{"id":8421,"date":"2012-05-25T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=8421"},"modified":"2012-05-25T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:25:48","slug":"go-deeper-with-pentagon-the-hidden-vocoder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2012\/05\/25\/go-deeper-with-pentagon-the-hidden-vocoder\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Deeper With Pentagon, The Hidden Vocoder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pentagon<\/a> has been around in the soft synth world for a long time. If you’re a SONAR<\/a> user you’re probably familiar with its prowess as an analogue\u00a0modeling\u00a0synth. What you might not be familiar with, though, is that it can be used as a vocoder, too.<\/p>\n

Check out the CakeTV video below on how to setup and use Pentagon as a vocoder.<\/p>\n

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So, what is a vocoder, anyways? In a nutshell, its a form of synthesis that uses multiband filters and an envelope follower to reproduce human speech. It was developed in the 1930s as a way to encode speech for transmission and was picked up by musicians in the following decades.<\/p>\n

Nowadays its a common effect that\u00a0creates those robotic, metallic, synthesized vocal sounds that have been on so many electronic, funk, hip-hop, and pop records over the years.<\/p>\n

Pentagon does a good job of creating those types of sounds, but with a twist. Its got more of a ‘synth’ sounds than most vocoders. In other words, the vocal really sounds like the synth preset that its being filtered through, and this lends itself to a large, textured, multi-layered tone.<\/p>\n

As seen in the video above, the best way to dial in a particular sound is to go through the presets, find somehting close to what you want, and then remove some of the effects like Delay, Chorus, etc.<\/p>\n

SONAR has many more deep features waiting to be discovered. Check out our CakeTV Go Deeper<\/a> page to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pentagon has been around in the soft synth world for a long time. If you’re a SONAR user you’re probably familiar with its prowess as an analogue\u00a0modeling\u00a0synth. What you might not be familiar with, though, is that it can be used as a vocoder, too. Check out the CakeTV video below on how to setup … <\/p>\n

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