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vocoder - Channel Vocoder

10-band channel vocoder: mic spectral envelope x MIDI-driven sawtooth carrier, with auto-detected sibilance noise side-chain.

A 10-band channel vocoder. Mic input is split into 10 analysis bands matching the VODER patent geometry; each band’s amplitude envelope (rectified + smoothed by an envelope follower) controls the corresponding synthesis band fed by a MIDI-driven sawtooth carrier. The result: speech spectral envelope of the mic, melodic pitch of the MIDI keyboard. Band 9 (6.36 kHz) doubles as a sibilance detector — its envelope opens a white-noise side-chain so consonants like /s/, /sh/, /f/ stay intelligible despite the harmonic carrier. Final output goes through a safety compressor.

DirectionHandle
Outputvc-comp:audio-out
LabelParameterRange
MIDI Channelchannel-
Carrier Wavetype-
Pitch Scaleb0.25 - 4 (step 0.01)
Sibilance Mixb0 - 32 (step 0.1)
Noise Colortype-
Output Levelgain0 - 50 (step 0.1)

Internal nodes: comp, noise, 40x flt, mic, 12x amp, 2x mul, 10x env, osc, midi

Total: 69 nodes, 88 connections