MVocoder - new vocoder from MeldaProduction available for a riddiculous introductory price!

[MeldaProduction]

Oh, and, for what it's worth, it sounds fantastic.

[deastman]

This vocoder is so cheap that I'll definitely check it out.

I do have to agree with others who wish there was more information on the website. Why does it not list out all the features of this vocoder, and instead lists all the generic features of your framework? I don't need a lot of marketing hyperbole, but at least provide a clear and concise list of the features and functions of the plugin in question.

Just looking at the screenshot, I find some of your labeling unclear. What does the top "Ratio" control? Ratio of what to what? What is "Whitening"? Isn't that a tooth bleaching treatment? I would have guessed it meant the amount of white noise mixed into the signal, but you've already stated that there is no internal sound source. What do you mean by "Gate ratio?" Ratio of gating compared to what? Is that an envelope control for attack or release of gating or something? You also appear to have a typo on one of the labels, "Car esonance".

[Keith99]

Got to agree with the others here, I went to the page for the vocoder and just found a lot of information about the generic engine capabilities which I know already

[Keith99]

10 Euro price is a no-brainer though!

[sinkmusic]

This vocoder is so cheap that I'll definitely check it out.

I do have to agree with others who wish there was more information on the website. Why does it not list out all the features of this vocoder, and instead lists all the generic features of your framework? I don't need a lot of marketing hyperbole, but at least provide a clear and concise list of the features and functions of the plugin in question.

Just looking at the screenshot, I find some of your labeling unclear. What does the top "Ratio" control? Ratio of what to what? What is "Whitening"? Isn't that a tooth bleaching treatment? I would have guessed it meant the amount of white noise mixed into the signal, but you've already stated that there is no internal sound source. What do you mean by "Gate ratio?" Ratio of gating compared to what? Is that an envelope control for attack or release of gating or something? You also appear to have a typo on one of the labels, "Car esonance".

That's what i was trying to say.
Anyway, i have downoaded the demo, I'll try it tonight.

I wish it could have an integrated chorus and an overdrive (both can do a lot to get that vintage sound. And of course i could use some third party FX, but all-in-one is easier & better, mainly for preset).

[BERFAB]

I'm in a constant search for great vocoders and the intro price really makes this a no-brainer.

I have a few free and sale priced M products, and they are always good quality.

I will also add my voice to the others regarding the spec sheets for your
plugs, and I will add this, hopefully, constructive note: Take a page out of NI's marketing playbook. Many of their products run on the same platform, and, to the untrained eye (mine especially) have very little to distinguish them from other products in their line (such as, for example, any of the paid-for synths on the Reaktor platform). But there are differences to be sure, and those differences, slight as they sometimes may be, are charted and diagrammed, highlighted, demoed and illustrated, all to make the product look like your entire DAW will fall apart unless you buy it.

Now it may not be in your overall corporate culture to go to that extreme, and you may have good reasons for cultivating a 'quieter' branding approach. But the fact is that this type of strategy works. Your customers want to kick the tires and read the manual, and the more you let them do this, and the more exciting you can make that experience, the greater the likelihood of making the sale.

Cheers
-B

[MeldaProduction]

Ok, folks, maybe you are right . Though I really wonder what could be written about MMultiBandAutopan for example .

[gwill]

Thanks for this one -- great sounding!

But really can suck cpu (compared to Vocodex, for instance, generally seems to be close to half as efficient). Any possibility of significant optimizations?

No need to hurry!

Greg Williams

[MeldaProduction]

Thanks for this one -- great sounding!

But really can suck cpu (compared to Vocodex, for instance, generally seems to be close to half as efficient). Any possibility of significant optimizations?

No need to hurry!

Greg Williams

Thanks! With optimizations - probably not. Unlike vocodex, this one is based on real filters (as opposed to FFT which I assumes is adopted by vocodex), which means better quality, no latency, and more CPU .

[Tricky-Loops]

BTW, is there some good book about how to use a Vocoder creatively? Because the vocoder is the only FX that I haven't "learned" by now...

Regarding the use of a vocoder, I've meant the song "Harder Faster Stronger Better" by Daft Punk. Are they using a vocoder, or is it only pitch-shifting and auto-tuning?

[MeldaProduction]

I don't really know about a book, moreover to be creative usually means play with it, play with it and play with it... But well, you can just press Random all the time and wait for something cool . Just remember that despite the origins of vocoding are (from the name) on vocals, you may use any audio whatsoever.

About the Daft punk song - I think it is a vocoder. Though it could be also some autotuner with distortion and filter. Hard to say. With vocoder it would probably be easier.

Btw. pitch shifting is actually almost always based on some kind of vocoder as well . The main idea about creatively using vocoder is that it can use multiple audio signals.

[sinkmusic]

Quite a lot of Daft-punkesque sounds are actually made with a talkBox (like "California Love", by Tupac/Dre, sampling a Roger Troutman song i guess).

[Tricky-Loops]

I don't really know about a book, moreover to be creative usually means play with it, play with it and play with it... But well, you can just press Random all the time and wait for something cool . Just remember that despite the origins of vocoding are (from the name) on vocals, you may use any audio whatsoever.

About the Daft punk song - I think it is a vocoder. Though it could be also some autotuner with distortion and filter. Hard to say. With vocoder it would probably be easier.

Btw. pitch shifting is actually almost always based on some kind of vocoder as well . The main idea about creatively using vocoder is that it can use multiple audio signals.

I remember my favorite quote from Rick Snoman ("Dance Music Manual"): "As always, experimentation is the real key..." But the problem is that (currently) I don't have enough time to learn everything by playing around.

What do you mean by "multiple audio signals"? Can I route more than one audio signal to the side-chain of the vocoder and use them all as carriers? How many audio signals can I use?

[MeldaProduction]

No no, I meant main and side-chain, just none of them may be vocals as you are used, you can use thing.

[Tricky-Loops]

Quite a lot of Daft-punkesque sounds are actually made with a talkBox (like "California Love", by Tupac/Dre, sampling a Roger Troutman song i guess).

Are you 100 % sure? For example, the producer of Cher "Believe" claimed to have used a Talkbox, but a few years later he confessed that he had used Autotune.