
361 Live Audio Effect Reference
The Dry/Wet control adjusts the balance between the processed and dry signals.
22.34.1 Vocoder Tips
This section explains how to set up the most common Vocoder applications.
Singing Synthesizer
The classic vocoder application is the ”singing synthesizer.” To set this up in Live:
1. Insert Vocoder in the track that contains your vocal material. You can either use a clip that
contains a prerecorded voice clip or, to process a live vocal signal, connect a microphone
to a channel on your audio hardware and choose this as the input source (page 173) for
the track.
2. Insert a synthesizer such as Analog (page 375) in another track. Again, you can either
create a MIDI clip to drive this synthesizer or play it live.
3. Set the vocoder’s Carrier chooser to External.
4. Select the synthesizer track in the vocoder’s Audio From choosers. (For best results, choose
Post FX in the bottom chooser.)
5. If you’re creating your synthesizer and vocal material in real time, make sure the Arm but-
ton is enabled on both tracks.
6. Play the synthesizer as you speak into the microphone. You’ll hear the rhythm of your
speech, but with the timbral character and frequencies of the synthesizer. To hear the vo-
coded signal alone, solo the voice track so that the ”normal” synthesizer track is muted.
Note: you’ll generally get the best results if your synthesizer sound is bright and rich in harmon-
ics. Try sawtooth-based patches to improve the intelligibility of the voice. For even more bright-
ness and clarity, try adjusting the Unvoiced control and/or enabling Enhance.
Formant Shifter
If the Vocoder is set to use the modulator as its own carrier, it can be used as a powerful formant
shifter. To do this:
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