Vocal processors - now with demos (thanks killedaway)

Tyler2000 · Post by **Tyler2000** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:45 am

OriginalJambo wrote:Talkboxes are a blast - check out a Rocktron Banshee or a Jim Dunlop Heil.

You might also want to look into building a talkbox if diy is your thing. they are super easy to build. fun project.

otto · Post by **otto** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:29 am

tallowwaters wrote:
if you know anywhere that will host it, i have quite a few things i can share.

soudclick, myspace, etc?

otto · Post by **otto** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:32 am

Stab Frenzy wrote:Not hardware, but I got some really cool vocal effects using Melodyne for our last 7".

We had about 4 tracks of the vocal already and I took one and pitch shifted it up a fifth and an octave, and maybe down an octave too, using Melodyne, then mixed them in nice and low underneath the others so they effectivly made a chord of the vocal track. I then automated the send to the delay so it would pick out bits of the pitchshifted vocals, which brings your attention to them without really letting you know what they are.

The track's up on our myspace page here: http://www.myspace.com/theemergency It's called Spending Time.

The version of Melodyne I used was the free one you get with a few different software packages. There might be a free demo of it somewhere, it's pretty good.

Because it's made for autotune-style pitch correction it doesn't munchkinise the consonants in the vocal, so it sounds more natural if you're correcting stuff by less than a semitone. The cool thing about that is that you can shift stuff by massive amounts and it sounds like someone singing after inhaling helium, rather than just like you've put it in a sampler and pitched it. Nice and spooky.

I like software too, I'll check it out.

thestreets · Post by **thestreets** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:08 am

To process my vocals, i just make do with what i have.

Here's a few things:

-Plug a mic into my Electribe and use the audio in track. That way i can process in real time. It's great i can essentially tweak my voice in the same way i tweak a synth patch.

-I use the vocoder in my R3 but i use the basic "audio in" preset where it just amplifies my voice, then i go in and basically do the same thing that i do on the tribe. Use effects, filters, mods, you name it.

I love processing my voice, one of my favorite things to do.

Otto, you should take a look at the gear you have now you might already be able to do some cool things with your voice.

Your virus, perhaps? I'm not familiar with it but you probably could do it on that.

OriginalJambo · Post by **OriginalJambo** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:47 pm

Tyler2000 wrote:You might also want to look into building a talkbox if diy is your thing. they are super easy to build. fun project.

I did build one, but when you can get a more durable one for £80 that'll most likely perform way better and even has tone controls and its own pre-amp to boot, it's a no brainer.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:41 pm

Post by **killedaway** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:27 pm

what effects are you using on those, tallow?

Post by **tallowwaters** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:29 am

would have to listen to each one, but for the most part its only a few:

alesis ineko (often x2)
alesis bitrman
lexicon lxp-1 (feedback routing)
joe meek mq3
boss vt-1

code green · Post by **code green** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:39 am

mxr pitch-shift doubler! they don't come up on ebay often but if you're persistent you should be able to find one for cheap (got mine for $32, but that may have been in part b/c the prev. owner thought it was broken--it wasn't). here are some sound samples:

http://www.modezero.com/mxr-psd-art-pitch-trans.htm

no vocals there, but that's what i use it for most often...and it works great for that.

also, the moogerfooger ring mod--or any ringmod, for that matter--deserves mention here. and boy do i second the evolver. you could take the oscillators out of that thing and i'd still call it a bargain.