Comments on: Ableton Live’s "Secret" Vocoder; No One Needs a Vocoder

By: Create Digital Music » FL Studio 9 Arrives: Better Performance, More Toys, More Editing

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:20:37 +0000

[...] vocoder, the “last word in Vocoders.” (I thought the last word was, “No one needs a vocoder,” but I could be wrong.) Automatic speech enhancement plus up to 100 “variable-width, [...]

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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:28:52 +0000

[...] Ableton Liveâ€™s “Secret” Vocoder; No One Needs a Vocoder [...]

By: Dragoljub

Dragoljub — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:02:48 +0000

and the conclusion on Ableton’s forums:
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=821607#821607

By: Create Digital Music » Ableton Live 8, Now with Grooves: The Top 8 New Features

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:32:33 +0000

[...] new Live: perhaps no one needs it, but Iâ€™ll bet a lot of people will want [...]

By: Dave Dri

Dave Dri — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:33:04 +0000

Mikey, i think thats a bit harsh. The reality of feature provision in product incriments is that you sit on what youre working on. When a feature can result in millions of sales you tend to take it seriously. Even the most common things might be considered as non disclosured because the time and energy you spend on a vocoder for instance is time and energy not being spent on Mega Rad Future Shaping Thing.

Also lets consider that everything Ableton does for its supplied effects and processing tools affects the market in terms of the third party developers. There are lots and lots of reasons not to talk about your vocoder in progress, or your ribbon controller or your space time flux capacito… erm… forget i said anything about that last one.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:16:35 +0000

I think it’s hilarious how these companies keep their future features under wraps like they are Coca Cola protecting a new drink recipe. Whoa! A vocoder! In Ableton Live! What a shocker! Who would have thunk????? Please. No one cares, including their competitors. Same thing can be said for hardware synth features. A ribbon controller!! NO WAY!!!! Yawn.

By: noneric

noneric — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:09:32 +0000

Hi Peter, Hi everyone..
here is what the “camera crew” of MusoTalk has report on this,-) Actually the video was cleared by Ableton before I released it. When I did the “tour” most Ableton employees were not aware I was filming for my website “MUSOTALK”. I got a bit of heat from the Abs after the releases..but I think they got the best promotion for the next update and absolutly for free..

By: vade

vade — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:03:17 +0000

Peter – perhaps I assumed you were inferring, grassy knoll == inside ableton, working on teh top sekret projectz….

By: Bjorn Vayner

Bjorn Vayner — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:32:15 +0000

Hilarious stuff :)

Hey, isnt that Claes Johanssen of Vember Audio playing with that vocoder?

Tum tum tum tum…

By: Angstrom

Angstrom — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:26:55 +0000

I think this is a good time to pimp my vocoder hacked entirely out of live-racks and the new compressor.

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=80968