Arturia Vocoder V

Vocoder V takes the iconic 16-Band Vocoder and retrofits it with advanced synth, sampler, and modulation capabilities. Venture beyond the classic robot voice with a sound that truly speaks for itself.

To vocode, or not to vocode?

Vocoder V is not your standard vocoder. It's not your standard synthesizer either. This is your new voice-transforming playground. Unlike the traditional vocoder, it combines carrier and modulator - synth and voice analyzer - into one powerful unit.

If you'd prefer not to sing, there's even a dedicated sampler built in so you can process whatever sounds you want to. Part voice analyzer, part vintage analog synth, part cutting-edge sampler - this might just be the missing piece of your sonic puzzle.

Turn your vocal stems into analog FM basslines; Turn your drum loops into a synth chord sequences; Turn ambient samples into harmonic drones; Anything is possible.

A bit of history

The vocoder was originally invented as a way of analyzing and synthesizing the human voice, used to conserve bandwidth and encrypt radio transmissions - it was even used in the military. It wasn't until the "70s that some bright spark saw its musical potential.

Make that robot rock

Vocals that sound like a synth, a synth that sounds like vocals - Dr. Bob Moog's original 1979 16-band magic voice box is responsible for some of the most far-out sounds in music history, from robotic speech to rich harmonized textures.

Vocoder V is out to give this classic a whole new voice.

Built-in synthesis

The original 16-Band Vocoder required an external synthesizer to process your vocal signal. With Vocoder V, it comes included as standard.

Its built-in dedicated synthesizer carrier section behaves like a fully-fledged synth by itself, giving you everything you need to make the fun, futuristic robot noises that you know and love. Enjoy the warm polyphonic chord sequences, wild frequency-modulated basslines, or noisy blizzard ambiences that you'd expect from a classic analog synth - but uniquely molded into the shape of your vocals or samples. This synth can talk!

Main Features

• 16 channel Vocoder virtual-analog modeling
• Integrated synth section:
  • Dual-oscillator with FM
  • Waveshaping capabilities
  • Hard sync and fixed frequencies options
  • Chord and glide features
  • Stereo enhancing "ensemble" function
• External voice input with pitch tracking feature
• Integrated sample player engine:
  • Cycle and keyboard play modes to play back up to 12 samples
  • 700+ included factory samples
  • Time-stretching to sync loops in bars to DAW bpm
• Vocoder bands rerouting from patch bay
• Advanced modulation capabilities (envelope follower, LFO and controls assignment)
• 11 integrated effect types (Reverb Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Overdrive, Delay, ...)
• Advanced Brightness, Timbre, Time and Movement macro controls
• Over 250 factory presets