Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@a... wrote:

> The EVOC20 seems to have a lot of potential but I 
> don't end up getting that much useful out of it. 
> Do you have any tips?

I sure like it better than the vocoders of the Korg Triton
(which I've sold) and the Access Virus.

What I did for the Kylie/C&C thing was first finding a
preset that was more or less what I wanted. You can divide
vocoder sounds into the more legato string-y kinda sounds
and the more articulate ones. For this project I wanted
one of the latter. I'm not sitting in front of my Mac right
now, but I vaguely recall the preset to have the word
"Dark" in it, like "Dark Moon" or something.

I guess it's all a matter of personal taste, but I start
with turning off any resonance (both controls) and see
if I need as many bands as the preset has. Turning those
down can sometimes make the preset a little better.

Stereo width is really an effect. Turn it off unless you
want to position your vocoder like that in the panoramic
view of your music.

The big changes are really in the amount of bands, the
blue horizontal frequency control for the bandpass filters,
formant stretch and formant shift (provided you started
with a useful preset).

Oh yes... experiment with different octaves. What sounds
like a cheesy alto voice can do wonders in the tenor,
bass or even lower octaves. Easiest with the transpose
control in the left parameter part of your arrange window.

Hope this helps!


Hens Zimmerman
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