What IS a Vocoder? / v2, Read by My Roland SVC-350 Vocoder

[destroyallhumans130]

sounds like soundwave for g1 tf 

[VoiceEncoder]

@destroyallhumans130 Soundwave is the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus (Mk1 or Mk2?). This is the Roland SVC-350 Vocoder.

[capacitorvoice]

I agree (that no subtitles are necessary). My hearing is bad, but my ears are clean, and I understand it quite well. But, then again, I also own 3 of my own and love the sounds and differences that are unique to each model. Also, @ VoiceEncoder, your vids are awesome, I have been waiting for someone to put up such a variety of demos. Keep them coming. I just acquired a video camera, and will post some of my own soon! You have inspired me.

[VoiceEncoder]

@capacitorvoice Why thank you!! Which three models do you own? Unfortunately for the foreseeable future there will be no new recordings (just a collection of older ones combined, as my latest recording). The reason is both my vocoder and synthesizer I use are over twenty-five years-old (have never been cleaned or checked) and just recently one or both of them (hard to tell which, or if it is both) sounds off (slightly out-of-tune) to me. Usually when a vocoder or synth is off I heard it has...

[VoiceEncoder]

@capacitorvoice usually something to do with the VCAs, my synth has DCOs instead of VCOs and DCOs hardly ever go out-of-tune compared to VCOs. But after VCOs the next culprit in causing synths and/or vocoder to no longer sound as good are the VCAs. I know my synth has VCAs, not sure if my vocoder does or doesn't (I'll have to look at its schematics), but it must have something to function (something that can go out-of-tune eventually). Right now I can't afford to have my vocoder or synth...

[VoiceEncoder]

@capacitorvoice cleaned and checked!! But as soon as I can I will and as soon as I can afterwards I'll start posting all-new vids. For now it will just be combination collections of previous videos. Or songs featuring vocoders.

[capacitorvoice]

Yes I know the woes of not being able to afford to have them looked at. I hope you can have them serviced soon. I own a Next! VOX-11 (which is a version of the MAM VF-11) which has 11 bands, an Electrix Warp Factory(which uses a DSP chip instead of Traditional multiband) and a MicroKorg synthesizer which has an 8-band vocoder on board.

[VoiceEncoder]

@capacitorvoice I also used to own a Next! VOX-II Vocoder/Filterbank as well!! I only owned it for less than two months and NEVER actually used it since I didn't have the proper XLR microphone (or an adapter) for it. My brother gave me a mic, but unfortunately it was dead. The mic, not the vocoder (it lit-up, so I guess it was working), that is. Did you know that the Next! VOX-II aka the Next! VX-11 (which you stated is a renamed MAM VF-11 as is the PCP Procoder) is what the Beasty Boy used...

[VoiceEncoder]

@capacitorvoice for "Intergalactic"? The material I got from Next! along with the manual said this was the vocoder The Beasty Boys used for that song.

[capacitorvoice]

@VoiceEncoder Yes, I recreated the intergalactic robot voice when I found out (about 2000?) It was difficult using the onboard VCO. I had to sample it and do a little pitch correction to make it sound authentic. I still can't find very much info on this unit. It says made in bavaria by mam just like the VF-11 and the knob layout is exactly the same. I didn't get much use out of it because I had feedback problems during live performance. I use the Warp Factory for my lead vocals in my band

[tobaccogiant23]

would be more educational with subtitles.

[VoiceEncoder]

True, but if one's paying attention they should have no problem telling what's being said. I'm sick of people who say they can't understand what a vocoder is saying.

[VoiceEncoder]

They need to pay attention, clean their ears, or having their hearing checked!!!

[VoiceEncoder]

There are vocoders that are harder to understand than others, or those operating them have them at settings that make it so, or have purposely distorted it more. But this isn't the case here. There's no need for subtltles if you as I already said are paying attention.