drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » How to use a vocoder How to use a vocoder Author Post Ketz Thinking outside the box... Registration Date: 10-10-2007 Posts: 2,865 Helpfulness rating:  Eazy peeps, now I've got a tune I started working on a few months back and STILL haven't got round to finishing it yet as other projects came up and I got too wrapped up in those to finish this one. I was looking at using a Vocoder on this one for the main melody / drop - basically I want to get that "robotic / melodic" kinda sound for some vocals that I will be recording - trouble is I've already tried to process some vocals in the past on Cubase with the vocoder plug-in and have come nowhere near the sound I am looking for - u know the one I'm talking about any suggestions on additional plug-ins I could possibly download or even advice on what I may be doing wrong currently would be a great help - I guess this is kinda new to me as I haven't done much mellow chilled stuff recently (only heavier stuff) I can try and find some examples if u guys don't know what type of sound I'm after... thanks in advance __ 28-05-2008 11:28 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  To get good results from a vocoder you have to chose the right sounds. It's also important that you put the voice in the modulator signal, not in the carrier signal. For the carrier try sounds with a lot of high harmonics, classic is using a saw wave, played in chords __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 28-05-2008 11:49 border Cool Steppa Registration Date: 20-05-2004 Posts: 119 You can also use white noise as carrier. A 3-bands per octave (thirds) vocoder should do the trick decently I guess 28-05-2008 14:18 Ketz Thinking outside the box... Registration Date: 10-10-2007 Posts: 2,865 Helpfulness rating:  Thanks Chronic, just tested it out last night and it worked a charm after a few fiddles here n there with the various knobs (that sounds dodgy lol), definately got to experiment with it. I'm quite excited as this is another instrument in my arsenal thanks Border as well, will give the white noise a try asd well __ 29-05-2008 13:32 chomp Wicked Producer Registration Date: 06-12-2005 Posts: 368 Helpfulness rating:  thx chronic i'll give it a try __ soundcloud.com/machette 05-07-2008 04:17 Ketz Thinking outside the box... Registration Date: 10-10-2007 Posts: 2,865 Helpfulness rating:  just to say, tried this a while back after the advice and it worked a treat! only prob now is to make a tune where it fits properly - timing, correct chords etc etc __ 07-07-2008 17:01 Pytchlocka [ » K | R | Y | P | T | O | P | H | Y | T | E™ « ] Registration Date: 25-07-2008 Posts: 146 Relly like Spor's Supernova. Vocoder on that one is quality. I think maybe also CValue's Darkrain. 14-08-2008 09:51 c_ctrl Wicked Producer Registration Date: 02-06-2008 Posts: 307 Helpfulness rating:  Daft Punk! ... But definately Supernova, wicked tune. __ DeCode & Roary Soundcloud 14-08-2008 10:21 junglist06 Player Registration Date: 12-09-2006 Posts: 310 Helpfulness rating:  theres some good vocodor tutorials on youtube, really helped me out __ aka D-Man.....salute the junglist general 17-08-2008 13:37 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » How to use a vocoder