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Appendix > MFXList
Vocoder
Changesthevoicetoavocodervoice.
ThisisenabledwithINPUTFX.
Parameter Value Explanation
NOTE -17‒-1,1‒18 Setswhichnoteinthechromaticscaleshouldsound,countingfromthe
rootoftheSCALEvalue.Thescaleandchordstructurethatisused
dependsontheSCALEandCHORDsettings.
TheNOTEvaluecanbecontrolledvianotemessagesfromaMIDI
keyboardconnectedtotheMIDIINconnector,acomputerconnectedvia
USB,aDAWapprunningonaniOSdeviceandsoon.
Atthattime,youcansendpitchbendmessagestocontinuouslychange
thepitch.
Fornotemessages(NoteNumber=0‒127)andpitchbendmessages,
settheMIDIchannelonyourexternaldeviceto“11.”
FORMANT -100‒100 Adjuststheformantofthevoice.Lowersettingsgiveamoremasculine
vocalcharacter,andhighersettingsgiveamorefemininevocalcharacter.
TONE -100‒100 Adjuststhebrightnessoftheeffectsound.
SCALE Cmaj‒Bmaj,Cmin‒B
min
Setsthescaletouseanditsroot.
CHORD Root,P5,Oct,UpDn,
UpDnP5,3rd,5thUp,
5thDn,7thUp,7thDn
Setsthechordstructure.
BALANCE 100-0‒0-100 Adjuststhevolumebalancebetweendry(theoriginalsound)andeffect
sound.