via this auction"This is an extremely rare pitch to voltage/pitch to midi unit with a built in synthesizer made by Fairlight. The unit I have has one of the later revisions of the softare (including the harmony mode). It was sold to me by an ex-Fairlight tech years ago. The unit has a prototype faceplate. I am also including an extra set of buttons and a transformer. I am including the original service and operating manuals. From the Holmes page:
'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).
The Voicetracker can be used to "double" parts, either live or from tape. The original sound can be either enhanced with the doubling sound, or replaced completely by it. The Voicetracker can follow the original pitch exactly, or quantize it to semitone steps..." [see The Holmes Page for more]
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