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Music Engineer · Post by **Music Engineer** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:34 pm

i would also vote for NI Vokator as one of the best vocoders. if you want to try something free, check out my LPC-Vocoder. it's based on adaptive filter technology which makes it quite unique (most vocoders use a filter-bank approach and NI's Vokator is FFT-based).

kvraudie · Post by **kvraudie** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:42 pm

one name say every thing Orange (Vocoder ofcourse)

Squids · Post by **Squids** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:51 pm

Probably Vokator.

Someone should model the EMS 5000, the Bode Moog Vocoder and the Sennheisser Vocoder though. Don't you think?

JackDark · Post by **JackDark** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:59 pm

The only truly good software vocoder I've ever used IMHO is Fruity Vocoder (FL Studio's), and I've tested everything from Cyclonix to Orange to Vokator to every single vocoder you can find that runs on a PC.

There's a severe lack of quality research into vocoding on the software front, I feel.

Space Boy · Post by **Space Boy** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:27 pm

JackDark wrote:I've tested everything from Cyclonix to Orange to Vokator to every single vocoder you can find that runs on a PC.

There's a severe lack of quality research into vocoding on the software front, I feel.

Have you tested Clone Boy?

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:11 pm

The most intelligible results so far came from that Starplugs Vocoder (one of the few plugins I consider purchasing). Vokator is definitely the most versatile one, you can get so much more out of it than just robot voices... hopefully one of these days I'll get one track finished that contains half a dozen different sounds (percussion, pads, vocal effects and so on) all derived from the vocal hook the track is based on.

Good old MDA does nice stuff too, despite the limitations.

Regards,

JMH

danielmm · Post by **danielmm** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:31 pm

Strangly enough, the vocoder I have used the most is the one included in Cubase SX....not fancy but gets the job done nicely...

dano

CinningBao · Post by **CinningBao** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:24 pm

I love my Waldor DCoder for Powercore - 3 to 100bands - Kraftwerk have been known to use it!

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:30 pm

JackDark wrote:The only truly good software vocoder I've ever used IMHO is Fruity Vocoder (FL Studio's), and I've tested everything from Cyclonix to Orange to Vokator to every single vocoder you can find that runs on a PC.

There's a severe lack of quality research into vocoding on the software front, I feel.

You using the one built into FL or the VST that runs in any host? I'm trying to find a copy of the latter since it is no longer available from FL.

marcouk · Post by **marcouk** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:36 pm

I've never been able to get my head around using a vocoder plug. Could some kind soul give me a basic guide for using the Cubase SX vocoder? Please

JackDark · Post by **JackDark** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:38 pm

Space Boy wrote:
JackDark wrote:I've tested everything from Cyclonix to Orange to Vokator to every single vocoder you can find that runs on a PC.

There's a severe lack of quality research into vocoding on the software front, I feel.
Have you tested Clone Boy?

No, because seeing it advertised as "Clone Boy is a real-time Spectral Cloning effect. ", didn't click "vocoder" in my mind. But I can see how it could be used as such now.

Space Boy · Post by **Space Boy** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:43 pm

JackDark wrote:
Space Boy wrote:
JackDark wrote:I've tested everything from Cyclonix to Orange to Vokator to every single vocoder you can find that runs on a PC.

There's a severe lack of quality research into vocoding on the software front, I feel.
Have you tested Clone Boy?
No, because seeing it advertised as "Clone Boy is a real-time Spectral Cloning effect. ", didn't click "vocoder" in my mind. But I can see how it could be used as such now.

It can function as a vocoder with up to 2048 bands. And you don't need to fiddle with side chaining because the auto Tx/Rx mechanism takes care of all that for you.

You can think of the Rx instance as the carrier and the Tx instance as the modulator.

bugs · Post by **bugs** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:44 pm

I'll second the Cubase SX3 vocoder as very good, also the Classic Vocoder in Reaktor Classics ensembles, but the SX3 effect is really quite good.

kosmonaut · Post by **kosmonaut** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:50 pm

Don't forget to try KlangLabs Vokko , It's one of my favourites.

http://klanglabs.siliconemusic.com/prod ... /vokko.htm

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:12 am

I've noticed that many of the recommendations here were for vocoders that vary considerably in the number of bands they have. I've been led to understand that an increased number of bands adds versatility to what a vocoder can produce. Is this basically true, or is the number of bands not necessarily important? I know that the FL vocoder in CM magazine is 64 bands, whereas the one I'm trying to find a copy of has 128 bands.

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