Arturia Vocoder V

ULTIMATE VOICE ELECTRIFIER
Vocoder V takes the iconic 16-Band Vocoder and retrofits it with advanced synth, sampler, and modulation capabilities. Venture beyond the classic robot voice with a sound that truly speaks for itself.

To vocode, or not to vocode?
Vocoder V is not your standard vocoder. It’s not your standard synthesizer either. This is your new voice-transforming playground. Unlike the traditional vocoder, it combines carrier and modulator – synth and voice analyzer – into one powerful unit.
If you’d prefer not to sing, there’s even a dedicated sampler built in so you can process whatever sounds you want to. Part voice analyzer, part vintage analog synth, part cutting-edge sampler – this might just be the missing piece of your sonic puzzle.
Turn your vocal stems into analog FM basslines; Turn your drum loops into a synth chord sequences; Turn ambient samples into harmonic drones; Anything is possible.

A bit of history
The vocoder was originally invented as a way of analyzing and synthesizing the human voice, used to conserve bandwidth and encrypt radio transmissions – it was even used in the military. It wasn’t until the ‘70s that some bright spark saw its musical potential.

Built-in synthesis
The original 16-Band Vocoder required an external synthesizer to process your vocal signal. With Vocoder V, it comes included as standard.
Its built-in dedicated synthesizer carrier section behaves like a fully-fledged synth by itself, giving you everything you need to make the fun, futuristic robot noises that you know and love. Enjoy the warm polyphonic chord sequences, wild frequency-modulated basslines, or noisy blizzard ambiences that you’d expect from a classic analog synth – but uniquely molded into the shape of your vocals or samples. This synth can talk!

Hold
Toggle whether all notes are sustained when played

Oscillator 1
Triangle, saw, square, and noise waveforms, with versatile shape control and Sync button

Oscillator 2
Triangle, saw, square, and noise waveforms, with shape control, fine tune control, and Fixed button which removes pitch control from the keyboard

Envelope controls
A basic attack/release envelope to shape the onset and timing of your synth notes

Expression controls
Bend and Mod wheels let you tweak your vocoder performance dynamics, with options for pitch bend range and glide (portamento)

Chord mode
Transform every note into a full chord, with 12 voicings to choose from including a custom one

Ensemble
Dial in your preferred amount of rich analog-style chorus for amazing stereo depth

With a familiar dual-oscillator analog layout, complete with envelope and shaping controls, you suddenly have double the amount of control over your vocoder’s sound in a single interface – not to mention heaps of warm analog character to play with.

Your new voice
Vocoder V’s patchbay-centered interface will transport your voice wherever you want it to go.
The modulator section is stunning authentic reimagining of the original, letting you sculpt the response of your voice input in detail before it moves along the chain.

Maybe you’re looking to zap your vocals with sci-fi brightness. Or perhaps you want to support your topline with distinctly electronic harmonies.
The 16-band blueprint is designed to accurately detect every complex nuance of your voice, from breathy expressions to subtle sibilances – nothing goes undetected. Connect your mic or audio input, get patching, and effortlessly stitch your vocal sound together one frequency at a time.

Voice & synth levels
Strike your own balance between carrier and modulator volume.

Times
Adjust the attack and release time for all bands.

Frequency levels
Individually control the level of each frequency band to adjust the finer sonic details.

Bands
Shift continuously up or down the entire range of frequencies to emphasize lower or upper frequencies. Then narrows or expands all bands frequency ranges, from narrow and precise to broad and rich.

Patch bay
16 bands of analysis & synthesis frequencies, from 50 to 5080Hz, awaiting your patchwork magic, complete with sample & hold and patch bay bypass.

High Freq & noise controls
Set the behavior of the high frequency signal; off, switched (with hiss signal), or direct (always active), and balance the level of vocoded signal (buzz) and noise content (hiss).

Voice Control Panel
This panel is the gateway to the inner-workings of Vocoder V’s voice input detection.
The immediate visual interface gives you real-time feedback on the detected input, with gain & threshold settings to keep everything under control.

Sampler Panel
Not keen on using a mic? You don’t have to be a singer to enjoy a vocoder. Vocoder V comes with an integrated sampler that you can control intuitively with your keyboard or MIDI input without singing a single note.
Choose from a library of included samples, from snappy vocal stems to ambient field recordings. Of course, you can’t have a sampler without being able to load up your own samples too – edit, stretch, and process whatever noise you like with Vocoder V.

Modulation Panel
You’ve got your voice. You’ve got your sampler. You’ve got your synth engine. Now it’s time to stir things up a little.
Vocoder V’s modulation features venture further into cutting-edge territory, with up to 30 possible destinations, elevating its sound far beyond vintage. Not only that, but they’re super easy to program, with envelope follower, LFO, and assignable controls that can each be tweaked or bypassed in an instant.

Effect Panel
Vocoder V’s sounds are already fun, inspiring, and mix-ready from the beginning. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take it one more step further.
3 FX slots let you crush, color, or polish your sound one more time before dropping it into your arrangement. Send your metallic vocals spinning with a classic analog-style phaser, or grind your vowel pads into digital oblivion with a flexible bitcrusher. Series or parallel, you’ve got 11 FX algorithms at your disposal – add the finishing touch to your new voice.

Features

• 16 channel Vocoder virtual-analog modeling
• Integrated synth section:
  • Dual-oscillator with FM
  • Waveshaping capabilities
  • Hard sync and fixed frequencies options
  • Chord and glide features
  • Stereo enhancing “ensemble” function
• External voice input with pitch tracking feature
• Integrated sample player engine:
  • Cycle and keyboard play modes to play back up to 12 samples
  • 700+ included factory samples
  • Time-stretching to sync loops in bars to DAW bpm
• Vocoder bands rerouting from patch bay
• Advanced modulation capabilities (envelope follower, LFO and controls assignment)
• 11 integrated effect types (Reverb Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Overdrive, Delay, …)
• Advanced Brightness, Timbre, Time and Movement macro controls
• Over 250 factory presets