PAiA vocoder - was NE570 book from MAP

[Florian Anwander]

Hello,

>I still find the best method to
>get the most realistic vocal sounds out of this machine is to run
>the modulating signal (vocals) through a graphic EQ before the input
>of the vocoder.
This is the way to make _every_ vocoder sound better. The "better" the sound  
of the voice, the better is the sound if the vocoder. If you want to test a  
vocoder, you have to check it with a professional FM-radio voice. If you have  
a news-only radio station, you will get a perfect processed voice most of the  
time.

I use for my vocoder (in order) a deesser, compressor (2:1 ratio), good full- 
parametric EQ or 15-band graphic EQ, compressor (8:1 ratio or higher),  
noisegate (with -20 dB feedthrough). The noisegate feeds the analysisinput.  
The sidechain of the gate is fed with the Signal from the output of the  
first(!) compressor. The gate is linked with a second noisegate which opens  
the vocoder output only if there is a real voice input.



Gruss,
 Florian Anwander
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