[ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder

  • From: "Annabelle Susan Morison" <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:10:13 -0700

I can't say that I've heard of it. What is it like?

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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Omar Binno
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 5:46 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder


are you familiar with the sennheiser vsm201 vocoder? People seem to rant and
rave about that. It's an older unit, and is discontinued now.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bryan Smart <mailto:bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:41 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder

I heard it, and it didn't sound that great to me. The sibilance  processing
seemed bad. Kind of like the Motif's vocoder.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Omar Binno
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:22 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder

a great hardware vocoder is the roland vp550 keyboard.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mactivity Productions Staff <mailto:mactivitypro@xxxxxxxxx>  
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:18 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder

Hey Bryan,

I agree... I use hardware rather than software for my talkbox sound!

Rinn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 5:07 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder


Sorry, but I've never heard a vocoder plug in that sounds nearly as good as 
hardware, and I've heard at least half a dozen attempts. It isn't that 
software couldn't do it, but, everyone that I've heard try so far, doesn't 
know what they're doing. In fact, most hardware vocoders are poor quality.

You won't get a talkbox sound out of a plug in, or out of a hardware effects

box. It is possible to model the resonances of your mouth and throat with 
software, but it isn't possible to just listen to you talk with a microphone

and map those on to a sound accurately. When people attempt to do that, it 
is a vocoder, and, as you can hear, it doesn't sound the same.

Basically, you can't do this stuff with a computer. You need to buy 
equipment.

For a vocoder, if you want a bright shimmery sound, get an Electrix Warp 
Factory (no longer being made). If you want the classic robot sound, then 
you're out of luck. The only new stuff that does that is cheesy. You'll need

to find something used, and it will probably be from about 25 years ago.

For talkboxes, there are models that combine with an amplifier, and there 
are all-in-one units. If you want the loud distorted talkbox sound (Living 
on a Prayer, Do You Feell Like I Do), then the Rocktron Banshee is a 
self-contained device that works like a guitar pedal that will do this. If 
you want a soft talkbox sound (Roger Troutman, Stevie Wonder), then you need

a Heil talkbox with a separate amp. You can use the Banshee to do both, but 
the Banshee is too high powered to do the soft stuff very well. It will 
nearly vibrate your teeth out and blow your head off if you turn it up far 
enough.

Vocal effects are a strong area of interest for me. I've tried everything to

get good results with a computer and plug ins, but it just isn't happening 
yet. You still need hardware. That's why I still have a Banshee and a 
VoiceLive 2.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Annabelle Susan Morison
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:17 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder

I already have a keyboard, I'm looking for a plugin.

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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Darren H
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 9:13 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Looking For a Vocoder


Hi.

If you have the cash and don't mind having a keyboard instead of a plugin, 
look on Ebay for the Roland VP-550.

Do a Google search like this...

site:youtube.com roland VP-550

Just enter the above into the Google search and it'll only bring back 
Youtube results.

Cheers
Darren

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Annabelle Susan Morison <mailto:foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 5:06 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Looking For a Vocoder

Hi, it's Annabelle.
I'm wondering, where can I find a vocoder like Sonovox? Is it available in a

software version? What about the kind that sounds like the Talkbox?

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