“Behind you.”
The Whisper
A breathy whisper doubled a beat behind itself — quiet, close, and wrong.
- Neutral
- Synthetic
- N/A
- Airy
- Doubled
- Unsettling
Sample script
You left the door open. You always leave the door open.
How it reads
The Whisper is mostly breath. A second copy of the performance trails a few milliseconds behind the first, which is the detail that makes it read as supernatural rather than merely quiet.
It is deliberately low-volume. Sitting it under music at low level is far more effective than pushing it forward in the mix.
Short fragments only. A whisper that keeps talking stops being frightening.
Best for
- Horror shorts and trailers
- Creepypasta narration
- Halloween content
- Ambient game audio
At a glance
- Category
- Characters
- Gender
- Neutral
- Accent
- Synthetic
- Age
- N/A
- Character
- Airy, Doubled, Unsettling
Writing for it
Let sentences run
This voice holds its shape across longer clauses, so full sentences read better than clipped fragments.
Punctuate for the pause
A full stop gives a longer gap than a comma, an ellipsis longer still. Use them to place the beat.
It cuts through a mix
The texture here survives music and effects, so you can sit it lower against a loud bed.
Questions
A breathy whisper doubled a beat behind itself — quiet, close, and wrong. It is a neutral Synthetic voice in the characters category, characterised as airy, doubled, unsettling. The Whisper is mostly breath. A second copy of the performance trails a few milliseconds behind the first, which is the detail that makes it read as supernatural rather than merely quiet.
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