This feature changes your voice to a vocoder voice.
A vocoder is an effect that combines the sounds of a built-in synthesizer (carrier) with your voice input (modulator).

  1. Press the [VOCODER] button to make it light up.

    This activates the vocoder.


Setting the carrier waveform (WAVEFORM)

Setting the carrier waveform changes the harmonic structure of the sound.

  1. Move the [FORMANT] slider while holding down the [VOCODER] button.


    Value

    Explanation
    Saľ2 (Saw2)–Sa.49 (Saw49) Sawtooth wave with only a small amount of the fundamental frequency
    Sa.50 (Saw50)–Saľ1 (Saw1)–Sq.49 (Square49) Sawtooth wave
    Sq.50 (Square50)–Sqr (Square)–PI.49 (Pulse49) Square wave
    PI.50 (Pulse50)–PIs (Pulse)–ni49 (Noise49) Pulse wave
    ni50 (Noise50)–nis (Noise) Noise



Adding a chord (HARMONY)

  1. Press the [HARMONY] button.

    You can press the [HARMONY] button to add more carrier voices.
    You can also set the pitch of the carrier.

    Setting the carrier to a fixed pitch

    Ø Correcting the Pitch (AUTO PITCH)

    Setting the chord type

    Ø HARMONY 

    Setting the chord key and scale

    Ø KEY 


Controlling the vocoder from an external device (KEY IN)

  1. Long-press the [AUTO PITCH] button, [HARMONY] button and [VOCODER] button at the same time to enter the menu.

  2. Press the [VOCODER] button to make it light up.

    “KEY.I” is displayed.


  3. Use the [SCATTER] dial to set the MIDI channel to that of the external device.
  4. Long-press the [AUTO PITCH] button, [HARMONY] button and [VOCODER] button at the same time to exit the menu.
  5. Play the vocoder by inputting MIDI notes and pitch bends on an external device or via USB.

  6. By pressing the [HARMONY] button to make it light up.

    You can play chords with a maximum of four voices.


  • The [AUTO PITCH] button blinks when inputting messages from an external MIDI device.