Vocoderz (1 Viewer)

[george mcfly]

yo i know most people (including myself) are using vocoders built into synths, like the microkorg or the ms2000

but anyone had any experience with anything alternative??
i'm thinking along the lines of something pedal based that you wouldn't have to play

or even

is it possible to run my guitar through a synth vocoder and use that as the trigger?? like, if i ran it through a switch and just popped it at the point where i want the vocoder to come in

am i talking monday morning bullshit here?


oh yeah, no laptop solutions
i don't want to go down the route of click tracks

 

[aoboa]

yo i know most people (including myself) are using vocoders built into synths, like the microkorg or the ms2000

but anyone had any experience with anything alternative??
i'm thinking along the lines of something pedal based that you wouldn't have to play

or even

is it possible to run my guitar through a synth vocoder and use that as the trigger?? like, if i ran it through a switch and just popped it at the point where i want the vocoder to come in

am i talking monday morning bullshit here?

If you don't play it how are you gonna have your vocoded vocals in key or with a melody?
You could use your guitar but I'm not sure what vocals vocoded by guitar would sound like. I'd imagine it would be muck.
Could you not just get someone else to control the synth vocoder?

 

[george mcfly]

If you don't play it how are you gonna have your vocoded vocals in key or with a melody?
You could use your guitar but I'm not sure what vocals vocoded by guitar would sound like. I'd imagine it would be muck.
Could you not just get someone else to control the synth vocoder?

yeah, it probably would be muck
just an idea

digitech used to have a pedal called the Talker, buti'd imagine it was shit

i can do it myself but it just means stopping playing guitar, and i'm afraid it'll take a bit of the weight out

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

how about getting a headset mic and one of those big keyboards you play with your feet?

 

[george mcfly]

how about getting a headset mic and one of those big keyboards you play with your feet?

do you have to dance to use it?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

it would depend on the complexity of the keyboard part you were trying to play i suppose.

 

[george mcfly]

it would depend on the complexity of the keyboard part you were trying to play i suppose.

if i used my knob i could play chords

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

if i used my knob i could play chords

how would i know?

 

[george mcfly]

how would i know?

that was a statement!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

oh cool

 

[pad]

doesn't dave grohl use a vocoder running through a guitar in that song that goes "do de do de do do" "call me down, whenever, wish i could stay sick with you, na na na na something, i'm the generator, violent whenever yeah, yeah remember the bird sing"
ah you know the one. no seriously. you do.

 

[george mcfly]

doesn't dave grohl use a vocoder running through a guitar in that song that goes "do de do de do do" "call me down, whenever, wish i could stay sick with you, na na na na something, i'm the generator, violent whenever yeah, yeah remember the bird sing"
ah you know the one. no seriously. you do.

that's a talk box. bon jovi use one too

 

[HMD]

could you use a midi pickup or is that what running through your guitar means?

 

[george mcfly]

could you use a midi pickup or is that what running through your guitar means?

yeah i was thinking along the lines of that..but i actually think we're gonna get an extra pair of hands to play some stuff

 

[pad]

and what's the difference between a talk box and a vocoder, don't they both essentially do the same thing?

 

[george mcfly]

and what's the difference between a talk box and a vocoder, don't they both essentially do the same thing?

a talk box has a tube that goes into your mouth and you manipulate the sound by making shapes with your mouth, like at the start of 'johnny used to work on the dock' by bon jovi

it usually goes between your head and cab and the output is picked up by your vocal mic
but i've never used one so i could be wrong on that
i'd like to try and use one with a synth.. i saw boyzIImen use one once

 

[Stereobaby]

a talk box has a tube that goes into your mouth and you manipulate the sound by making shapes with your mouth, like at the start of 'johnny used to work on the dock' by bon jovi

it usually goes between your head and cab and the output is picked up by your vocal mic
but i've never used one so i could be wrong on that
i'd like to try and use one with a synth.. i saw boyzIImen use one once

Don't forget "California Love"

 

[george mcfly]

Don't forget "California Love"

i actually fucking love that song!

 

[Stereobaby]

i actually fucking love that song!

Actually so do I. It was on telly the other day and I knew all the words.

My favorite is still Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dogg

 

[george mcfly]

Actually so do I. It was on telly the other day and I knew all the words.

My favorite is still Regulate by Warren G and Nate Dogg

what's my name by snoop dogg