I've been experimenting with using a vocoder on percussive sounds. I find that if you use a kick, hat, or clap to modulate a fairly rich carrier sound, you can come up with some pretty interesting stuff:
Last edited by MrJiveBoJingles on Oct-29-2006 at 18:16
Oct-29-2006 18:06
Getafix
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Sounds pretty good..Which vocoder did you use to do this? I've never been able to figure out how to work a vocoder!
Oct-29-2006 18:31
MrJiveBoJingles
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Location: U.S.
I used Reason's built-in vocoder. I'll probably start playing around with NI's "Vokator" soon and seeing what sort of sounds I can get out of that, too.
Oct-29-2006 19:02
enfusia
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Nice,
Thanx for the tips
Greetz
Oct-29-2006 20:12
MrJiveBoJingles
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One thing I like about Reason's vocoder is that you can also use it as a 32-band EQ. You can get some interesting effects with extreme EQ settings:
Originally posted by callme
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Oct-29-2006 21:34
bobba lou
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quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
NI's "Vokator"
Originally posted by callme
I've always meant to ask this....who the fuck are you? I mean i have never heard of you or the 5 friends you have on your myspace. Official info : chokeonit
Oct-29-2006 21:36
echosystm
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Sounds pretty cool man, gonna go have a play! :P
Oct-30-2006 06:19
kitphillips
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quote:
Originally posted by dj_palm
alot of finish trance produceres rout their baselines and kicks mixed together thru a vocoder as a breakpart, powerfull efect.
myself use vocoder alot but only on the tracks i dont seem to be able finish.
these samples of you btw are very good!
thats a cool idea... Interesting for a breakdown. One of the big vocoders is NI Vokator. Getting it later this week as part of Komplete. I used a resonator (The Ableton Live one) on a drum loop on something I was screwing around with, sounded pretty cool esp. on the reverse snare hits! I think a vocoder sounds similar but with much more control over the sound right?
Oct-30-2006 10:17
MrJiveBoJingles
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Megabump!
Been experimenting with this once again, and I'm finding it's really nice for getting shimmering ambient textures. This is a basic synth sound in Reason (one Subtractor) run through a vocoder and modulated by a piano passage:
It has some added spaciness due to being run through a couple of oscillating filters attached to delays. Here's how the delays sound with more staccato stuff rather than a pad:
