[sdiy] vocoder

[J. Larry Hendry]

One little cheap box (not a vocoder) that somewhat fits your description is
the Boss VT-1 voice transformer.  It shifts up and down an octave or so, has
a type of format filter which can actually change the gender sound of the
voice, built in reverb, a "robot" distortion mode, 4 fixed and 4
programmable presets.  I don't think they are made any more.  But, I bought
one for less than $100 on evil bay.  They are really fun to play with.  I
know it is not the kit you are looking for, but it is cheaper than a PAiA
vocoder (which, IMHO< is a damn nice piece for the price BTW).  I have not
cracked open the VT-1.  But, I doubt it could be made much cheaper than what
used ones sell for.
Larry Hendry


----- Original Message -----
From: Sven Windisch <mai00fpz at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
To: synth DIY <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:31 PM
Subject: [sdiy] vocoder


hi there.

a friend of mine, head of a metal-band, came to me and asked 'could you
build me sth for modulating my voice?' naively i said 'sure, will do.' now
im searching for a kit (no, i dont wanna etch a pcb for this) that'll fit
into some little case that'll shift his voice up and down and could do
some modulation on it like distortion or maybe some weird filter-effects.
i looked at the paia vocoder but this is much too pricey. is there some
module to prefer? has anyone made some tests with voce-modultaion?
thanks in advance.

greets,
sven