Ultimate Voice Electrifier
Vocoder V is not your standard vocoder. It’s not your standard synthesizer either. This is your new voice-transforming playground. Unlike the traditional vocoder, it combines carrier and modulator - synth and voice analyzer - into one powerful unit.
If you’d prefer not to sing, there’s even a dedicated sampler built in so you can process whatever sounds you want to. Part voice analyzer, part vintage analog synth, part cutting-edge sampler - this might just be the missing piece of your sonic puzzle.
Turn your vocal stems into analog FM basslines; Turn your drum loops into a synth chord sequences; Turn ambient samples into harmonic drones; Anything is possible.
An Essential Sound
Vocoder V takes you back to the origins of a sound that’s defined countless artists and classic albums alike, from Daft Punk’s robot vocals to the infectious ‘Mr Blue Sky
More Than Just a Voice
Go beyond robot vocals to create vowel-like synth sounds, resynthesized samples, or resonant drums from an alien world. Vocoder V exceeds every sonic expectation.
Analog Perfection
Using our exclusive TAE® technology, every component of the classic 16-channel vocoder has been re-engineered in detail to sound & behave just like the original.
Retro, Retrofitted
Vocoder V comes accompanied with a built-in synthesizer module, sample player, and creative enhancements, providing an end-to-end vocoding & resynthesis toolkit.
Make That Robot Rock
Vocoder V is out to give this classic a whole new voice.
Vocals that sound like a synth, a synth that sounds like vocals - Dr. Bob Moog’s original 1979 16-band magic voice box is responsible for some of the most far-out sounds in music history, from robotic speech to rich harmonized textures.
Built-in Synthesis
The original 16-Band Vocoder required an external synthesizer to process your vocal signal. With Vocoder V, it comes included as standard.
Its built-in dedicated synthesizer carrier section behaves like a fully-fledged synth by itself, giving you everything you need to make the fun, futuristic robot noises that you know and love. Enjoy the warm polyphonic chord sequences, wild frequency-modulated basslines, or noisy blizzard ambiences that you’d expect from a classic analog synth - but uniquely molded into the shape of your vocals or samples. This synth can talk!
Hold
Toggle whether all notes are sustained when played
Oscillator 1
Triangle, saw, square, and noise waveforms, with versatile shape control and Sync button
Oscillator 2
Triangle, saw, square, and noise waveforms, with shape control, fine tune control, and Fixed button which removes pitch control from the keyboard
A basic attack/release envelope to shape the onset and timing of your synth notes
Ensemble
Dial in your preferred amount of rich analog-style chorus for amazing stereo depth
Expression controls
Bend and Mod wheels let you tweak your vocoder performance dynamics, with options for pitch bend range and glide (portamento)om on
Chord Mode
Transform every note into a full chord, with 12 voicings to choose from including a custom on
Your New Voice
Vocoder V’s patchbay-centered interface will transport your voice wherever you want it to go.
The modulator section is stunning authentic reimagining of the original, letting you sculpt the response of your voice input in detail before it moves along the chain.
Processed drum loops & voices - Hear Vocoder V’s carrier controls shifting and modulating slowly in two contrasting contexts - you can process any sound!
Voice & Synth Levels
Strike your own balance between carrier and modulator volume.
Times
Adjust the attack and release time for all bands.
Frequency Levels
Individually control the level of each frequency band to adjust the finer sonic details.
Bands
Shift continuously up or down the entire range of frequencies to emphasize lower or upper frequencies. Then narrows or expands all bands frequency ranges, from narrow and precise to broad and rich.
Patch Bay
16 bands of analysis & synthesis frequencies, from 50 to 5080Hz, awaiting your patchwork magic, complete with sample & hold and patch bay bypass.
High Freq & Noise Controls
Set the behavior of the high frequency signal; off, switched (with hiss signal), or direct (always active), and balance the level of vocoded signal (buzz) and noise content (hiss).
Go Beyond
Expected
Like we do with all of our instrument emulations, we took this timeless transformer of vocals and tweaked it to meet the needs of the modern producer - open the Advanced Panel to unlock expanded sonic potential.
FEATURES
16-Channel Vocoder Virtual-Analog Modeling
Integrated Synth Section:
Dual-Oscillator With FM
Waveshaping Capabilities
Hard Sync and Fixed Frequencies Options
Chord and Glide Features
Stereo Enhancing “Ensemble” Function
External Voice Input with Pitch Tracking Feature
Integrated Sample Player Engine:
Cycle and Keyboard Play Modes to Play Back up To 12 Samples
700+ Included Factory Samples
Time-Stretching to Sync Loops in Bars to DAW BPM
Vocoder Bands Rerouting from Patch Bay
Advanced Modulation Capabilities (envelope Follower, LFO and Controls Assignment)
11 Integrated Effect Types (Reverb Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Overdrive, Delay, …)
Advanced Brightness, Timbre, Time and Movement Macro Controls
Over 250 Factory Presets