Comments on: Tips: Vocoders + Ableton Live; Vocoder Resources, Free Universal Vocoder Plug-in

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:18:20 +0000

Hey Jeramiah……i wasnt able to do what you suggested….how do you send the midi output to the audio channel…

thanks for the help

mda are the best

By: jeramiah

jeramiah — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:16:04 +0000

yeah thats cool, if you really want some fun effects, in ableton live, make a empty midi channel and send the midi out put to your audio channel with the vocoder on it, that way you can control the pitch via midi, play chords, gets ome super 80’s cheese… or that daft punk sound.

also, try running things like the midi arp on it, pretty cool sounds, waves morphoder is another great vocoder plugin.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:30:13 +0000

Has anyone got the MDA Talkbox to work in LIVE? It seems I can only send to “carrier” and not “modulator” when I use the same technique as in the tutorial for Orange Vocoder.

By: gse

gse — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:40:31 +0000

I’ve had a PAiA vocoder for years. I love it. Gritty and full of character, and very different from my much more expensive MAM vocoder.

I also have a spare, unused PAiA vocoder kit that I’m looking to sell (it’s a long story) for well less than it’d cost to buy new. Drop me at email: gse at antisleep.com.

By: David Battino

David Battino — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:49:53 +0000

Ha ha! I bought a PAIA vocoder kit back in the ’80s and hauled the rattling box o’ parts around for years before realizing I’d never get around to assembling it. I finally sold it at a garage sale. Interestingly, the buyer knew about the clarity mod mentioned on the PAIA site.

Jim Aikin wrote an extensive vocoder tutorial at the O’Reilly Digital Media site. (Hear Jim sing!) It includes downloadable Reason vocoder patches and a bunch of interesting vocoder links I dug up. Propellerhead itself has a nice vocoder tutorial here.

By: Damon

Damon — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:05:17 +0000

Thanks to MDA for a whole mess of free plug ins….

By: proem

proem — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:55:30 +0000

i would have to say that out of all the vocoders ive used
that Vokator and Orange vocoder have provided me with the most useful results.
there is orange vocoder on at least one track for every record ive ever done [5].

Ive had my head and text to speech engines
buried in vokator lately.
Loading your own waves as modsource has proved to be incredibly useful
[think modulating drumloops].
Especially when you automate the morphing steps to hold different pitches.
i used it that technique twice for T2S vocals on my new record
:)