Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On 01/03/2007, at 9:18 AM, Eddie Sullivan wrote:

> Wow that's really interesting- usually it's the opposite- people
> complain about software and swear by the hardware when it comes to
> latency : )

Well the Talker is actually a digital processor so I'm guessing there  
must be some buffering going on because it really has a great clear  
sound that's hard but not impossible to get with EVOC20.

To be honest I've not plugged it in for a year or more now as EVOC  
gives me all I need but I'm loath to let go of it. I used to do the  
odd live gig with it. It's a quality stomp box. All metal, high grade  
switches, +4 balanced output in addition to -10. It cleverly works as  
a basic mic pre when in bypass so you can have just one mic for  
normal vocals and vocoding. I used to use it for vocal harmonies with  
3 or 4 notes in the block played from my keyboard. It was also great  
for running synth through and using your mouth as an added envelope  
for expression. Not really obvious vocoding stuff.

It's audio quality was mentioned in the SOS Cher's producer interview  
(can't remember his name) as one of the main reasons for choosing the  
Talker as they had used a different model for their demo.

For live now my Powerbook running Logic with my Presonus FireBox mic  
pre running EVOC20 has replaced it. The latency for live playing with  
128 sample buffer is about the same as the Talker was. The best  
memory I have of how much latency was in a recording I did with it  
some years ago. The Sample rate was 44.1, tempo:144. I had to minus  
offest the vocal and midi data going into the talker by around 95 of  
Logic's clock pulses. Not at all scientific I know as there is also  
multiple D/A & A/D conversions involved I was running on a TDM system...

Kind regards


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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
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