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For my music album I need some wordless voices/utterings that are somewhere in between alien and demonic. I've been trying to process voice recordings myself to this end, but it doesn't sound very cool yet. So I'm wondering: what effects and techniques would you use to make a voice sound alien or demonic?

I've been trying chorus, flanger, reverb and distortion already, but maybe not with the right settings, or maybe I should just try something different?

Here are two examples of the kind of sounds I would like to be able to make: this one and this one.

Comb filtering and down pitching will get you close to the second example, with the right settings.
Something good for an eerie/demonic feeling is reverse reverb.

hey

definitely a repitch, + or - , it's up to you
then a lot of effects can make it sound weird, play around with a frequency shifter or a phaser maybe.
Some vocoders settings can also be very alien

I have done some stunning work with free to download vocoders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder

In principle your mixing 2 signals; one being the voice the other being the noise source. You may need to twiddle with your noise source a little based on the inflection of the voice but seriously have a play!

There are hundreds of tutorials out there and a good few peograms (free to use ) to play with. Honestly, a lazy afternoon and a can or two of beer and I'm sure you can come up with something special! Also if your having problems understanding the vocoded voice, mirror the original slap it on a new channel and mix between the two till your happy.

Good luck with it and be sure to send us all a link!

Freesound forever.

Kind regards

Clym

Try MixPad Free. It has a lot of effects like that I think it even has a "Demon" voice effect.

There are special applications with filters, you can find even free good software. Also pay attention on your microphone. It must be good! Personally I can recommend to try Shure Sm7b, very popular model which provides high quality of recording. If you will need a relevant preamp, check this blog, it will help you to choose the best variant!