Software Vocoder

madhatter · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:19 am Post subject: Software Vocoder

can anybody tell me if there is any vocoder software available, as a VSTi or anything? I'm looking for something that i can use along with any synth in reason or cubase for example, and then just use my pc's mic input to record my voice with, in realtime. Is there such a thing?

thankyou SO MUCH for any help!

jksuperstar · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:22 am Post subject:

look at www.kvr-vst.com

Lots of freeware/shareware/commercialware VST plugins.

madhatter · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

thanks for the quick reply! i'm having a quick browse there now. do you know if such software even exists, do you know it's on that site, or is that just a VSTi resource that might have one?

jksuperstar · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

There's lots of VSTi vocoders, so I'd just recommend you download a few a see which one you like...I can't say one is better than another.

elektro80 · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:37 am Post subject:

http://products.prosoniq.com/cgi-bin/register?service=showdetail&refno=46

and

http://www.nativeinstruments.de/forums.html?id=vokator_us

seraph · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject:

...and
http://www.apple.com/logic/filterandvocodereffects.html
...and the one inside Propellerheads Reason

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madhatter · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:39 am Post subject:

i could never figure out how to use the one that's built into reason - i couldnt see of any way to use the pc's mic input as the input for the vocoder, is there a way?

seraph · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:07 am Post subject:

The Why Project · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

In principle, Reason cannot process external inputs.

PeterTools Hammer will be able to do it though...
http://www.petertools.com/hammer_overview.html

Regards,

The Why Project

madhatter · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:

i fail to see a link to download even a demo on that site...

thanks for the other links, none of them seem to be in realtime though. does my soundcard suck, or are they designed not to be? i want my voice to change as i say it, not a few seconds later...

jksuperstar · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject:

Make sure your VST host is using your sound card in DirectX, or even better, ASIO mode. Don't use normal WDM (Windows Multimedia) drivers.

When assigning the audio ports in your VST host, there is usually a distinction between the various ways of communicating with your hardware.

Basically, one WDM style drivers go through the windows kernel, which is very slow. ASIO is the best, and DirectX the second best thing. These allow the host to bypass the normal kernel mixer and write directly to hardware.

Otherwise, the software might suck, but you should get a basic 16-band vocoder easily running in at least near real time (maybe 100ms latency)

madhatter · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject:

thanks for the help. will try it when i get home tonight.

The Why Project · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject:

madhatter · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:22 am Post subject:

i failed to see that, my apologies!

in the meantime, i've been able to get the fruity vocoder to work in absolute realtime, and it's so much fun! thanks for all your help though guys!

The Why Project · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:34 am Post subject:

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elektromik · Joined: May 01, 2005 Posts: 5 Location: tallinn , estonia

prosoniq orange vocoder vst

has got some really good banks to talk through Smile