Specifications

Part # 9310 0177 01 - B Model # MM-86
Vocoder
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Vocoder 2U
Config Preset 55
0276
E
EF
02765 762765
EF
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
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The vocoder is a special effect which first became popular in the 1970’s. With a vocoder, you can use your voice to shape
sounds played on an instrument, making the notes sound as if they’re being spoken or sung. Typically, vocoders are used to
shape keyboard sounds, but any sound is fair game, both as shaper and shapee. This Quick-Start will show you how to
vocode a keyboard with your voice.
1. Turn the DP/2 inputs and outputs knobs down all the way (counter-clockwise).
2. Plug a microphone’s effect send from your mixer into the DP/2’s rear-panel Input 1 jack.
3. Connect a cable from your keyboard to the DP/2’s rear-panel Input 2 jack.
4. Connect cables from the DP/2’s back-panel Output 1 and 2 jacks to two inputs on your mixing console or stereo guitar
amplifier. If you’re going into a single-input mixer or amp, connect a cable from the DP/2’s Output 1 to that input.
5. While speaking into your microphone, turn the input 1 knob clockwise until the red peak LED just above it is flashing
occasionally. While playing your keyboard, do the same with the input 2 knob.
6. Turn the outputs knob up until your mixer (or amp) is receiving the proper level from the DP/2.
7. Set your mixer so that you’re only hearing the output of the DP/2, and none of the original “dry” microphone or keyboard
signal.
8. Press the {SELECT} button, and then the {CONFIG} button. If the red LEDs in the {A} or {B} buttons light up, press
{CONFIG} again.
9. Use the data entry knob to dial in #55, Vocoder 2U.
10. Press {SELECT} again.
Play a chord on the keyboard, hold the keys down, and speak into your microphone. As you speak, the keyboard notes take
on the shapes of your words, and yet your voice has no effect on the pitch of the notes (nor is it directly heard in the mix).
Tip: You’ll find the vocoder works best when the keyboard notes and your voice are in a similar pitch range.
Using the vocoder expressively takes a little practice, as it requires a somewhat different type of mouth-to-hand coordination
than you may be used to. Experiment with single-note lines, as well as chords.