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freq box as vocoder
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:27 am
by ColorForm2113
has anybody tried singing through the freq box yet? i would imagine that its just complete chaos. does anyone have a sound clip of that?
Re: freq box as vocoder
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:51 am
by GregAE
ColorForm2113 wrote:has anybody tried singing through the freq box yet? i would imagine that its just complete chaos. does anyone have a sound clip of that?
Tried it a while back. The results were disappointing when compared to using a guitar or another synth. It's definately not like a vocoder - more like running your voice through a distortion pedal, IMO, but without the cool result (for example, the FB won't give you the distorted vocal treatment of Nine Inch Nails).
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:07 pm
by nathan
there's an mp3 in an old thread somewhere on this forum.
somebody tried it for me.
but indeed as gregae said.
without sync is nicer btw.
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:00 pm
by ColorForm2113
aww so no acid gargling Al Jourgenson vocals or daft punk robot voice stuff
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:30 pm
by SteveD
Are you kidding me? The freqbox w/ voice is sick - especially if you're singing sustaining pitches. If you turn off the Sync and turn up the FM Amount, that's where it's at. FM is super sensitive to timbre of the input as well as the dynamics of the input. I prefer using the triangle wave when using FM for easier to hear sidebands.
Turning on the Sync + FM is also good fun - you need to move the frequency control around when you do this so it's not a "static" timbre and you need to keep the FB's VCO higher in pitch than what you're singing. An expression pedal plgged into the Freq input helps with that. The trick to using the FreqBox in general when using Sync is to play with the Frequency of the VCO while stuff is going through it to vary the timbre. Otherwise you get a single unchanging timbre.
Also sick with the voice is the MuRF - try running a melismatic vocal line through it and you'll see what I mean...
My 2Cents....
SD
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:25 am
by cl516
where the clips be?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:22 am
by ColorForm2113
Yes, Clips would be greatly appreciated.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:42 pm
by nathan
search on "freqbox" "mp3" on this forum.
this is the one (by Stompboxman):
http://www.savefile.com/files/800524
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:59 pm
by Brian G
I only had limited and tried it briefly a awhile ago, while the results weren't exactly what I expected they were interesting
. It’s not like a vocoder effects but more of a lo- fi kind of distorted sound. I keep meaning to spend some more time with vocals though it along with a few other MF's and see what happens. Maybe this weekend. . Cool idea Steve on the MuRF and vocals.... hmmmm MuRF and FreqBox, with … there’s no end, throw in the CP251,or soon the MP201 and you have a real party going on
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:45 am
by Bryan B
Don't leave out the MF Ring Mod. One of my favorite vocal destructor boxes. Great in combo with a phaser.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:00 am
by ColorForm2113
wow that was way cooler than what i expected
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:52 am
by Brian G
Ala Karn Evil 9, yup the Ring Mod is also a lot of fun on vocals
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:53 pm
by nathan
ZBQ allso has a lot of freqbox-samples over here>>
http://earsmack.com/stuff/freqbox/
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:56 am
by EricK