
Mode 6: Single channel vocoder
Quick start guide for the connections:
Input signals:
mic
:
Microphone input, balanced 3.5mm TRS plug
modulation 1
: No function
modulation 2
: No function
envelope inputs
:
envelope
1: base note spectral shift
envelope
2: No function
envelope
3: No function
envelope
4: No function (optionally CV note input, if the PCB switch is closed)
Outputs:
Output is normally from the
out
TRS jack.
Adjustments:
adjust 1
: spectral shift for base note (big speaker/small speaker, envelope 1 has to have voltage)
Slider 1
: On/off, automatic/manual noise control. If off, or fully down, the noise characteristics can be
adjusted using sliders 2 - 5, otherwise automatic noisiness decision made in the vocoder.
Slider 2
: If Slider 1 is off, adjusts the noise level at the frequency band corresponding to the fundamental,
otherwise adjusts the sensitivity for automatic noise generation for the band.
Slider 3
: Corresponding noise adjustment for harmonics 2&3.
Slider 4
: Corresponding noise adjustment for harmonics 4&5.
Slider 5
: Corresponding noise adjustment for all the remaining harmonics.
Slider 6
: Noise gate: clips the bottom of the analyzed speech spectrum which typically is noisy; increased
clipping also removes lower spectral contents for sound coloring.
Slider 7
: Spectral shaping; exaggerates the differences of spectral peaks and valleys when shifted upwards
from the default off-position.
Slider 8
: Control of the interpolation between the analyzed spectral bands. This is an on-off control and its
change only comes into effect after system reset or mode change. When slider 8 is off at the minimum
position, the interpolation is maximally smooth. This results in decreased spectral resolution, but
minimizes possibly unwanted effects with rapid note changes that vary the spectrum. Pulling slider 8 up
will improve spectral resolution. The audible differences are quite small, though, in most cases.
Sliders 15 and 16
: Microphone digitiser noise gate. In addition to the spectral noise gate adjustment with
Slider 6, also the input microphone A/D has noise gating. The default gating from system reset can be
varied using these sliders. If you want to increase the gating threshold, move Slider 15 to the maximum
position and move 16 up and down between the minimum and maximum positions. Each sweep up or
down increases the threshold by 3dB. Correspondingly, when Slider 15 is at the minimum position, each
sweep decreases it by -3dB. Overload led blinking shows reaching of the minimum or maximum
threshold.
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