Easy Formants for Renoise 2.5 Final

After a few more hours on it, I’ve improved the precision of the « aeiou » vowels and reduced a bit the required ressources.

Features

– optimized formants filters system
– high precision vowels (x2)
– a bit more CPU friendly (5% Faster)
– simplified keyboard based formants control
– improved file size (2K lighter)
– formants feedback control
– auto Q
– auto bot voice mode (robotizer)
– RExciter ™ powered 😉

DOWNLOAD HERE.

 

FAQ

How to install it in my own song ?

• Right-click somewhere on the Track DSP chain.
• Select Device Chain => Save As…
• Select your target directory and give a name to the chain.
• It must have the .XRNT file extention.
• Then when you edit your song, right click somewhere on your Track DSP tab.
• Select Device Chain => Load…
• Find your .XRNT file, load it.
• That’s all. Yep.

 

What input sounds / samples does it require to work well ?

• SAW based samples (oblique waveform) with notes/tones within a range of 300 to 3400 Hz in the Renoise spectrum.

How to modify Formants ?

• Formants are « Keyboard Controled ». Both the Qwerty and the MIDI keyboard can be used.
• Use the C-0 to D#1 Keys to modify formants while the music is played.
• You can modify them while you record notes, or play LIVE, with your QWERTY or MIDI keyboard.
• Go into the Sample Keyzones.
• Modify your Sample Layer so that it doesn’t use notes from C-0 to D#1.
• By this way you’ll be able to both play your sample & control the filter in the same track.

How exactly did you placed formants on the low notes ?

• Formants are composed of 1 cycle of ‘ieawyuw’ vowels fragmented in 16 different notes and subtle differences.

C-0 ========================> D#1
i – y – e – ø – ɛ – œ – a – ɶ – ɑ – ɒ – ʌ – ɔ – ɤ – o – ɯ – u

• you’ve got to use your ears to know these vowels !

How to sound lika robot ?

• Completely drag the Humanize slider to the left.

I don’t like the robot sound. How do I delete it ?

• Drag a bit the Humanize slider to the right.
• Or uncheck « Bot Voice »

What is the Feedback parameter ?

• This is something that adds some personnality to the sound.
• Warning, too high parameters will produce a glassy/metallic effect, that is stange, but however interesting.

What is the Auto Q parameter ?

• The Auto Q parameter slightly increases the Q factor of bandpass filters when formants deal with higher frequencies. You can switch it off if you want to use the Bandwidth slider like a Wet/Dry signal slider.

 

My filtered sound is poor compared to yours.

• It’s logical. Some harmonics have been removed by the chain. Put the *Exciter DSP and the end of the road, and raise the DSP sliders to revive the original sound.

Credits

• Bit_Arts – initial inspiration, additionnal tips
• Wikipedia – for giving us a proper frequency table
• The Bellows – Invisible Melodies
• kRAKEn/gORe – Inertial Sliders (Secret Formula Device Powered) Trick

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have fun with Renoise !
kurtz/lapiNIC