Softube Vocoder
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Analog inspired real-time vocoder for retro and modern sounds.
Over the past four decades, vocoders have been used to stunning effect, transforming human voices into various forms of robot speak on hits by Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Afrika Bambaataa, and countless modern hit-making producers.
Developed by Softube, exclusively for UAD hardware and UA Audio Interfaces, the Softube Vocoder plug-in takes its sonic cues from the best analog vocoders of the past, while adding new features to take the iconic effect into the future.Now You Can:
Track in real time through the iconic, hit-making robotic vocal effect made famous by Daft Punk, Afrika Bambaataa, Imogen Heap, and more
Create movement and texture on vocals, percussion, drum loops, and more via the Freeze feature
Record with a warm, analog-sounding 20-band vocoder for three-dimensional effects and textures
Craft everything from gritty, old-school vocoding, to more modern, polished sounds
Take a Listen
Softube Vocoder Basics
In this video, Softube product specialist George Reece shows you how to harness the Softube Vocoder on vocals, drum loops, and more.
Analog Synth Goodness
Powered by an onboard, analog-inspired synthesis engine, the Softube Vocoder plug-in bests other emulations of the classic vocoder effect with its warm, gritty, three-dimensional sound. And with a purpose built feature set, including 12-voice polyphony, four waveform types, pitch modulation, pulse-width modulation, and more, you can easily fine tune or totally reshape your sources with a bonafide analog synth.
Resynthesis Control
The Softube Vocoder plug-in gives you unprecedented control of the spectral response of your vocoded performance. Each band of the Vocoder analyzer can be independently adjusted, or grab the Spectral Tilt control to rapidly shift from high to low frequencies. The Parallel Blend control mixes the dry/wet signals allowing you to fine tune, or automate, the amount of synthetic texture added to your source.
Futuristic Freeze
A feature only found on the Softube Vocoder, the Freeze control lets you capture a snippet of a vocal, for example, and create chopped, DAW-synced rhythms within a track. And with real time control via MIDI, Freeze unlocks new creative possibilities for musicians and producers looking to create genre-bending sounds.
Customer Reviews
S. Callan
November 10, 2018
100% fun.
I love this. Threw it on a mono Juno pad earlier today, mostly dry, with just a hint of full-stereo vocoder pad behind it. My favorite plugin in years.
Read MoreG. DeNegre
November 7, 2018
Channeling my inner "Herbie Hancock"
This vocoder is awesome. UA definitely hit the nail on the head and really brought me back to the 80's with this one!
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Key Features
Generates iconic robotic vocal textures with classic analog vocoder tone
12-voice polyphonic carrier synth with multiple waveforms and selectable octave
Freeze function can be DAW-synced to clock division, or controlled via MIDI
Variable bands (4, 8, 12, 16, 20) offering vintage to modern vocoding effects
Adjustable per-band Resynthesis Control
Adjustable envelope followers with Attack and Decay controls
Spectral tilt for rapid adjustment of high/low response
Notes and chords can be entered in real time with the built-in keyboard or via MIDI
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Customer Reviews
Softube Vocoder
S. Callan
100% fun.
I love this. Threw it on a mono Juno pad earlier today, mostly dry, with just a hint of full-stereo vocoder pad behind it. My favorite plugin in years.
G. DeNegre
Channeling my inner "Herbie Hancock"
This vocoder is awesome. UA definitely hit the nail on the head and really brought me back to the 80's with this one!
