How does vocoding work???

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Form of......a lightning bolt!!

Holy freakin' crap you guys are fast!!!!

I'm probably on page two just to say my initial thaks Roel and Cordura21 (a very nice fabric indeed) and Fishmed and .......
.......everyone.

I am now officialy smarter than I was yesterday.

So now that I know how it works and know that Cher's song WAS vocoded I'm going to see what happens when the CARRIER is my acoustic guitar and the Modulator is a drum loop.

....or vise versa.....or ....well......I'll let you know.

Thanks.

-Mike
 
"I am now officialy smarter than I was yesterday."

That probably makes you smarter than Roel now ;)
 
TexRoadkill said:
"I am now officialy smarter than I was yesterday."

That probably makes you smarter than Roel now ;)
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Hey tex, you really think that?? :eek:
 
I hooked up a mic feed to the right input of the SE-50 and a keyboard feed to the left input and selected the vocoder patch. It worked. That is pretty cool.

(I will try not to abuse my new powers, and only use it for good. :D )
 
Are the ones different that were used on Frampton comes Alive. I believe he used an MXR vocoder.

I also read an artical where the Engineer from the Cher sessions for that tune said he used autotune to do that particular effect.

It also is responsible for the breathing effect Britney Spears gets on her vocals.

Just what Electronic Musician said on the matter.
 
darrin_h2000 said:
Are the ones different that were used on Frampton comes Alive. I believe he used an MXR vocoder.
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Nooooo!!!!

Peter Frampton used a Heil TalkBox, which is an entirely different effect and requires real talent to use!
The TalkBox is basically a guitar (or keyboard) signal run through a small, sealed box. The box has a soft-plastic tube coming out of the top which runs up the mic stand and sits along side of the microphone. As the guitar part is played, the tube (which is in the player's mouth at this point) makes the part sound like a voice as the player "mouths" the part as he is playing. In other words, he doesn't actually make any sounds with "his" voice, but forms out the words so that the sound being piped into his mouth changes the signal to sound like words.
This takes LOTS of practice to be able to play and do this properly. It's not an "engineering trick", it's a skill... and Peter Frampton is one of the best at it.

I have a Heil TalkBox, and it's a blast to work with.... hours of fun, fun, fun! :)

Here's a song of ours which features the TalkBox during the bridge if you'd like to hear it.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1492/1492252.html

Buck
 
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