i think this is the most efficient vocoder design in terms of size/cpu. only two devices per band (1 compressor and 1 bandsplitter)

how to use this in your own tracks:

smaller 19-band version: tinier vocoder (19 bands)

very small 11-band version: tiniest vocoder (11 bands)

old laggy version: 27-band vocoder in audiotool

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  • can you make a 106 band vocoder that covers 20hz to 41khz please? I tried deconstructing this one but it gave me a massive headache untangling all of the components

    • @rai. yeah and actually i think with this approach the clarity might also be limited by the filter slope of the bandsplitter maybe

    • At a certain point, I doubt it will get cleaner by increasing the bands right?

    • but yes please explain I NEEEEEED ITTTTTTTTTT

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  • hmm yeah i have no idea how ts works

  • im lwk obsessed with the “i cant hear you”

  • show this to mozart and they would burn you for being a witch

  • THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL !!!MODS TIME HIM

  • Witchcraft over here

  • explanation:

    the trick is to use phase cancellation instead of envelope followers. the carrier signal is inverted so it cancels itself out completely. then i split both signals into 27 frequency bands (log spaced 40hz to 15.7khz) and sidechain compress each inverted carrier band with the modulator. when the modulator is loud at a frequency, the compressor squashes the inverted carrier which breaks the cancellation and you hear sound. when it's quiet, perfect cancellation = silence.

    • This is more than my brain can handle, but I'll try :sad-thumbs-up-cat:

    • this is way more efficient than building envelope followers per band because the compressor does double duty - it extracts amplitude and controls output through cancellation. only 2 devices per band (bandsplitter + compressor) instead of 4-6, which makes a 27-band vocoder actually (maybe) viable on audiotool. smaller versions with less bands are of course also possible. importantly, the compressors need min threshold (or the bands will turn off early) and fast attack/release (or it gets muddy).

  • you could possibly remake twisted garden with this method

    this is way too crazy for me to comprehend rn

  • Very cool

  • Nice:~)

  • Impressive

  • Really cool