Joe,

I'm not quite sure I'm getting the gist of your terms "voice" and
"one-row configuration", but as for the vocoder I'd say you could get by
for a lot of purposes just fine with just the analysis section and the
synthesis section (A-129/1 and A-129/2). If you're bringing in a
microphone, the A-129/5 is useful. The A-129/3 takes you into a realm
of being able to edit the voltages you're bringing into the synthesis
section (three 129/3s -- the ideal full complement -- turns the vocoder
into a filterbank; I've only got one), and the A-129/4 adds slew.

For most of my uses, I'm really only using the analysis and synthesis
modules. That certainly won't eat up a row.

But if by "one-row configuration" you mean a 3U row of modules as the
extent of the instrument, I think the standard 3U configuration offered
by Doepfer hits the mark with module choices for versatility, and
shoehorning in the vocoder would probably not be advisable there. If
you just wanted a simple outboard vocoder you could probably pick up an
Electrix WarpFactory for under $200 on eBay, and though not modular it's
a pretty fun and good-sounding, especially for the price. Frankly it
tempts me, too, for certain kinds of quick and easy formant-capturing,
and it's stereo.


buechlerjoe wrote:

>
> Hi UF
>
> You've got me kind of interested. Jeez, I swore I was happy with my
> A100 configuration, too :-)
>
> What you recommend for a Vocoder configuration as a supplement to an
> existing A100 voice Would this allow a decent one-row configuration
>
> Joe
>
> P.S. As far as EVERYONE's knowledge here in the group, I think
> that's what's unquestionable. I'm constantly amazed at the range of
> useful information shared by everyone here.
>
> --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., unknown freak <ospengler@r...> wrote:
> > Hey Pig,
> >
> > I don't mind your having a wallow. Yes, I've got the vocoder, and I
> use
> > and like it a lot, also never vocally controlled. My most typical
> use
> > actually involves controlling it with a sine wave from a sequenced
> or
> > LFO'd or etc. VCO or resonating filter to pick out individual bands.
> > Vocoders have a ton of uses. My comment that the patch Peter
> described
> > could be done with the vocoder was prime facie true -- what's a
> vocoder
> > after all but a fixed filterbank in which each band has its own VCA.
> > The difference is that the vocoder has one unity output for all the
> > bands, but as I said, for lots of uses that wouldn't really matter.
> > There must be patches for which it *would* matter to have individual
> > band outputs for separate processing, but for simple VCAing of bands
> > where they'd be going to the same destination, the vocoder does the
> > job. That doesn't mean there shouldn't be an individual band output
> > helper module for the fixed filter bank, just that the particular
> > example sounded like one that could be done without one.
> >
> >
> > As for as Peter's knowledge, it's unquestionable.
>
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