Hi, I’ve been playing synth for well over a decade now, but I’ve never used a vocoder live. Any tips? sm58 going into Gig performer via a 4i4. Inside Gig performer I’ve got a pretty aggressive gate and a compressor before it goes to the vocoder plugin. Since I’m only using the vocoder in one song …

I suppose another option is to always run the mic through Gig Performer (I would think in the Global Rackspace) and bypass the Vocoder plugin unless its is being used. Then you could use other effects, if you wanted to, and you avoid splitting the mic signal, but you have a bit more routing out to …

I‘m using a vocoder with an extra mic and a midi controlled gate [image] MIDI controlled audio "gate" User scripts Just was playing around with two Arturia vocoder presets which I play with a spilt the last days. I figured out quite soon, that I get too much …

I just suggested something similar on Reddit where the op posted the same question. As for only using in one song - why not just route the Mic through GP and for all songs other than the one that uses the vocoder, then just route audio input directly to audio output for your Mic. If your vocoder p…

[image] jeffn1: another option is to always run the mic through Gig Performer I did consider that at first. I’m hesitant to do it because I know FoH people like to have direct control of the preamp.

[image] Rowan_H: I know FoH people like to have direct control of the preamp Your FoH works for you - not the other way around — basically you tell them that in your setup, the Mic will be coming from channel X of your audio interface. Ideally you should use an audio interface that has multi…

I’m not sure how easily the routing on the 4i4 can be controlled. I use vocoder on an average of 3 songs per night. I use an XR18 for both submix and audio interface. I send AUX 1 to front of house for my microphone. I run a second ‘vocoder’ send from AUX 2. Sometimes I use vocoder to augment my liv…

Wouldn’t it be simpler to handle the routing and muting in gig performer rather than via midi control of the mixer? Have you ever had techs complain that they don’t have control over the gain? I’ve heard techs bitching about that on facebook, regarding vocal FX pedals. However, I do find people are…

I’ve been using this approach since before I started using GP with a host that wasn’t as flexible from a routing perspective. I ‘could’ change my approach, but I also don’t see a reason to add any latency to my live vocal when I already introduce latency with my wireless system. If I had use cases t…

Got any tips for using a vocoder live?

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I‘m using a vocoder with an extra mic and a midi controlled gate