General Functions
Overview
VocalSynth offers an X/Y pad controller and output effects/mixer section for enhanced control of the processing applied to your vocal. In addition to these controls, an output meter and two visualization options allow you to monitor processing activity in different ways.
XY View
The X/Y pad controller can be accessed by selecting the X/Y button in the center of the interface.
You can assign parameters to the x-axis by selecting them from the “X” dropdown menu. Moving the X/Y pad node horizontally will increase or decrease the selected parameter’s value. The left edge of the X/Y pad represents the minimum value of the control, the right edge represents the maximum value.
You can assign parameters to the y-axis by selecting them from the “Y” dropdown menu. Moving the X/Y pad node vertically will increase or decrease the selected parameter’s value. The bottom edge of the X/Y pad represents the minimum value of the parameter, the top edge represents the maximum value.
The following parameters can be assigned to either axis of the X/Y pad controller:
| X/Y Params | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biovox Breath | Compuvox Bats | Distort Drive | Polyvox Character | Talkbox Drive |
| Biovox Clarity | Compuvox Bits | Distort Mix | Polyvox Formant | Talkbox Formant |
| Biovox Lvl | Compuvox Bytes | Distort Tone | Polyvox Humanize | Talkbox Lvl |
| Biovox Nasal | Compuvox Lvl | Filter Freq | Polyvox Lvl | Talkbox Speaker |
| Biovox Shift | Delay Feedback | Filter Mix | Ring Mod Depth | Transform Mix |
| Chorus Depth | Delay Mix | Filter Res | Ring Mod Freq/Time | Transform Width |
| Chorus Mix | Delay Time | Lvl (Dry/Corrected) | Ring Mod LFO | Vocoder Lvl |
| Chorus Rate | Delay Width | Output Mix | Ring Mod Mix | Vocoder Scale |
| Chorus Width | - | Shred Mix | - | Vocoder Shift |
Meter View
A vocal that sounds good deserves to look good too. VocalSynth 2 comes with a brand new way to visualize your vocal. If you prefer the Wave Meter from VocalSynth 1, you can select it from the Meter dropdown menu in the Options window.
ANEMONE
The anemone meter displays visual information for each module and allows you to control module level amounts by clicking and dragging on the associated node (B = Biovox, V = Vocoder, C = Compuvox, T = Talkbox, P = Polyvox). If a module is disabled, the associated node and visualization will be hidden. The shape of the visualization for each module changes based on MFCC (Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients) calculations.
WAVE METER
The wave meter displays frequency spectrum information based on the output of VocalSynth.
How do I get the Wave meter to show up?
- Open the Options window and select “Wave” in the “Meter” dropdown menu.
Output
MIX
Adjusts the balance between the processed (wet) and unprocessed (dry, pre-FX) signals.
GATE
Adjusts the Gate threshold level. The Gate detection occurs on the input signal level, gating is applied to the wet output signal before effects chain processing. In other words, if the input signal level falls below the Gate threshold level, gating will be applied to the wet (processed) signal before it is processed by the effects chain.
PAN
Adjusts the stereo pan position of the output signal.
WIDTH
Adjusts the amount of stereo widening or narrowing effect applied to the output of VocalSynth. At -100 this will narrow the apparent stereo width of the output so that it is effectively mono. At +100 this effect will exaggerate the stereo image width of the output signal.
LVL
Applies a clean gain offset amount to the output signal. Clip indicators appear when the output of the plug-in is clipping. You can clear the clip indicator lights by clicking on them after stopping playback.