VOCODER

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Controls

• CarrierRight Input / Saw / Pulse / Noise — Carrier source: Right Input (route a synth there) or the built-in Saw, Pulse or Noise
• Carrier Pitch40 to 880 Hz — Pitch of the built-in Saw and Pulse oscillators
• Formant Shift−12 to +12 semitones — Shifts the carrier bands up or down for smaller/bigger voices
• Attack0.5 to 50 ms — How fast band envelopes respond to the voice
• Release5 to 500 ms — How fast band envelopes fall
• Sibilance0 to 100% — Passes the voice’s highs (above ~6 kHz) for intelligibility
• Mix0 to 100% — Dry/wet blend
• Output−12 to +24 dB — Output level
• Stereo Width0 to 100% — Spreads the bands across the stereo field: even bands lean left, odd bands right (0% = mono)

Best uses

• Classic robot / synth-voice vocals
• Talking synths with a sidechained carrier
• Whispered noise-vocoded textures
• Rhythmic vocoding of drums

Properties

Signal chain: Left Input (modulator) → 16 Band-Pass Bands (100 Hz–8 kHz, log spaced) → Envelope Followers × Carrier Bands → Alternating L/R Band Panning (Stereo Width) → Sum + Centred Sibilance → Mix → Output. Modulator is the left channel; Carrier Pitch applies to the Saw and Pulse carriers only; zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Synth Voice Low · Talking Synth Sidechain · Whisper Noise · Pulse Choir · Deep Monster Voice · Chipmunk Robot · Drum Rhythm Synth · Smooth Pad Vocoder

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