Well, the new Orange is pretty awesome. I have used it on some MACs before and it is every bit as powerful as the big hardware guns. I have modulated String Pads with a pecusion loop and then added some quick delay and reverb to get very modern, rythmic passages.
I have the answer for Cakewalk SONAR. I have seen the question asked several times and no one has given an answer, so here it is.
Install the Prosoniq OrangeVocoder as per the setup program.
Run the VST Wrapper program (I used Fxpansion VST Adaptor 4.0)
Point the adaptor at the /Program Files/Stienberg/VST Plugins directory, or where ever you installed the OrangeVocoder.
It will put a dxi wrapper on the vocoder and add it to Sonar.
In Sonar...
To modulate Strings with a Voice....
Insert the String audio into Track one
(add loop, wav, midi, or record a synth)
Insert the voice into track two.
(add loop, wave or record audio)
On Track One enable A Bus Send.
Pan Track One Bus 100% to the Right.
Select 'Pre' (as opposed to Post) for the Aux Send
On Track Two, enable Bus A.
Pan Track Two Bus A 100% to the Left
Select 'Pre' (as opposed to Post) for the Aux Send
On the Aux SND/RTN strip on the mixer view, add the OrangeVocoder as the effect. (Right Click Popup)
Deslect the use use synth (internal synth)
When inserted in a stereo bus with the internal synth off,
the Orange Vocoder will Modulate one side of the stereo channel with the other.
If you have the pan wrong, and the strings are modulating
the voice (there will be little effect), select Flip Inputs on the OrangeVocoder panel.
If you don't want to hear the modulator and the carrier, move the track one and two faders al the way down. Use the mixer in the OrangeVocoder to adjust the Wet/Dry balance.
Choose the carrier carefully. It makes all of the difference. Experiment!
I am off to make some music...
Dennis Mitchell
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