Those seeking the kind of retro-futuristic vocal sound typified by Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ should head to the Compuvox engine, which synthesizes digital speech via a choice of more synth patches, with intelligibility-enabling control over variables including vowel length. The Vocoder engine does what it says on the tin and a little more besides, offering a variety of vocoder types and synth patches with control of additional variables, and is the place to start for those seeking to emulate the robotic vocal sound heard on Daft Punk’s ‘Around The World’. The other three engines, meanwhile, can be deployed individually or in conjunction via a rack of volume controls. This is, in essence, an effects chain, through which the resulting harmonic blend can be ‘humanised’ and subtle adjustments made to formant and character. Using the panel’s simple drop-down menu to select up to three harmonic intervals, the user can balance the levels of the harmonies before sending them on to the first of VocalSynth’s four ‘vocal engines’, the Polyvox module. Intended as a versatile ‘one-stop’ plug-in for creating the sort of futuristic vocal sounds often heard in modern EDM, it offers the ability to generate multiple harmonies, alongside a rack of four signal-shaping ‘vocal engines’. The latest release from Massachusetts-based iZotope is VocalSynth. Is VocalSynth the natural choice for unnatural vocal sounds?
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