Modular Synth Panels

Paia vocoder is crap (a toy).  If you really want to DIY a vocoder either look to a a specific 
small set of functions and bandwidth or maybe do a half analog PIC based device.  I swear 
by my Alesis Modfx (though not the vocoder) and my Adrenalinn.


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> My son pointed this out to me (Will wants a vocoder) - and after
> thinking it over, he suggested using four PAiA vocoder pcbs for the
> EFs, VCAs, mixer, etc.  <shrug>  That doesn't address the calibration
> issue... 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, John Mahoney <jmahoney@>
> wrote:
> >
> > At 07:27 PM 7/27/2008, Scott Juskiw wrote:
> > >40 band vocoding.
> > 
> > You must be kidding! Are you kidding? :-)
> > 
> > 40-band vocoding requires two 40-band filters, 40 envelope followers, 
> > 40 VCAs, a high-pass filter (for sibilants) and a 42-input mixer 
> > (input signal + sibilants + all 40 encoded bands). (And, it should 
> > all be calibrated. Why have 40 bands without precision?)
> > 
> > John
> >
>