Re: (GEAR ALERT) Next Big Loop-processing toy?

[siforte@ix.netcom.com (Sanford Forte)]

At 11:04 AM 7/19/98, Dpcoffin@aol.com wrote:

[about the Roland JP-8080]

>Formant Filter produces a variety of "talking" effects by analyzing the
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>frequency bands from vocal sounds and applying them to incoming audio or
>synth sounds. Using the two dedicated and assignable Voice Modulator
>control knobs, the Formant Filter mode can produce some wild sounds and
>interesting modulations like "talking" breakbeats.
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Hi,

"Formant Filter" in this case is just another word for "vocoder". There was
some consternation about calling it that, but Roland Japan did not relent.
Just an fyi.

Sanford