2/20/2023 0 Comments Robotize me transformers![]() ![]() With these two controls, one can summon anything from Sauron himself to Alvin the chipmunk on helium, and everything in-between. Formant adjusts formant filters to achieve gender-bending results. Pitch transposes your voice, up to an octave either way. These are fundamental to the Vocal Transformer and work in all modes. The other two faders on the front panel are the Pitch and Formant controls. These effects aren't really the VT‑4's raison d'être, but they do add a little icing to the cake. The Reverb fader applies a simple reverb or delay effect, chosen from eight different presets. The Balance fader is your wet/dry control, mixing the processed voice with your natural voice. There are four sliders on the front panel, which always have an immediate effect. Plug in a microphone, adjust the mic sensitivity control and off you go. You'll also find switches for mono/stereo output and a phantom power switch for the rear XLR input.Īround the front is a 3.5mm headphone socket, a 3.5mm mic input socket, a switch to select mono or stereo line out, and another switch to turn the XLR input's phantom power on or off.Simplicity has always been a key factor with the Vocal Transformers and the VT‑4 is no exception. This input is to be used with more inexpensive plug‑in‑power compatible microphones. On the front of the unit we find a 3.5mm headphone output and another microphone input. There's also a MIDI input port, more on that shortly. Around the back is a 'combi' XLR/TRS input with optional phantom power for your microphone, and a stereo pair of line outputs. The USB port also allows the VT‑4 to be used as a USB audio interface - not class‑compliant, sadly drivers are required. On the VT‑4's back panel we find a power switch, a USB port, a MIDI input, a 'combi' jack/XLR socket and a pair of quarter-inch audio outputs.There's no traditional power supply socket power comes via the USB 2 port or via four AA batteries if portability is required. ![]() The green livery of the Aria range is present, but much more subtly than in the VT‑3, being confined to the LED‑backlit buttons. ![]() At 174 x 133 x 58mm, it's slightly smaller, but maintains the four faders for principal controls, plus the large knob in the middle. The VT‑4 is a similar format to its predecessor. Let's see what the latest incarnation has to offer. Back then, Paul praised the VT‑3 for its versatility, but noted that the pitch correction had reliability issues. The last version, the VT‑3, was reviewed in Sound On Sound in May 2014 by Paul Nagle. The original VT-1 was a Boss product first released in the later half of the 1990s. The VT‑4 is the latest version of Roland's popular Vocal Transformer line, designed to give you all manner of popular vocal effects in a handy and inexpensive desktop box. Genre Future Retro Pop Comment by A&E MixesĬool production Mr.From the classic vocoders of the '70s through to the hyper pitch-corrected pop vocals of the last decade, Roland's VT‑4 can do it all. Then came 2 notes from the Bass Station.įinal Mastering and Engineering by Dave Grier of Bassline Studio Hi-hat pattern inspired by SPARKS album "No1 in Heaven". Recorded May 2017 after my Brilliant guitarist friend JUDDA had to cancel coming round to record his guitar parts for "Sarenas Song" due to hitting his thumb at work. I'd also been having an interesting discussion with an i-phone loving friend about the next generation and their digital universe. He's A Lot Better now thanks to NHS Brilliance and modern technology. ![]() The last of which saw him howling in pain, despite being wired up to all sorts of machines and on a morphine drip. I wrote this song after Too Many visits to A&E with my Dad. Now available as T-shirts, Mug and More! PRODUCT!!! ![]()
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