*** NEW *** Bobs Vocoder with formant shift & Pitch Tracking
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:16 pm
I HAVE NOTICED PEOPLE KEEP DOWNLOADING THIS OLDER VERSION, THE NEW VERSION IS IN THE 11th POST DOWN AND IS BY FAR MUCH BETTER!
Hello gang,
Well I made a vocoder and I really think the sound is VERY good, but it has been pointed out that it is VERY cpu hungry. It uses 40 band pass filters and that is the biggest hog. I have tried fewer, but the sound is just not the same.
Unless you have a very fast computer and then even it can lockup or miss function, so download and use with CAUTION. I have an I7 so that is probably why I did not notice it for some time.
It can work in either midi or a manual mode. To use it in manual mode press the "Test Note Start" buttion till you get a waveform displayed on the scope, then explore the few presets I have provided. I have only provided a few presets because even on my I7 as I added more and more presets the cpu load just got worse and worse. For my test, I used my voice mainly, some drum loops, and a few guitar scales. I tested it with 1 to all 3 oscillators manually and via midi, modulated, and with and without pitch shifting. All worked just fine. The way the format shift works is try setting the “frequency bank range”, say low on bank 1 and high on back 2 and so on. Of course watch high Q’s (5.05 seems pretty good) and turn volume down to zero when changing bank ranges (sometimes load squeals or pops occur).
Now I REALLY like this vocoder, so if some kind Flowstoners want to HELP in optimizing it, I would really be wowed and be very much in appreciation for your work. So please pm me, or just upload your finished work here. Of course all and any other comments are very welcomed.
Have fun then!
Cheers, BobF.....
Hello gang,
Well I made a vocoder and I really think the sound is VERY good, but it has been pointed out that it is VERY cpu hungry. It uses 40 band pass filters and that is the biggest hog. I have tried fewer, but the sound is just not the same.
Unless you have a very fast computer and then even it can lockup or miss function, so download and use with CAUTION. I have an I7 so that is probably why I did not notice it for some time.
It can work in either midi or a manual mode. To use it in manual mode press the "Test Note Start" buttion till you get a waveform displayed on the scope, then explore the few presets I have provided. I have only provided a few presets because even on my I7 as I added more and more presets the cpu load just got worse and worse. For my test, I used my voice mainly, some drum loops, and a few guitar scales. I tested it with 1 to all 3 oscillators manually and via midi, modulated, and with and without pitch shifting. All worked just fine. The way the format shift works is try setting the “frequency bank range”, say low on bank 1 and high on back 2 and so on. Of course watch high Q’s (5.05 seems pretty good) and turn volume down to zero when changing bank ranges (sometimes load squeals or pops occur).
Now I REALLY like this vocoder, so if some kind Flowstoners want to HELP in optimizing it, I would really be wowed and be very much in appreciation for your work. So please pm me, or just upload your finished work here. Of course all and any other comments are very welcomed.
Have fun then!
Cheers, BobF.....