Zynaptiq Orange Vocoder - macOS Only

Full Description

Vocoder algorithms

The Orange Vocoder features eight different vocoder algorithms produced through two different 24-band analogue emulations that offer a high level of adaptability to classic vocoder sounds in both linear and minimum phase.

To produce its range of vocoder sounds Zynaptic has implemented a collection of classic and state-of-the-art algorithms that cover sonic qualities of all sorts. ORANGE VOC 3 and Classic ORANGE offer a modern take on the ORANGE VOCODER algorithm as well as its digital counterpart from the original 1998 plugin.

By utilising wavelet transform mathematics through a series of multi-resolution modes the Orange Vocoder is capable of providing frequency-dependent time resolution and sounds that range from natural to synthetic.

Further character is injected into the Orange Vocoder through the Colorize feature. Colorize applies Orange's modulator phase response in addition to its frequency amplitude data that produces unique and unusual cross-synthesis effects.

Integrated Synthesizer

Zynaptiq has packaged the Orange Vocoder with an integrated 32-voice analogue modelling synthesizer. Featuring gso oscillators with ring mod and hard sync, the choice between analogue emulation and sampled waveforms, four-pole low-pass filter for shaping waveforms, a warmth injection through a distortion circuit, dual LFOs and envelope follower that work together to produce a comprehensive and powerful synth engine.

The integrated synthesizer in Orange can easily be activated as a carrier or modulator input for the vocoder and played either through MIDI or the on-screen keyboard. Alternatively, the vocoder engine's carrier and modulator inputs can be sourced from an external input and a side chain input and swapped with the click of a switch; proving that flexibility is primary in the Orange vocoder.

Clarity and intelligibility

Zynaptiq offers a series of features that further the sonic potentials and intelligibility of the voice transformation effects of the Orange vocoder for both in-depth development and reactive live performance.

A high-frequency pass-through circuit ensures that the subtle high-frequency nuances of your vocal modulations are sharp and clear to cut through your mix, while a voiced/unvoiced detector with a noise generator is used to capture and bolster high-frequency plosive vocalisations.

The Zynaptic Orange Vocoder essentially operates by decomposing the input signal through a bank of bandpass filters into narrow spectral slices; the carrier signal is tuned to these slices to produce that signature vocoder sound. Zynaptic has packaged Orange with "Filterbank freezing" and "Filterbank reverb" to develop this procedure with unique creative properties. For example, the filterbank reverb allows for the smoothing and blurring of the filterbank modulation, while the freeze function captures the current state of the filter bank and holds it.

More features

Amongst the complex features of the Orange vocoding process is a range of high-quality yet understated features. An easy-to-use integrated hall reverb, a 10-band graphic equaliser with an analyser, a three-channel mixer for blending carrier and modulator with the vocoder's output, a stereo widening function, a random preset generator and more than 60 factory presets develop Zynaptiq's Orange Vocoder into a fully comprehensive unit.

Features

• Mac only Vocoder plug-in
• A classic software vocoder plugin originally developed by Prosoniq in 1998
• Real-time vocoder effects plugin
• Flexible Carrier/Modulator routing, including side-chain input
• Built-in 32 voice virtual analogue synthesizer
• 8 different vocoder algorithms
• HF Passthrough & Voiced/Unvoiced Detector with a noise generator
• Filter-bank freezing and Filterbank reverb
• 10-band graphic EQ with an analyser
• Integrated Hall Reverb
• Three-channel mixer for blending Carrier and Modulator with the Vocoder's output
• Stereo widening function
• Random preset generator
• More than 60 factory presets

Specifications

• Operating system:
  • Mac: 64bit macOS 10.6.8+ with Intel running 1.5gHz+
• Format:
  • Mac: Apple AU compatible Host software, processing audio as 32 bit float
• Product code: 1063-14