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FL Manual 9 Vocodex/Mixc Flashcards

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FL STUDIO
What is Vocoding?

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  • Vocoding is the process of using the real-time frequency spectrum of one sound (Modulator) to modulate the frequency spectrum of another (Carrier).
  • -The vocoder engine consists of a series of bandpass filters that allow through only those frequencies detected in the Modulator source.
  • –So, for example, when a human voice is used to modulate a synthesizer chord, it will sound like the synthesizer is talking, the classic robot voice from many sci-fi movies.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Setup Inputs
A vocoder needs two audio sources to work, these are what?

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A Carrier - The sound that donates its timbre & pitch. This is the sound you hear (usually a synthesizer). Stereo carriers pass through Vocodex in stereo, mono carriers will remain mono so a lush stereo carrier will often sound better. NOTE: The internal Carrier synthesizer is provided for live ‘demo’ purposes, use the external Carrier ‘Production Method’ (described below) for project work.

A Modulator - The sound that will control the frequency spectrum of the Carrier, usually the spoken voice. The Modulator is not usually heard directly. NOTE: Modulator band analysis is peformed on the mono sum of the L + R channels, although modulator pass-through is stereo.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
What is a Modulator?

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A Modulator - The sound that will control the frequency spectrum of the Carrier, usually the spoken voice. The Modulator is not usually heard directly. NOTE: Modulator band analysis is peformed on the mono sum of the L + R channels, although modulator pass-through is stereo.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
What is a Carrier?

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A Carrier - The sound that donates its timbre & pitch. This is the sound you hear (usually a synthesizer). Stereo carriers pass through Vocodex in stereo, mono carriers will remain mono so a lush stereo carrier will often sound better. NOTE: The internal Carrier synthesizer is provided for live ‘demo’ purposes, use the external Carrier ‘Production Method’ (described below) for project work.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex

  • Vocodex is very flexible with respect to Modulator and Carrier input routing, via the MOD and CAR input selectors.
  • -Vocodex inputs work with the Mixer sidechain routing system. In this way, audio from any other pair of Mixer tracks can be routed directly to Vocodex’s MOD and CAR inputs once these are sidechained to Vocodex’s Mixer track.
  • –NOTE: If a MOD or CAR input is set to ‘0’ then the audio passing through Vocodex’s own Mixer track will be used on that input.
  • —If the selector is set to ‘—’ then external Mixer track inputs are blocked.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
If the selector is set to ‘—’ then what happens

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-External Mixer track inputs are blocked.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
If a MOD or CAR input is set to ‘0’ then what happens

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-The audio passing through Vocodex’s own Mixer track will be used on that input.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Immediate Method - External Modulator with Internal Carrier

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  • Load - Vocodex in a Mixer track (don’t use the Master track).
  • -MOD input - Route the Modulation source to the same track as Vocodex OR if you plan to use a live mic, then select your microphone as an INPUT on Vocodex’s Mixer track.
  • –Select an immediate preset - Select one of the ‘Immediate’ category of presets, these all use the internal Carrier synthesizer. Notice the CAR input changes to ‘—’, this disables external Carrier input. The MOD input will show ‘0’ offset indicating Vocodex’s own Mixer track.
  • —CAR input - Use the Carrier Synthesizer menu to select a Carrier sound. On selection of a preset you should hear the word ‘Vocodex’ expressed according to the Carrier sound. See the Carrier Synthesizer section below for more details.
  • —-Keyboard - If Vocodex is focused it will respond to your MIDI controller. When using a MIDI controller the keyboard will hold keys/chords until the next note/chord is played. Alternatively you can use your mouse on the Vocodex piano keyboard to latch keys on/off.
  • —–Operation - Make sure Vocodex is focused (click on Vocodex to focus it) then play the project or speak into your microphone while manipulating the keyboard (mouse or MIDI controller), and you should sound like a Cylon, Daft Punk or just plain annoying to family members.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Production Method - External Modulator & Carrier

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The default input selector setting assumes the Modulator comes from a Mixer track sidechained to Vocodex’s track and the Carrier is routed to Vocodex’s Mixer track:

Load - Vocodex in a Mixer track effect slot (don’t use the Master if you are planning to add other instruments to the project).
MOD Mixer track - Identify and label a Mixer track as ‘MOD’. Use a track other than Vocodex’s Mixer track. The MOD Mixer track will contain the Modulation signal (usually speech, vocals, a live microphone input).
MOD input - With the Modulation source Mixer track selected, Right-click on the Vocodex mixer track send switch and select Sidechain to this track only, to deselect the send to master switch and prevent the Modulator audio passing to the Master track.
CAR input - Route the Carrier signal to Vocodex’s Mixer track. The Channel Settings FX selector, of the plugin providing the Carrier sound, should match Vocodex’s Mixer track number.
Carrier sound - The most effective Carriers (the sound you hear) are those covering the whole frequency range. Thick lush synth sounds often make good Carriers. Try mixing in some noise from the NOISE slider if you need to hear speech (s & t sounds) vocoded more clearly. Remember, the vocoder acts like a series of gates allowing through those frequencies it detects in the Modulator sound. If a frequency band gate opens, and there are no frequencies in the Carrier over the same band, that ‘tonal’ character in the Modulator will be lost as it does not exist in the Carrier sound. NOTE: See the Carrier Synthesizer section below for more details on how to locate Sytrus presets designed specifically for Carrier duties.
Modulator sound - In the case of speech, some compression usually helps with intelligibility of the vocoded sound as it brings up the level of the quieter parts, improving the frequency-band detection process.
NOTE: You can of course, use the MOD and CAR selectors to choose a Modulator and Carrier signal from any number of Mixer tracks sidechained to Vocodex’s Mixer track. Giving the source Mixer tracks clear MOD and CAR labels will help you to select the right ones.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
The default input selector setting assumes what routing?

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-The Modulator comes from a Mixer track sidechained to Vocodex’s track and the Carrier is routed to Vocodex’s Mixer track

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Production Method - External Modulator & Carrier

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-Load - Vocodex in a Mixer track effect slot (don’t use the Master if you are planning to add other instruments to the project).
–MOD Mixer track - Identify and label a Mixer track as ‘MOD’. Use a track other than Vocodex’s Mixer track. The MOD Mixer track will contain the Modulation signal (usually speech, vocals, a live microphone input).
—MOD input - With the Modulation source Mixer track selected, Right-click on the Vocodex mixer track send switch and select Sidechain to this track only, to deselect the send to master switch and prevent the Modulator audio passing to the Master track.
—-CAR input - Route the Carrier signal to Vocodex’s Mixer track. The Channel Settings FX selector, of the plugin providing the Carrier sound, should match Vocodex’s Mixer track number.
—–Carrier sound - The most effective Carriers (the sound you hear) are those covering the whole frequency range. Thick lush synth sounds often make good Carriers. Try mixing in some noise from the NOISE slider if you need to hear speech (s & t sounds) vocoded more clearly. Remember, the vocoder acts like a series of gates allowing through those frequencies it detects in the Modulator sound. If a frequency band gate opens, and there are no frequencies in the Carrier over the same band, that ‘tonal’ character in the Modulator will be lost as it does not exist in the Carrier sound.
——Modulator sound - In the case of speech, some compression usually helps with intelligibility of the vocoded sound as it brings up the level of the quieter parts, improving the frequency-band detection process.
NOTE: You can of course, use the MOD and CAR selectors to choose a Modulator and Carrier signal from any number of Mixer tracks sidechained to Vocodex’s Mixer track. Giving the source Mixer tracks clear MOD and CAR labels will help you to select the right ones.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Mixer
The Mixer section controls Modulator and Carrier levels, input routing and provides controls for fine-tuning input/output signals.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
WET

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-Vocoder effect level.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
SG

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  • Soundgoodizing level.
  • -Applies Soundgoodizer maximization to the vocoder output. Soundgoodizer is useful to limit the (sometimes) unpredictable output levels from the vocoder process. Setting the slider to 0% (minimum) disables Soundgoodizing.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
Modulation sidechain input selector

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  • Right-click to display Mixer tracks that have been sidechained to Vocodex’s Mixer track.
  • -The label simply describes the expected input, all sidechains to Vocodex’s track will be visible (Modulator, Carrier and others).
  • –Typical Modulation sources include speech, singing & percussion.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
MOD

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  • Modulation pass-through level & peak meter.
  • -Allows the Modulator source to pass through to the output signal.
  • –This can be used in conjunction with the HP (high-pass) filter to selectively pass only high frequencies to improve the intelligibility of speech.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
HP

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  • Modulation pass-through highpass frequency.
  • -High-pass cutoff frequency for Modulation pass through signal.
  • –Fine-tune the specific frequencies passing through the MOD slider.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
Carrier sidechain input selector

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  • Right-click to display Mixer tracks that have been sidechained to Vocodex (select ‘—’ to disable external input when using the internal Carrier or the NOISE source as a ‘reverb’ on a MOD input).
  • -The label simply describes the expected input, all sidechains to Vocodex’s track will be visible (Modulator, Carrier and others).
  • –Good Carrier sources are bright lush synth-pad sounds.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
L.R Encoding

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  • Uses the Left channel as Modulator and the Right channel as Carrier from a stereo input.
  • -This is the same system Fruity Vocoder uses. See the Interlaced method routing method for more details.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
CAR

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  • Carrier pass-through level & peak meter.
  • -Allows the Carrier source to pass through to the output signal.
  • –This can be used in conjunction with the LP filter (see below).
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
LP

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  • Carrier pass-through lowpass frequency cutoff.
  • -This is useful to selectively pass lower frequencies in the Carrier so some ‘tone’ is audible but the high-frequencies in the Carrier are not masking the sibilants or just to tone-down the carrier, that are necessarily ‘bright’.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
NOISE

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  • Adds noise to the Carrier input.
  • -This can help improve speech intelligibility by preserving sibilants.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
Contour

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  • The Contour control is used to follow the volume envelope of the Carrier and/or detect Consonants in the Modulator and then use these to control the MOD pass-through, NOISE level (or both).
  • -NOTE: At least one FROM and one TO category switch must be selected for the Contour controls to work.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
FROM CAR

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-Contour taken from the Carrier volume envelope.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
FROM CONSONANTS

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-Contour taken from the Modulator’s sibilant consonants (a filter is used to isolate consonant sibilant frequencies).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
TO MOD

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-Any selected ‘From’ category Contours are applied to Modulator pass-through.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
TO NOISE

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-Any selected ‘From’ category Contours are applied to Carrier added noise pass-through.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
Typical settings for the Contour switches are ‘FROM CONSONANTS TO NOISE or MOD’ in order to make either respond to consonants only or ‘FROM CAR TO MOD’ to make the Modulator pass-through follow the Carriers volume envelope.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
DRAFT

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  • Lowers CPU usage at the expense of some audio quality, glitches or blips when moving some knobs (such as the ‘Modulator pitch shift’).
  • -Draft mode is automatically disabled during rendering.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
THREADED

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-Allows multi-threading for improved multi-core CPU performance.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
THREADED
Options (down arrow)
Detect modulator noise level does what?

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  • Modulator noise reduction process.
  • -Analyzes the MOD input source for approximately 2 seconds to generate a Modulator noise level mapping.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
THREADED
Options (down arrow)
How to use: Detect modulator noise level

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  • Select a representative quiet section of your Modulation source audio (loop a shorter section if necessary) OR if you are using a live mic, leave the mic open and record the background noise of your system/room and select this function.
  • -This will set a noise level mapping envelope, above which the Modulator level must pass before the bands will open (when ‘Subtractive denoising’ is deselected).
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
THREADED
Options (down arrow)
Subtractive denoising does what?

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  • When selected, subtracts the detected Modulator noise level Modulation Mapping from the Modulator input.
  • -When deselected the detected noise mapping acts as a threshold, below threshold Carrier level = 0, above threshold Carrier level = Normal level.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
THREADED
Options (down arrow)
About

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-‘About Vocodex’ information.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex Mixer Controls
THREADED
Options (down arrow)
VCX

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-Click to sound ‘Vocodex’ (Australian accent) and test the current settings.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options do what?

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  • These controls adjust the dynamics of the per-band envelope follower.
  • -Note that individual band behavior can be modulated relative to these settings using the Modulation Mappings section.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
HOLD

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  • Hold time for the Modulation envelope follower, set by ear.
  • -In PEAK mode (see below) the HOLD setting sustains the peak band levels for a defined duration.
  • –In RMS mode the HOLD setting changes the integration window length.
  • —In this way PEAK produces stepped volume envelope and RMS produces a smoothly changing volume envelope (most evident at the longest HOLD settings).
  • —-CPU load also increases with HOLD length for PEAK, but not RMS.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
PEAK/RMS

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  • Select the modulation envelope follower mode to PEAK or RMS.
  • -RMS may sound better with some Modulators, so it’s worth checking as it also presents a lower CPU load.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
Freeze (snowflake)

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  • Press this switch to hold the current band levels.
  • -This is a good automation target for cool effects.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
ATT

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  • Band attack time.
  • -Faster times (rotate left) will more closely track the Modulator volume envelope.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
Attack curve

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  • Knob below ATT, fine-tune the band attack envelope curve.
  • -Labels show curve shape range.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
REL

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  • Band release time.
  • -Longer times (rotate right) will make the sound more ‘laggy’ and reverberant.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
Release curve

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  • Knob below REL, fine-tune the band release envelope curve.
  • -Labels show curve shape range.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope Follower Options
MIN TIMES

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  • Ensures bands remain open for a minimum duration (minimum HOLD length).
  • -This reduces audible glitching.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls do what?

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  • These controls adjust the number of vocoding bands, their width and input filtering.
  • -While technical descriptions are given for each control, we recommend you ‘tweak and seek’ your desired sound.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
ORDER

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  • Detection band filter order (1,2,3,4). Lower setting (1) has a lower slope to the input window edges while higher settings (4) have a steeper slope to the input window edges.
  • -In other words, the filter order adjusts the roll-off in sensitivity either side of the central detection frequency.
  • –The default setting (2) is usually good, when adjusting by ear, sounds good, is good!
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Bands

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  • Select from 5 to 100 vocoder bands (click on the control and move up/down).
  • -Each band is a slice of the Carrier frequency spectrum under the control of the Modulator signal.
  • –However, more is not necessarily better or the sound you are after.
  • —Many ‘classic’ vocoder effects from the past use 8-16 bands.
  • —-NOTE: More bands also means more CPU usage. Vocodex uses a precise detection system, so it is possible to achieve great results with few bands.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Band width (sideways arrows)

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  • Adjusts the width of the vocoder bands.
  • -When a modulator sound is active, adjusting this knob will change their apparent width of the bands display.
  • –Set by ear, not by sight.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Filter flatness

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  • Controls if the bands have pointy (rotate left) or flat (rotate right) peak.
  • -This will affect the relative distribution of frequencies within each band. Another control to set by ear, tweak and smile.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Modulator bandwidth multiplier (mouth)

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  • Sets the bandwidth of the Modulator detection filters.
  • -Lower settings (rotate left) produce a more resonant sound, while higher settings (rotate right) produce a softer more ‘breathy/raspy’ sound.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Modulator pitch shift (gender symbols)

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-Slew the pitch of the vocoder down for a more masculine sound (rotate left) or up for a more feminine sound (rotate right).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Modulator unison shift (people)

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  • Control the pitch shift between unison voices.
  • -NOTE: The Modulation unison order must show a number for this control to be active.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Modulator unison panning (speakers)

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  • Control the unison voice panning.
  • -No panning is the 12’Oclock position, max panning happens at max left/right rotation.
  • –Direction changes voice panning mode.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Band Distribution Controls
Modulation unison order (number display)

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  • Off when set to ‘ - ‘. On - ‘1’ to ‘5’ voices.
  • -Unison is similar to a ‘Chorus’ effect where voices (copies) of the output are detuned and panned.
  • –Warning: CPU usage scales with order (voice) number.
  • —NOTE: Per-band adjustments to the above controls can be made using the Envelope section, see below.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Modulation Mappings display what?

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-Displays the vocoder bands, peak-level curve and Mapping Envelopes for the Modulator sound input.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Band gain multiplier

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-Band Equalizer. From mute (bottom), 0 dB (middle) to +12 dB (top).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Band panning

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-Set the panning of vocoded bands according to the Mapping Envelope. From 100% Left (bottom), center (middle) to 100% Right (top).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Band gain offset

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-Adds/subtracts to the band gain multiplier. From -infinity dB (bottom) to 0 dB (top).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Modulator noise level

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  • Threshold noise Mapping Envelope.
  • -When the Modulator signal exceeds the level defined by this envelope, those bands from the NOISE source will be allowed to pass-through to Vocodex’s outputs.
  • –From -1 (bottom) to + 1 (top).
  • —Use the Detect modulator noise level function in the Options menu to create a mapping based on the unwanted low-level noises in your Modulation source.
  • —-This will improve the quality of vocoded speech.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Modulator pass through

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  • Set the parts of the modulator signal to pass through the plugin.
  • -From mute (bottom), 0 dB (middle) to +12 dB (top).
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Envelope follower

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-All Mapping Envelopes range from x0.125 (bottom), x1 (middle) to x8 (top).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Equalizer
Hold

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  • Hold level multiplier.
  • -Modifies the per-band response to the HOLD control (see above).
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Envelope selector
Envelope release

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-Release time multiplier Mapping Envelope, modifies the per-band response to the REL control (see above).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Spectral distribution
Band distribution

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  • Defines the frequency range of the bands.
  • -This envelope mapping will have a dramatic effect on the vocoder process. Bottom scale is 0 Hz (DC), top scale is 20,000 Hz, the curve will map vocoder bands across these frequencies (or a sub-set of them).
  • –See the ‘Band distribution -‘ presets under Options > Open state file.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Spectral distribution
Band width

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-Modifies the per-band Band width from x0.125 (bottom), x1 (middle) to x8 (top).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Spectral distribution
Modulator pitch shift

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-Pitch shift multiplier Mapping Envelope, modifies the per-band Modulator pitch from -1200 cents (bottom), 0 cents (middle) to +1200 cents (top).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Saturation
Saturation mix

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  • Per-band Mapping Envelope saturation mix level.
  • -That is the vocoder band response Mapping Envelope shape is saturated (given a unique shape).
  • –From 0% (bottom) to 50% (middle) and 100% (top).
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Saturation
Saturation curve

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  • This is the envelope distortion effect applied to the band-follower Mapping Envelope.
  • -It maps input (horizontal axis) to output (vertical axis).
  • –The default sloping line matches a 1:input/output. In other words, no change to the input envelope shape.
  • —NOTE: There are a number of preset states for the Modulation Mapping envelopes under Options > Open state file.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Mapping controls
Follows Modulator pitch shift (lips)

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  • Per Mapping Envelope switch, links the Mapping Envelope frequency-scale to the Modulator pitch-shift knob.
  • -When selected - the frequencies affected by the Mapping Envelope will follow their original target frequencies in the Modulator as the pitch-shift knob is adjusted.
  • –When deselected - the Mapping Envelope remains at the original fixed frequencies while the Modulator pitch moves relative to it (as the Modulator pitch-shift knob is tweaked).
  • —It is useful to enable ‘Follows Modulator pitch shift’ when a particular frequency/sound in it has been identified for modification with the Mapping Envelope. Leaving this off will save some CPU load.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Mapping controls
Follows Modulator pitch shift (lips)
When deselected, has what effect?

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-The Mapping Envelope remains at the original fixed frequencies while the Modulator pitch moves relative to it (as the Modulator pitch-shift knob is tweaked).

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Mapping controls
Follows Modulator pitch shift (lips)
When selected has what effect?

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-The frequencies affected by the Mapping Envelope will follow their original target frequencies in the Modulator as the pitch-shift knob is adjusted.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Mapping controls
Options menu

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-Opens to show standard envelope options including:
–Open state file / Save state file - Opens/saves envelope states. Opens a directory containing a number of pre-defined Envelope state files. Files are labeled according to the control they are intended to control.
—Copy state / Paste state - Use this to copy and paste envelopes, usually between instances of the EQ editor across open plugins.
—-Undo - Undoes the last envelope edit.
—–Undo history - Shows the editing history since the last reset.
——Flip vertically - Inverts the current envelope.
——-Scale levels - Opens the Scale Level tool.
-Normalize levels - Scales the envelope so the highest and/or lowest levels reach +/- 100%.
–Decimate points - Opens a simple tool that allows manipulation of the number of control points in the envelope (useful in conjunction with Analyze audio file).
–Filter - Opens the Envelope Filter tool (useful in conjunction with Analyze audio file).
—Smooth up - Opens the Smooth Up tool that allows smoothing of the envelope shape (useful in conjunction with Analyze audio file).
Smooth up abrupt changes - Quick removal of ‘spikey’ or sudden changes in the envelope.
——Turn all points smooth - Preset filter to quickly filter the envelope.
Create sequence - Opens the Envelope Sequencer tool. While this feature is common to all native FL Studio envelopes, it has been included as it may be useful with creative uses of Vocodex.
—Analyze audio file - Open, analyze and replicate the volume envelope of an input sound file. Drag and drop audio files directly on the Envelope editor for automatic analysis. While this feature is common to all native FL Studio envelopes, it has been included as it is particularly useful with creative uses of Vocodex.
—Freeze (snowflake) - Freeze all envelopes to afford a clearer view of the envelope/mapping. It’s also useful to stop your little brother/sister/kids messing with your carefully crafted shapes (or you).
–Step editing - Sprays control points like drive-by machine-gun fire, allowing you to draw envelope curves.
–Slide remaining points - When selected, slides all control points after the moved point.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Carrier Synthesizer Internal is what?

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-Vocodex includes an internal Carrier generator based on the Sytrus synthesis-engine.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Carrier Synthesizer
Carrier sounds

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  • Select from the Carrier options using the drop-down menu to the left of the keyboard.
  • -To use the internal carrier see the Setup section ‘External Modulator with internal Carrier’.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Carrier Synthesizer
Playing the carrier

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  • You can lock keys (to create chords) on/off using mouse clicks.
  • -Alternatively when Vocodex is focused (interface selected) it will steal any MIDI keyboard controller input and can be played manually.
  • –When responding to a controller keyboard the note/chord will hold until the next note/chord is played.
  • —The first held note will clear all other notes. Any notes played after the first held note will lock on, to clear, release the first held note and play another note.
  • —-NOTE: the internal Carrier mode is aimed at live use as it does not respond to the Piano roll or Step Sequencer. However the same Carrier sounds are also available in the ‘Vocoder carriers’ preset section of Sytrus or from the Browser > Plugin presets > Sytrus > Vocoder carriers folder. Use the Production input method, described above, to use Sytrus as an external Carrier source.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Vocoding is what?

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  • Vocoding is the process of detecting signal levels across a range of narrow frequency-bands in one sound (the modulator, MOD) and filtering another sound (the Carrier, CAR) with the same frequency-band level activity.
  • -Simply, imagine the Modulator band peaks are sliders of a graphic equalizer on the Carrier sounds Mixer channel, and that’s Vocoding in a nutshell.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Band analysis

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  • In the screenshot left, the vertical colored bands show the modulator frequency-level activity.
  • -The bands are in essence automatically controlled levels on a 5 to 100 band graphic equalizer through which the Carrier is trying to pass.
  • –When a band opens, that frequency (if present) in the Carrier is allowed through.
  • —More precisely, each frequency band’s analysis envelope continuously tracks level changes in the Modulator and applies this envelope to the equivalent band in the Carrier’s filter bank.
  • —-It is through this process the Carrier takes on the temporal-frequency characteristics of the modulator sound, and it is the essence of vocoding.
  • Vocodex allows you to change the number of vocoding bands from 5 to 100.
  • -Generally the more bands used, the more like the original (Modulator sound), the vocoded sound will be (within the limits of the Carrier’s frequency range and timbre, see below).
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Band analysis, What type of bands to create a robotic or harsh sound?

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  • If you are after a more ‘robotic’ (harsh) sound try using the 16 to 32 band range.
  • -You can also achieve a similar effect by turning the Band width knob to the right, and widen the bands.
  • –To keep CPU usage down we recommend using the lowest number of bands needed to achieve the sound you want.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Carriers

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  • It should be clear to you that if a frequency band opens, and there is no sound at that same frequency in the Carrier, then that particular ‘timbral’ character of the modulator sound will be lost.
  • -The clarity of speech, in particular, suffers when there is little or no high frequency sound present in the Carrier.
  • –This is because sibilant sounds (“s”,”t”, etc.) consist mainly of high frequency noise.
  • —In response to this problem Vocodex includes a NOISE control (that injects noise into the Carrier), a Modulation pass-through slider (MOD) on the Mixer section, with high-pass filter to select only the sibalent sounds and a Modulator pass-through envelope (that can also be set to allow through only high frequencies from the Modulator).
  • —-Use any of these controls to preserve the intelligibility of speech.
  • —–NOTE: The Sytrus synthesizer engine is used in Vocodex to generate internal Carrier sounds, see the Carrier Synthesizer section above for more details on how to replicate the internal Carrier sounds with Sytrus as an external source.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Creative uses
Tidy and align score to audio

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  • Generally at this step you may need Play the score and audio together in the Playlist, edit the score to fix any errors or time-alignment issues.
  • -It can be useful to align the Carrier score 1/4 of a step before the vocal it was made from.
  • –This ensures the Carrier is playing when the Modulator kicks in and you don’t lose any of the Modulator’s attack.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Load Vocodex - On Mixer track 1, rename the Mixer track ‘Vocodex’. The Vocodex default is set to receive the Carrier on its own Mixer track and the Modulator from the first Sidechain Mixer track. This means Vocodex should be set up correctly on loading.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Creative uses
Pitch-tracked modulator

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-One interesting variation on the standard vocoder effect is achieved when the Carrier tracks the pitch of the Modulator (usually the pitch of the Modulator and Carrier are independent), this results in a more ‘pure’ vocoded voice sound more closely resembling a ‘Talk-Box’.

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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Vocodex Pitched Carrier tutorial
The goal is to convert a Modulation sample to a Piano roll score, use these notes to drive the Carrier synthesizer while the Modulator does its usual Modulation thing in Vocodex. In this way the Carrier is following the pitch of the Modulator.

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  • Modulator vocal - You will need a monophonic, singing vocal (here’s a nice one we prepared earlier, uploaded to freesound. You will need to have a (free) account there to download the vocal recording).
  • -Convert the vocal to notes - Open the vocal sample in Edison, Right-click on the sample and select Tools > Convert to score and dump to piano roll. This will perform a pitch analysis and save the result to the selected channel as a Piano roll score. This score will be used to drive the Carrier synthesizer.
  • –Load Sytrus on the score Channel - Drag the ‘Saw’ preset from the ‘Browser > Plugin presets > Sytrus > Vocoder carriers’ folder and drop it on the Channel containing the ‘audio analysis’ score from the previous step.
  • —Carrier routing - Route the Sytrus Channel to Mixer track 1.
  • —-Create a Modulator vocal Audio Clip - Drag the original audio from Edison, use the drag tool () and drop it on the Playlist to create an Audio Clip.
  • —–Create a Modulator Mixer track - Route the Modulator Audio Clip to Mixer track 2 and rename the Mixer track ‘Modulator’.
  • ——Create a Pattern Clip - Select the pattern containing the ‘audio analysis’ score and place it in the Playlist.
  • ——-Align Modulator and Carrier sources in the Playlist - Align the ‘audio analysis’ Pattern Clip with the Audio Clip of the source audio (see image right). Play them together, Sytrus and the Vocal should sound in time and in tune (mostly).
  • ——–Tidy and align score to audio - If you are using our Modulation source vocal, alignment and pitch should be about right. Generally at this step you may need Play the score and audio together in the Playlist, edit the score to fix any errors or time-alignment issues. It can be useful to align the Carrier score 1/4 of a step before the vocal it was made from. This ensures the Carrier is playing when the Modulator kicks in and you don’t lose any of the Modulator’s attack.
  • Sidechain the Modulator Mixer track to track 1 - See the screenshot for routing settings, use the ‘Production method’ as described in the Setup Inputs section.
  • -Load Vocodex - On Mixer track 1, rename the Mixer track ‘Vocodex’ (and why not). The Vocodex default is set to receive the Carrier on its own Mixer track and the Modulator from the first Sidechain Mixer track. This means Vocodex should be set up correctly on loading.
  • –Play - Play the project from the Playlist and be impressed. Usually this form of vocoding works best with fewer (rather than more) bands, try the 16 to 40 range. For another variation, drop the Carrier score by 1 octave. Experiment with the various Sytrus ‘Vocoder carrier’ presets.
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FL STUDIO - Vocodex
Vocoding in detail
Percussion

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  • While vocoders are usually associated with speech, they also make unique and cool effects when applied to drums and other instruments.
  • -When using Vocodex as an effect (on percussion in particular), you may want to allow some of the original Modulator (drum) sound through with the MOD (Modulation pass-through level) slider.
  • –Carriers can be the sound being effected or something totally different, as usual, experimentation is rewarded.
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About Vocoding
The vocoded sound is referred to as a _____ The sound used for vocoding is called a ______. A classical example is having a voice as a modulator and a synth as a carrier, to create the effect of a ‘speaking synth’.

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  • carrier.
  • -modulator
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The vocoder works by detecting the levels of certain frequency bands and then filtering the carrier. Thus, what happens to the carrier?

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-The carrier takes on the characteristics of the modulator sound.

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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder
Setup

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  • Load: an instance of Fruity Vocoder in a mixer track effect slot (don’t use the master).
  • -Routing: By default, the left channel is the modulator and the right channel is the carrier. This means the vocoder can only process a mono input sound, although the output is stereo. The modulator/carrier channel assignment can be swapped from the MIX section. There are several ways to create a modulator/carrier combination in the L/R channels of a Mixer Track:
  • –Use panning - Route the carrier and source Instrument Channels to the Mixer track containing the Fruity Vocoder and pan the Channel Panning knob for the modulator source hard-left and carrier source hard-right.
  • —Single channel muting - Use the Fruity Mute 2 plugin to mute the L and R channels of a 2nd and 3rd mixer track carrying the modulator and carrier respectively then route these to the mixer track with Fruity Vocoder.
  • —-Carrier sound - The most effective carriers (the sound you hear vocoded) are those covering the whole frequency range. Pad sounds often make good carriers, you can also try mixing in some white noise if you need to hear speech (s & t sounds) vocoded more clearly. Remember, the vocoder acts like a series of gates allowing through those frequencies it detects in the modulator. If a frequency gate opens and there is no carrier sound in that band, that part of the ‘tonal’ character in the vocoded sound will be lost when compared to the original.
  • —–Modulator sound - Using some compression on the modulator usually helps sound (and speech in particular) to vocode more clearly.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
FREQ section
FORM

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-Formant slider, changes the pitch relationship between the Modulator and Vocoded bands, up/down for a more feminine/masculine sound.

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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
FREQ section
Min/Max

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  • These knobs set the frequency range processed in the vocoder.
  • -Cutting off high and low frequency regions that are not present in the modulator sound helps you achieve higher quality result with less bands.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
FREQ section
Scale

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  • Lets you adjust the scale of the frequency (linear or logarithmic).
  • -The best value for this property varies with the type of modulator sound (voice, instrument, noise, etc).
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
FREQ section
Invert (INV)

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-This switch inverts the modulator frequencies.

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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
FREQ section
Bandwidth (BW)

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  • This knob sets the bandwidth of the bandpass filters used to filter the carrier sound.
  • -You can think of wider bands as producing softer sound.
  • –The best value differs with the different source sounds.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
ENV Section

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  • Sets the envelope follower attack and decay.
  • -This is the fade in/out times for the envelopes of the frequency bands tracked in the modulator sound.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
ENV Section
Attack

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-Sets the “fade in” time.

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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
ENV Section
Decay

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-Sets the “fade out” time.

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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Parameters
MIX Section

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  • Mix the source and carrier levels using the sliders.
  • -To solo the left (modulator) or right (carrier) channel click the LCD switches.
  • –To swap the left and right channel assignments and change the channel the modulator and carrier are taken from, click the L and R labels at the top.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder
Bands Display

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  • Displays the bands and their volume levels and the sound plays.
  • -You can adjust the volume of the individual bands by dragging up/down the sliders in the view.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Bands Display
HOLD

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  • Press this switch to hold the current band levels (i.e. “pause” the vocoder’s band volume detection).
  • -You can automate this switch.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Bands Display
Bands

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  • Allows you to select from 4 to 128 bands to be used for vocoding.
  • -The more the bands, the higher the output quality (unless you are looking for some kind of special effect), however, more bands consume more processor power.
  • –Also note that unlike the FFT-based the vocoders on the market (which usually use 256, 512 or more bands), Fruity Vocoder uses a more precise detection system, so you can achieve better results with much less bands (and no latency, unlike FFT vocoders!) than usual.
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FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder - Bands Display
Filter

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Allows you to set the filter order. Higher order allows for “steeper” frequency band edges.

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