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[handsup5]

ok, i just discovered the vocoder voice changer thing, and it looks wicked
im thinking about getting the alesis ion, can someone tell me how the vocoder would work in regards to it, if they have them built in or if its a seperate peice of hardware i some how plug into the synth, i just dont know  thanks :cans:

[Spectrum]

http://www.soundonso...n.htm?print=yes

"Also included in this section is a 40-band vocoder. So many synths include these today that it's easy to overlook them, but Alesis have provided a generous selection of tweakable parameters and routing, enabling you to process the synth's own signals or use the stereo audio input to provide both the source and carrier signals to drive it. Some example patches in the (Yellow) User bank were perfect starting points and, overall, the vocoder does a splendid job."


If you want to run your voice through it, you may need to use a microphone preamp to lift the feint microphone signal up the the (presumably) line level input on the synth.

Anyone got one? Along with the vocoder are formant and comb filtering tools, making for some interesting sounds away from the bog standard oscillator + low/high-pass filter arrangement of most 'analogue' synths. Must check one out next time I'm in a shop.