Slightly off topic on Roland VT-1

[J. Larry Hendry]

Sorry for liberal snipping out.  I have actually hear the VT-1.  Probably
one of the most interesting features in my opinion is the gender
manipulation.  I heard it at a local music store.  I was shocked at how the
sound of a mans voice could be changed so much to sound female.  As a top
notch harmony machine, this is not the ticket.  But, I think it makes some
sounds better than the digitec model which I own.  It is a cool toy with
limited use IMHO.
Larry Hendry

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> From: Sean Costello <costello at seanet.com>
> The VT-1 does have a rather cool feature - it allows you to shift the
> pitch and formants of the input signal independantly.  This allows pitch
> shift without "munchkinization"; conversely, you could keep your voice
> at its normal pitch while shifting the formants to sound like Jabba the
> Hut or chipmunks.