Using the V256 Vocoder by Electro-Harmonix

Hey everyone, I got this V265 Vocoder by Electro-Harmonix for my birthday last year, but haven't had much of a chance to try it out. I noticed the other day that there just aren't many demo videos out there for this cool little device, so I thought I'd make one.

I used the V256 Vocoder along with my trusty RP80 multi-effects pedal by Digitech to cover the chorus to the song "Somebody's Watching Me" by Mysto & Pizzi" (itself a cover of the song of the same name by Rockwell, circa 1984). I honestly haven't heard the song in probably a year, and hadn't before recording this, so I was pretty impressed that I got not only the pitch but also the tempo correct for the most part. Since it lined up, I threw in a few seconds of the actual chorus underneath for my second try, just for comparison. In general, the actual recording doesn't use nearly as much of the robotic vocoder sound, but I think it still ends up to be a pretty cool interpretation of the song anyway.

Hopefully useful/entertaining to someone out there...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• V256
• vocoder
• Electro-Harmonix
• Digitech
• RP80
• RP-80
• Somebody's Watching Me
• Mysto & Pizzi
• Mysto
• Pizzi
• Rockwell
• Michael Jackson
• cover
• electronic
• autotune
• auto-tune

[TheGreenford40]

Whats is the song

[Hexydes]

@TheGreenford40 Remake of "Somebody's Watching Me".

[GDjesusOfsuburbia]

is it like autotune? :D

[Hexydes]

@GDjesusOfsuburbia It's not LIKE autotune, it IS autotune. :)

[MichaelAngeloSanders]

Who is original artist on Geocities commercial

[Hexydes]

@MichaelAngeloSanders Mysto & Pizzi

[GDjesusOfsuburbia]

@Hexydes cool :D

[MichaelAngeloSanders]

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