From the site:
"In 1985, Fairlight Instruments introduced the Voicetracker VT-5, a device that allows you to operate MIDI and control voltage synthesizers with your voice or any monophonic instrument, rather than with a MIDI keyboard. It was priced at US$2495 when it first came out.
The Voicetracker's 8MHz 68008 CPU analyzes an input signal to determine the pitch and harmonic content of the sound (such as dynamics and breathiness). It takes about 1ms plus several cycles of the incoming sound to determine the pitch. As you might guess, the pitch information is output as MIDI note values and analog control voltages, while the harmonic content analysis can be used to control a synthesizer's filters (among other things)."
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Didn't know this one either.
ReplyDeleteNice post and a product ahead of its times. I especially like the CV output :)
Nowadays, i only know the Tc Helicon Voice One, that can output
Midi Notes from a Mic signal or other monophonic source fed into the unit. It is basically a Voice Modeling unit, but the audi to Midi feature, makes it great for
whisteling those hooklines and let
them be played by your favourite Midi Device.
Cheers, Mike
This
works pretty good and the results
are more convincing than other audio driven synthesis approaches like e.g. Kantor.
I have a Fairlight voicetracker. I used to use it with violin. If anyone wants it let me know.
ReplyDeletefiddler@iancooper.com.
Ian.