Tonysounds Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Not that it's gay or anything, or that I even care. I just would worry about our song selection would be used to forward some sort of agenda. Thoughts? Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Would I have to play Mr. Roboto? Cause that would really suck. Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidLifeCrisis Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Friends don't let their friends play vocoders. Steve A Lifetime of Peace, Love and Protest Music www.rock-xtreme.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I remember when Herbie Handcock went through his vocoder phase. Even with his talent it was not a good period in his musical career. Vocoder is best used sparingly. It is not a replacement for a singer, as much as we would LIKE to replace singers. Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Ward MP Hall of Fame Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I like mister roboto:( Styx is teh pwn. "...Keytar in a heavy metal band is nothing more than window dressing" - Sven Golly Cursed Eternity - My Band Dick Ward - My Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I think it all depends on how you use it. FOr backing its fine, but to replace a singer with it is kinda cheesey. One thing I do with my VC2 card in the VSynth is to use it for Hermeto Pascoal/Tania Maria brazilian style scatting.. its awesome for that... MIDI up a piano sound and start soloing and scatting into the mic at the same time... I got the idea after watching a video of Joe Zawinul from 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I'm not sure that I get the question, but I would be *really* comfortable having a band member play vocoder... because that member would be me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Landrum Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 "Sheba" by Mike Oldfield uses vocoder to great effect, I think. Darren Landrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaviaMech Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Given some of the vocoder technology out there, it would be a great way to add some harmonies to a lead vocal (if you have only one singer), or for a single backup singer to cover 2+ parts ... in tune, too. When I go to NAMM, I always catch Marc Cooper demonstrating TC Electronics' voice boxes and harmonizers, and always thought it would be cool to use one of those in a live setting. Vocoders don't have to be used just for cheezy "Mr. Roboto" or Cylon effects in an originals setting, either. I agree with orangefunk ... it depends on what you're doing with it ... ClaviaMech info@nordusa.com Nord USA What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them criticially. -- Ayn Rand, Philosophy: Who Needs It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prague Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 How long would I have to wait for the vocoder player to get off the Internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 You could do "Maniac"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve in KS Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 How comfortable would I be ? I guess it would depend on whether I was standing or sitting . . . can I sit on the couch? The vocoder isn't staring at my ass is it !? What's the vocodor's name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Speaking of "Maniac", a band i worked for over twenty years ago had a keyboardist who used a Roland vocoder for that song. Gigs had been a bit boring so I decided to make a board tape plus. Try it some time. Take the vocoder mic, plug into a splitter with one output going to the vocoder and the other down the snake. Record a mono PA feed to the left channel and the unprocessed vocoder mic to the right. Record and listen in front of as many as you can. You'll bust a gut!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Landrum Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Vocoders are people, too! Darren Landrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Nursers Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Originally posted by Prague: How long would I have to wait for the vocoder player to get off the Internet? The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I just want to thank you Tony - this thread made my day, although I really wish there was a poll. A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trill Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 http://www.projectsledgehammer.org/2INDEX3.jpg Did someone say VOCORDER ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidLifeCrisis Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Ya know... some poor soul is going to come here about a month from now and innocently ask a vocorder question... I pity the fool Steve A Lifetime of Peace, Love and Protest Music www.rock-xtreme.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Heheh... true enough. I think it speaks volumes for the quality of this forum that nobody has gone off on this clown yet... try what he did over at that other forum and the electronica kiddies would be vilifying him up one side and down the other... Kudos for the KC community! Cheers, SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I don't know about you but I'm vocoder'd out. Time for ole CyVo to hit the trail, imho. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerber3 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 By your command. http://iml.bu.edu/cmr/robots/cylon.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clavinovaguyusa Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 You know.....I have been playing around with the Roland G-70s harmonizer....it's going to take some serious practicing to get it to sound like I want it. For some reason, I keep getting it switching to an ogre sound. Since I am already a Bass, it makes the singing sound pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 It was getting to be a bit much, but it was almost endearing to see someone so enthused with a piece of equipment....although his 'stalker-like' obsession with the vocoder does make me a bit .... um .... queasy! Shades of Joe's Garage!!!! Sy Borg.....gimme dat gimme dat Sy Borg.....gimme dat chromium.....leg! Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Not to bump this thread up, but I was disappointed he never posted to this thread! Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 In case you haven't read, he's been banned for a week. I'd be OK with a vocoder player as long as he doesn't start parody threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Landrum Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 How about disparity threads? Darren Landrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue JC Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Last November, I got hired to play keys for a Rhythm & Blues Ball. One of the acts was a vocoder guy playing a micro something or other. He did like four tunes by some mutts named "Zapp & Roger" who apparently are vocoder specialists. I thought this was about the worst thing that I'd ever heard - especially a cover of Marvine Gaye's "Grapevine". It sends chills down my spine just thinking about it again. Anyway, I thought "well you're an old fart - this will grow on you and you might actually get to like it if you give it half a chance." I wasn't crazy about rap or hip hop but I did a few sessions and I like some of it now. It grew on me. Not this frickin' vocoder music though! Every time I heard it, it drove me crazy. It has to be as loud as the lead vocal to be effective but there's something about the frequencies used in the popular vocoder music that sends me up a wall. I wouldn't bail on any gig that I committed to but I was sorely tempted on this one. Afterwards, I told the guy not to call me anymore if the vocoder was involved. Blue JC Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer. W. C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Troutman ruled!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Originally posted by bluejc: He did like four tunes by some mutts named "Zapp & Roger" who apparently are vocoder specialists. Roger Troutmann used a talkbox, not a vocoder. And he played some pretty damn fine funky music in his day. I have no idea how badly your vocoder dude mangled it tho'. Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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