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voder-voice - VODER Voice

Complete 1939 VODER speech synthesizer with MIDI CC control — text to speech via filter bank.

A complete VODER (Voice Operation DEmonstratoR) speech synthesizer in a single module. Implements Homer Dudley’s 1939 source-filter architecture: a glottal pulse buzz (-12 dB/oct rolloff) and white noise hiss are crossfaded by MIDI CC1, fed through 10 patent-accurate bandpass filters (CC20–29 per-band amplitude), and output through a master compressor (CC7 volume). A MIDI note input controls pitch. Generate MIDI control data from English text using the text-to-midi.bb pipeline.

DirectionHandle
Outputvv-comp:audio-out
LabelParameterRange
Buzz Wavetype-
Noise Colortype-
MIDI Channelchannel-

Internal nodes: comp, noise, 21x flt, 13x midi-cc, 14x amp, 2x mul, osc, midi, add

Total: 55 nodes, 65 connections