Anyone ever used/use the vocoder on a Korg MS2000r?
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Posted on Mar 06, 2009 08:57 am
Indellable
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Member Since: Aug 12, 2008
I was given one of these a while back and just recently started messing around with it. Definitely has some nice vintage sounds on there, especially for bass lines. I noticed that is has a bunch of vocoder options in the "H" bank - anyone used any? I'm not a fan of the vocoder and have all but refused to pay for one, but thought if these work, it could be a cool (and free) alternative.
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 06, 2009 12:43 pm I believe it has an input to feed it a vocal source and those are simply patches that are well suited to use with the vocoder that is built into the unit.
So you won't have to pay for one now its built right into the Korg.
And all I can say is WOW, someone GAVE you an MS2000R? I would be saying thank you very much. Not a cheap thing to give away at all.
Unless its broken of course.
IndellableMusic AfficionadoMember
Since: Aug 12, 2008
Mar 06, 2009 02:40 pm I guess I should have classified it as a "long-term loan". I have had the MS2000r and his Triton for well over 2 years at this point but for some reason he wont come up off his board!
His thought process is that since my space is better, he would rather it go to good use and plus he has a free pass and free studio time whenever he wants it. In the 2 years though, he has maybe spent all of 3 hours in there...
I'm going to give it a go tonight. Have a good weekend.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
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Mar 06, 2009 03:04 pm Ah, I've had that kind of thing going before as well.
But a Triton as well. That is a good deal then indeed. You can't really beat that at all.
I think you should be able to find the manual online for it as well if that is needed to guide you through any of the stuff.
But as I recall they had a separate input for the formant or vocal. Might have even been an XLR connection.
But if not you can simply feed it any line level signal to act as the formant which will shape the synth sound into vocalization's or what ever you feed it.
I have a hardware vocoder and use it for all kinds of things. You can feed that any kind of carrier signal such as guitar or drums or pretty much anything and let it use the formant or voice signal to shape the sound. Pretty cool if you dig deeply into it.
Mar 06, 2009 03:30 pm We have one at the company that I work for.
There is an XLR input on the left hand side, about right in the middle. And immediately to the right of the XLR, is a gain knob.
You can take any dynamic mic, such as a 58, and plug it right in. Turn the gain up, and do all of the cheesy effects that you can imagine.
When ever we send it out on rental, we have a about a 3 hour session of everyone coming over to play with the vocoder effects before it goes out the door.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 06, 2009 03:49 pm Ya, I remember my first Roland with the mic connection built right in. What a blast. It wasn't nearly as flexible as my dedicated vocoder but it was still cool no less.
