even forgiven Devastator's giant metal balls.
He was great in Age of Extinction! but yeah it's a shame he didn't get the role on the first ones. Hugo Weaving did great though, even if he apparently didn't care about the role at all.
Welker didn't have a deep-enough voice for Megs at the time, and it clearly shows in the movie game tie-ins, which was why he was seen at too light at the time. He improved it much better in Transformers Prime as well as AOE and TLK, especially in TFP where that was my favorite Welker voice. Speaking of wishing Welker reprised his role, there's radio silence on Welker not being in the High Moon Studios games, the Machinima Prime Wars Trilogy (since Cullen came back in Part 2), and in Bumblebee as Soundwave. Makes you wonder...🤔
@@QuantumSurge64 Michael Bay just didn't have enough faith in Welker's vocal talent. Had he been able to audition in person for Michael, like Peter Cullen did, he could've easily convinced him that he can modulate Megatron's voice to anything that was required, as TF:P proved.
@@TheBermudaMan I said his voice was seen as too light for what they wanted, which would mean he _did_ make an audition and later have a compensation for the first two movie games and the Beginnings motion comic
dude i always wondered how he sounded with out the vocoder and this was perfect now my soundwave voice is gonna be great especially with my voice changer
Even if you haven't seen the film series, it's not hard to tell it's the same voice he used for Inspector Gadget's Dr. Claw and half the creepy things in The Real Ghostbusters.
He was my biggest inspiration to try recording my own character V.O. over the decades. 💪😎✌️ Who knew it'd help to lead me in the direction I ended up going. I STILL love doing voice work for my characters. 😁 *Sooo* much fun, yet a ton of bloody precise work as well. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
Adding a vocoder pressing the harmonic keys and talk with a mic making it sound more G1 soundwave. I remember Imogen Heap using it for a song Hide and Seek for vocoder effects.
I wish I could find the clip, but I think he did a voice in an animated 3 Stooges short. I think he was a crooked carny guy and he used Megatron's voice.
There was one episode where they accidentally forgot the vocoder effect over soundwave's voice line (I have the DVDs and this is how I knew what it sounded like) and, as it happens, I found a clip of it: ruclips.net/video/l9yhMUlKttc/видео.html
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I like that he presented his Megatron voice for good measure.
I kinda got chills when he did Megatron
Ever play the first Fallout? He voices General Maxson in the Brotherhood of Steel, and he sounds like a light-side Megatron. It was where I first noticed how Frank was in everything. 😊
You might need to be medicated.
@@Psychohistorian42 He makes everything better.
I love how Fred Jones' voice is just Frank Welker's normal voice.
Which is why he can still voice him after like 50 years.
Deceptive As well ,, He's a big guy and he sounded like White Jock Teeny bopper , Still Cool Tho ..
@@romans8317well Fred the character is also kind of big build wise.
@@ComeAlongKay Yeah Fred Does Look Like He's Got A 100kgs Bench Press In Him ..
@@ComeAlongKay Cartoon Fred Yeah ?, Not That Weird Freddie Prince Jr. Imposter Fred ..
And for those that don't get it yet, it's just the voice he used for ROTF and DOTM. Same exact voice he used for G1, minus vocoder.
Exactly. Michael Bay's team didn't vocode the voice, but instead synthesised like all the other characters. Every Bot and Con had their voices synthesised, and Bay's Soundwave was no different.
Tfp
Yall hes doing tfp Soundwave
Along with Doctor Claw in the Inspector Gadget cartoon series, and the voice of the Cave of Wonders in the animated and live action Aladdin movies.
Such a shame honestly. His voice with vocoder is what made Soundwave unique.
The fan had such a cute laughter though, he was so happy!
I wish I could sound like Frank.
Same
Me too
okay gang, split up and search for clues
@@thebonfireofgains
What do you see under the stage, Scooby?
RIORIN CASES!
_Violin cases!?_
REAH, REAH!
You can
Fun fact: Frank Welker's voice as Soundwave, which he also used for Doctor Claw and the Cave of Wonders, was born when Frank was a stand up comedian and was doing an imitation of Barry White.
I never knew what Frank Welker looked like. He's listed as "additional voices" in the credits of practically every animated series in the past 60 years.
"Autobots detected. Touch nothing but the lamp."
I wonder how many cartoons just has Mr. Welker talking to himself for an entire episode.
Quite a few I imagine!
Ha! :)
Such talent from these 2 gentleman. They made the 80's come to life for children who watched cartoons.
Came for Soundwave without the vocal effect, CAME because Megatron's voice raspiness sounds so good.
Yes, lord Megatron
Lol you came
I literally got chills when soundwave (as satellite hackers) says, "DECEPTICON, MOBILIZE!"
So you’re telling me that Soundwave is just Dr Claw with an auto-tuner?
Almost literally.
In practice, yes. And that’s why it’s amazing. It’s so simple that it’s elegant.
Not autotune, vocoder.
Or the Cave of Wonders.
He did sounded like that in Revenge of The Fallen
There’s a few instances in the G1 cartoon where the voice effects were forgotten to be added and that’s basically what you hear.
It's basically the bayverse voice.
That's the exact same voice Bay just didn't modulate it for his films.
Soundwave is probably my favorite decepticon and I think his voice is a big reason. It’s just so unique
The Voice of DR Claw in Inspector Gadget meets Megatron ,Well done to Frank Welker behind the Voices of Megatron,Soundwave with the Vocoder without it sounds like Dr Claw ❤️Great Childhood memories 🤣
Can’t wait for the full panel🥺🥺
me too
0:33 that delivery and expression is very similar to jack nickolson
Frank Welker is awesome!
I’ll get you next time, Optimus! Next time!
Imagine listening to Frank Welker and Peter Cullen live and doing their voiceovers... That must've given fans in attendance goosebumps listening to these two legends.
I wonder if Frank enters buildings now shouting “DECEPTICONS! ATTACK!”
And leaves buildings with one of the many retreats he always hollers out. 🤣
Frank and Peter are gems. Love these guys 💚
Frank Welker is God tier voice acting.
He's had a heck of a career doing what he does and has lended his talent to so many roles. I praise him for his outstanding work in animation and film alike.
Don’t forget the OG God tier voice actor….the one and only. Mel Blanc
Honestly sounds badass either way
2 legends in one frame
Love how casual awesome moments like these can happen at Comicon events... outstanding.
You can tell these guys absolutely LOVE their jobs
In the g1 episode "roll for it", there is an error where soundwave says "excellent ravage", just after chip is captured. They forgot to add the vocoder and you can here frank in his full 80s dr claw glory.
"I have detected Autobots in the vicinity...sitting next to me."
I literally clapped watching this thank you both for the memory’s that made my childhood so great
So many classics are irresistible and irreplaceable. When they are gone, the world is a lesser place without them.
That was awesome
I wasn’t expecting a growl-y voice.
Its tfp version
@@googleyoflolz9930 and also the dark of the moon version.
Shhhh
@@googleyoflolz9930 what ?
@@adamryamizard5560 And the Revenge Of the Fallen version
Fred, Megatron and Soundwave meet!
the LEGEND, Frank never disappoints, seen him and Peter always put a smile on my face.
He did soundwave and I was already smiling out loud, and then he brought megatron in and I was grinning ear to ear
talented voice actors
MEGATRON SIR ,You are the best for MEGATRON & ALSO SOUNDWAVE
Awsome as always
I've wondered this forever and never knew the answer, which stood in front of me for billions of years
These guyz r n will alwayz b r childhood . 1980
🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
God, I'd give almost anything to live in an alternate reality where Welker was allowed to reprise Megatron in the first '07 movie. Michael Bay would've been beloved by the fans FOREVER if he had taken that last step. They would've even forgiven Devastator's giant metal balls.
He was great in Age of Extinction! but yeah it's a shame he didn't get the role on the first ones. Hugo Weaving did great though, even if he apparently didn't care about the role at all.
You mean the “Enemy scrotum” 💀
Welker didn't have a deep-enough voice for Megs at the time, and it clearly shows in the movie game tie-ins, which was why he was seen at too light at the time. He improved it much better in Transformers Prime as well as AOE and TLK, especially in TFP where that was my favorite Welker voice.
Speaking of wishing Welker reprised his role, there's radio silence on Welker not being in the High Moon Studios games, the Machinima Prime Wars Trilogy (since Cullen came back in Part 2), and in Bumblebee as Soundwave. Makes you wonder...🤔
@@QuantumSurge64 Michael Bay just didn't have enough faith in Welker's vocal talent. Had he been able to audition in person for Michael, like Peter Cullen did, he could've easily convinced him that he can modulate Megatron's voice to anything that was required, as TF:P proved.
@@TheBermudaMan I said his voice was seen as too light for what they wanted, which would mean he _did_ make an audition and later have a compensation for the first two movie games and the Beginnings motion comic
This is amazing! ❤
Hahaha... it's so good!!!!!!!!!!
dude i always wondered how he sounded with out the vocoder and this was perfect now my soundwave voice is gonna be great especially with my voice changer
Good Lord he is so cool!!😀😀😀
and am still applauding
That was awesome to hear
Its so weird hearing such an iconic character for over 60 years sounding no different from the same guy
Felt like I was listening to Bayverse Megatron and Transformers Prime Megatron speak to each other.
He’s still awesome
Such effortless changing one voice to another
Incredible
There was a scene in one of the post-1985-movie cartoon series where they forgot to put the vocoder on Soundwaves voice and he sounded like this.
Even if you haven't seen the film series, it's not hard to tell it's the same voice he used for Inspector Gadget's Dr. Claw and half the creepy things in The Real Ghostbusters.
as everyone says it’s Dr Claw but it’s also his version of Dark Seid in the Superfriends show.
The way Peter tried not to laugh was funny.
Beautiful “chef kiss”
Frank Welker is best👏👏👏😃
.............THATS THE CAVE OF WONDERS!!!
Legends and nostalgia!
Frank Welker best voice ever Antagonist
Just wow!
Peter and Frank Love You Miss You Too. Julie
Thats actually good
God bless Frank Welker
Soundwave acknowledges
Voice of my childhood right there.
Can’t believe soundwave is Mickey Mouse.
Hey, everybody! It’s me, Soundwave! Say, you wanna come to my clubhouse? 😀
0:11
Frank Weller would make an amazing metal vocalist !!
He sounds good either way
Without the Vocoder Machine, Soundwave Sounds Like DR. CLAW
He is nearly 80 years old and still got it
Man I love Frank Welker
He was my biggest inspiration to try recording my own character V.O. over the decades. 💪😎✌️ Who knew it'd help to lead me in the direction I ended up going. I STILL love doing voice work for my characters. 😁 *Sooo* much fun, yet a ton of bloody precise work as well.
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
The Megatron voice is timeless!
He sounds a billion more times scarier lol
Sounds like the voice he does for the Cave of Wonders in Aladdin
AND YOU ARE BEST PETER CULLEN SIR FOR OPTIMUS PRIME
Gen 1..BEST Megatron, Star Scream, Shockwave voices. The Insectacons and Constructacons were epic, too
Woooo I had woosebumps😬👌
2 Legends
Frank made Soundwave sound like a total badass trucker lmao
Soundwave voice is very cool voice in Transformers
As a kid, I had "Dino Riders" cartoon on VHS. The main villain, voiced by Frank Welker, sounds exactly like Soundwave without the vocoder.
LEGEND
My gosh that’s amazing
Adding a vocoder pressing the harmonic keys and talk with a mic making it sound more G1 soundwave. I remember Imogen Heap using it for a song Hide and Seek for vocoder effects.
Omg yes a thousand times yes
Inspector Gadget may return after these messages
I wish I could find the clip, but I think he did a voice in an animated 3 Stooges short. I think he was a crooked carny guy and he used Megatron's voice.
Oh, so the Bayverse Soundwave voice is just G1 without the vocoder.
this is brilliant lol
Legends
There was one episode where they accidentally forgot the vocoder effect over soundwave's voice line (I have the DVDs and this is how I knew what it sounded like) and, as it happens, I found a clip of it:
ruclips.net/video/l9yhMUlKttc/видео.html
How long has this man been doing that deep voice for? Hes not human
Sounds like one of the narrators for Doom 2016