KVR Audio

braj · Post by **braj** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:22 am

Alrighty then

So I tried this on my laptop with just its built-in mic, using Studio One I loaded this on a track as an effect, with the 'Midi to Host' box checked. Then I loaded a VST (Corona), set its input as 'AudiotoCC', wrote some notes in the piano roll, looped it, and then enabled both tracks to record. It recorded by default my speaking into the mic as both mod and after-touch info just fine. So this definitely works, and i think the key is just setting it up right (easy) and using the right mic as an input source (may not matter so much though, I want to try an electric kazoo).

I suggest others try it, I think it is a good free solution

I'll try it with live playing with a getter mic later on my main DAW.

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:40 pm

Is there a Mac AU version of this plugin? I think I'd looked a month or so ago with no luck.

ShadowVlican · Post by **ShadowVlican** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:21 pm

braj wrote:
meldavid wrote:Someone should just create a VST that converts dynamic mic audio to a MIDI control.

You blow or hum into a normal mic and simple MIDI CC data is outputted according to the loudness of its input.

Mebbe I should patent that idea. :p
http://www.thepiz.org/plugins/?p=AudioToCC

i wonder how well this works

ErikH · Post by **ErikH** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:23 pm

Sounds like a kind of talkbox...

JavaJ · Post by **JavaJ** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:59 am

Smule does that already for iOS

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:00 pm

ErikH wrote:Sounds like a kind of talkbox...

That's what I was thinking, and I assume you could use a talkbox on the audio output of a synth (never tried it, but can't see why not).

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:37 am

I signed up.

Just got a keyboard with breath controller input.

Wind controllers are rediculous in price and no alternative.

Good initiative and strange that there would be no market for this.

WOK · Post by **WOK** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:31 am

here's a DIY instruction:

http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_ext.html

todd_r · Post by **todd_r** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:37 am

http://www.sknote.it/hardware.htm

sknote still seem to do their breath controller, on the website for €99

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:02 pm

Here's the original breath controller that came with the DX-7. It looked like some kind of square, shiny, robotic pacifier. You held it in your mouth with your teeth. A good way to generate some funny looks from the early 80s audience!

Poly-AnaFX, the effect version of Poly-Ana, can take input signals and turn them into modulators. Typically you'll want to FULL WAVE rectify them and smooth them with the LAG filter in one or both of the MODulation MIXERS. See Poly-AnaFX patch "001: FX Env Follow Input" for an example.

Then you can play analog synth sounds and modulate them with "wind", but you blow (or hum or tap, anything that makes sound) into a microphone instead of blowing into the wind controller. And the best part, you don't need to STICK IT IN YOUR MOUTH. (Ew.)

braj · Post by **braj** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:35 pm

Well I found my electric kazoo

I'll give that a whirl later and see if AudioToCC does the job.

braj · Post by **braj** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:39 pm

AdmiralQuality wrote:Typically you'll want to FULL WAVE rectify them and smooth them with the LAG filter in one or both of the MODulation MIXERS.

Can you dumb that down a little (or a lot) for me? How would I do this outside of PolyAnna before running it into AudioToCC? I figure it is basically the same process, no?

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:26 pm

braj wrote:
AdmiralQuality wrote:Typically you'll want to FULL WAVE rectify them and smooth them with the LAG filter in one or both of the MODulation MIXERS.
Can you dumb that down a little (or a lot) for me? How would I do this outside of PolyAnna before running it into AudioToCC? I figure it is basically the same process, no?

This is for Poly-AnaFX only. All those controls I'm referring to are part of Poly-Ana/Poly-AnaFX.

And sorry, I'm not familiar with AudioToCC. But it probably has a rectifier and filter built in. This is how we convert audio to envelopes. 1. Rectify. 2. Smooth (low pass filter).

braj · Post by **braj** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:30 pm

AdmiralQuality wrote: This is for Poly-AnaFX only. All those controls I'm referring to are part of Poly-Ana/Poly-AnaFX.

And sorry, I'm not familiar with AudioToCC. But it probably has a rectifier and filter built in. This is how we convert audio to envelopes. 1. Rectify. 2. Smooth (low pass filter).

Sorry, I guess I just need a definition for 'full-wave rectify' just unfamiliar with that. Thanks!

This is the GUI for audioToCC

And the page:

http://thepiz.org/plugins/?p=AudioToCC

AdmiralQuality · Post by **AdmiralQuality** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:35 pm

braj wrote:
AdmiralQuality wrote: This is for Poly-AnaFX only. All those controls I'm referring to are part of Poly-Ana/Poly-AnaFX.

And sorry, I'm not familiar with AudioToCC. But it probably has a rectifier and filter built in. This is how we convert audio to envelopes. 1. Rectify. 2. Smooth (low pass filter).
Sorry, I guess I just need a definition for 'full-wave rectify' just unfamiliar with that. Thanks!

This is the GUI for audioToCC

And the page:

http://thepiz.org/plugins/?p=AudioToCC

I assume a full wave rectifier is built in and always on. A full wave rectifier takes the negative portion of the waveform and flips it up to positive. (A half wave rectifier just chops off the negative portion of the waveform.)

Again, I only mentioned it because that's one of the the components in Poly-Ana you need to turn audio input into an envelope.

AudioToCC looks neat. Good idea.

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