I've got a black face EMS 2000 vocoder. Nice toy. I've been
considering the A129, but have to kid myself into thinking I really
need it.

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., unknown freak <ospengler@r...> wrote:
> Hey Pig,
>
> I don't mind your having a wallow. Yes, I've got the vocoder, and
I use
> and like it a lot, also never vocally controlled. My most typical
use
> actually involves controlling it with a sine wave from a sequenced
or
> LFO'd or etc. VCO or resonating filter to pick out individual
bands.
> Vocoders have a ton of uses. My comment that the patch Peter
described
> could be done with the vocoder was prime facie true -- what's a
vocoder
> after all but a fixed filterbank in which each band has its own
VCA.
> The difference is that the vocoder has one unity output for all the
> bands, but as I said, for lots of uses that wouldn't really matter.
> There must be patches for which it *would* matter to have individual
> band outputs for separate processing, but for simple VCAing of bands
> where they'd be going to the same destination, the vocoder does the
> job. That doesn't mean there shouldn't be an individual band output
> helper module for the fixed filter bank, just that the particular
> example sounded like one that could be done without one.
>
>
> As for as Peter's knowledge, it's unquestionable.
>
> code_pig wrote:
> >
> > Hey Freak, unknown as you may be, do you happen to own a Doepfer
> > vocoder Okay, I'm having a bit of a dig (mind you though, in the
> > nicest possible way).
> >
> > In all seriousness though, Peter's examples of how one can use
> > individual outputs of the A128 are spot on. He's got a LOT of
> > knowledge... trust me on this one.
> >
> > --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "unknown freak" <ospengler@r...> wrote:
> > > (The patch involving the bandpass and fixed filterbank outs can
be
> > > done with the vocoder.)