Doepfer

This is great information and it makes sense but I have one question: How do I plug that back into the mic input of the vocoder? Both in terms of the XLR jack and the signal level. I would think that after processing the mic you would end up with a line level signal which is MUCH hotter than a mic. So do you have to reduce it somehow? Do you need to have a special cable made up to go from a line out to an XLR mic in? (I only have XLR on the V256)

 

Thanks!

Scott

 

 

 

 

From: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com] 
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Am 23.07.2015 um 22:04 schrieb 'Scott Rogers' scott@scottfromcanada.com [Doepfer_a100]:

I highly recommend a condenser mic to use with it though. At first I was using my Shure 58 but then I got an AT2020 and suddenly all speech became crystal clear. 

A good microphone is good for sure, but more important is the "pre-treatment" of the microphone signal before you send it to the vocoder. I recommend for voice the following signal chain

preamp->multiple->EQ->compressor->noisegate->vocoder(modulator-in)
           |                         /
        multiple------------>ng-sidechain

The EQ should increase the range between 800Hz and 3000Hz, the low end (below 100Hz) should be dropped.


Florian