Sound Source Unlimited AD01 "Super Vocoder Plus" soundbank
"Bizarre vocal and instrument effects" (SSU advertiser insert)
SoundEngine SEP-016 "Super Vocoder" (for WS A/D model only) - Programmed by Mike Peake
Performances in orange are set for a WS A/D vocoder use
Performances in violet are set for a WS A/D multi FX external input use
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PERFORMANCES
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| 00. Stereo Choirer 01. Insect Voice! 02. Backup Choir 03. Choir Waveseque 04. Clear + Crisp! 05. Mr.SmokeTooMuch 06. Synchroman! 07. Glisten Vocal! 08. Analog Syn Vox! 09. Simple Vocoder 10. Ash of "Alien" 11. Industrial Vox! 12. Jethro Tull 13. S&H WaveString! 14. *Stereo Metal* 15. Clear + Warm! 16. Percussion Seq! 17. Vocoder Bass! 18. Wierd And Fast! 19. Slow Breath! 20. Slow Res Sweep2 21. Pitch Detuning 22. Evil Incarnate 23. Let's Get Small 24. Way Out Of Tune | 25. Going Up! 26. Full Metal Vox 27. Metal Drumseque 28. Res Sweep Pad 2 29. Percussion Seq2 30. Drum Sequence! 31. Vocodadrum! 32. Metal Waveseque 33. Sawtooth Vector 34. Help I'm A Bell 35. Wierd & Fast 2! 36. Vocode of Input 37. Vocode/Input 2! 38. Vocode/Input 3! 39. Vocode/Input 4! 40. Vocode/Input 5! 41. InputVocdItself 42. Major Key Rise 43. Slap Bass Seque 44. Key Position! 45. Vocd/Npt KeyPos 46. In"1"Vocodes"2" 47. Bass On Metal! 48. Drums And Bass! 49. Key Breath Pad! |
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PATCHES
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| 00. Input Tone 01. Smoke Too Much 02. Quick Vox 03. Anastrings 04. Saw Syn 05. Choir Waveseque 06. Vocoder S/H Seq 07. TinkleVox 08. Analog Syn PWM 09. Shape A Flute 10. Synchroman! 11. Perc Seq 1 12. Perc Bass 13. Drum Seq 1 14. Res Sweep Pad! 15. Slow Vox 16. Metal Waveseque 17. PercSeq3 | 18. Res2Sweep 19. Drum Seq 2 20. Vocoder S/H Seq 21. Saw Wavesequenc 22. BellWavesequenc 23. Saw Rise Seque 24. Key Steps 25. Slap Bass Seque 26. Metal For Drums 27. Key Breath Pad 28. Acoustisyn Bass 29. Minimoog Bass 30. New VS Bells 31. New El Piano 32. Harpsibellchord 33. Air Breath Pad 34. VS Pipe Organ |
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SEQUENCES
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00. VocodSH | 16. AirBell 17. AnaStrg 18. Strange 19. VelPuls 20. WSBell2 21. KeyStep 22. SlapSeq 23. BelHarm 24. OctBass 25. PresRes 26. Env Res 27. CoolHarp 28. MajHarp 29. PercHit 30. RiseBig 31. Rise Sm |
Comments (as published by SSU on the Greytsounds website and in their 1992-93 catalogue):
As if wavesequencing and vector synthesis weren't enough,
the new Wavestation A/D features the capability of processing external signal
sources in innovative new ways. Our "Super Vocoder" bank gets you
started with 50 imaginative patches utilizing the Vocoding and A/D capabilities
in a useful array of vocal, keyboard and studio processing effects. Lush vocoded
pads, rhythmic wavesequences, startling vocal effects and much more allow you to
realize the most from your Wavestation A/D. Patches include "Choir
Waveseque", "Industrial Vox", "Vocoder Bass,"
"Vocodadrum" and many more.
What is Vocoding? Vocoding is an old technology, dating back to the 1930's at the Bell Telephone Labs. Technicians were seeking a method of improving the fidelity and distance of signals. What was found and discarded was a parallel chain of bandpass filters that passed a small part of the voice (modulator) and tone inputs (carrier) at concurrent points across the audible range. When one or more of the voice input filters "saw" energy in their frequency range, they sent a voltage proportional to the volume of the energy to Voltage Controlled Amplifiers, which came after each of the tone sectionıs filters. Thus, when an input filter saw level, it opened the output of the tone's corresponding filter.
Since different human vocal sounds ("Oooh", "Ahhh", "Eeee") had different amplitudinal strengths at different frequencies, the spoken and sung tone of the voice would allow the corresponding frequencies of the tone to come through and sound like it was "talking."
The pitch of the tone was never controlled by the voice, as no vocal pitch to tone pitch converters are used. This is the case today. Where have I heard one before? You have heard vocoders in use by Herbie Hancock ("Rockit"), Kraftwerk ("Trans-Europe-Express", "The Robots", "Voice of Energy", etc.), and on television's old science-fiction show Battlestar Galactica (the Cylon voices). R&B artist Roger uses one more melodically than any other musician that I have heard. He plays the carrier tone of his keyboard and sings along. Since he plays very well, he gets a sound like a singing synthesizer, instead of a machine or robot alien. Check it out!
What is Vocoding? Vocoding is an old technology, dating back to the 1930's at the Bell Telephone Labs. Technicians were seeking a method of improving the fidelity and distance of signals. What was found and discarded was a parallel chain of bandpass filters that passed a small part of the voice (modulator) and tone inputs (carrier) at concurrent points across the audible range. When one or more of the voice input filters "saw" energy in their frequency range, they sent a voltage proportional to the volume of the energy to Voltage Controlled Amplifiers, which came after each of the tone sectionıs filters. Thus, when an input filter saw level, it opened the output of the tone's corresponding filter.
Since different human vocal sounds ("Oooh", "Ahhh", "Eeee") had different amplitudinal strengths at different frequencies, the spoken and sung tone of the voice would allow the corresponding frequencies of the tone to come through and sound like it was "talking."
The pitch of the tone was never controlled by the voice, as no vocal pitch to tone pitch converters are used. This is the case today. Where have I heard one before? You have heard vocoders in use by Herbie Hancock ("Rockit"), Kraftwerk ("Trans-Europe-Express", "The Robots", "Voice of Energy", etc.), and on television's old science-fiction show Battlestar Galactica (the Cylon voices). R&B artist Roger uses one more melodically than any other musician that I have heard. He plays the carrier tone of his keyboard and sings along. Since he plays very well, he gets a sound like a singing synthesizer, instead of a machine or robot alien. Check it out!
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