RASTABOT VOCODER

[Draastex]

Ok so by now all of you have heard skrillex's recess album... well i am looking to recreate the vocoder effect thing that he uses on the ragga twins voice in Ragga Bomb. Need help i will also keep working towards the sound but any tips you guys got post them here!!!

Here is the track for reference:
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[bouncingfish]

Not good at vocoding, but sounds like some distortion after the vocoder?
Use some carrier with lots of high end, FM maybe?

[Draastex]

Not good at vocoding, but sounds like some distortion after the vocoder?
Use some carrier with lots of high end, FM maybe?

hmmmmmm i will try that im pretty much stumped as of now tho....

[OmegaMode]

This was my stab at it lol I actually like it and Im gonna be turning it into a song soon! hopefully!



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[Banesy]

This is all speculation but I think it is all a Melodyne formant trick. I only have played with the demo do I can't recreate it, but I remember getting that harsh robo sound by moving the formant levels pretty far from the original read.

[somepony]

This is all speculation but I think it is all a Melodyne formant trick. I only have played with the demo do I can't recreate it, but I remember getting that harsh robo sound by moving the formant levels pretty far from the original read.

Yeah, like the tecnique he uses to re-pitch and change the notes of his chopped vocals right? ...

[OmegaMode]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
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[Toolman4]

Not to self promote, (and to my testament, I address that ragga bomb is my inspiration), the track in my sig does the "International" and other stunt that skrillex does with reggae vocals...Now mine aren't effected properly, but what I do, I think he does as a foundation and that is to harmonically layer different pitches/tones of the same sample. Take this further through an FX chain might yield and VERY close result, but I don't believe just one layer is used as the sound is still pretty full before the drop hits....

[bouncingfish]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
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You got really close. What granulizing plugin did you use (and what settings did you have in it), and what did you use as a vocoder carrier?

[Banesy]

Sorry that isn't close at all. Your sound sounds like a crappy vocoder. Check this one out. I made this in 5 seconds using Waves tune. It isn't exact because Melodyne has a better formant tool but this is pretty much all that it is. It is just a non-transparent autotuning effect.

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[somepony]

Sorry that isn't close at all. Your sound sounds like a crappy vocoder. Check this one out. I made this in 5 seconds using Waves tune. It isn't exact because Melodyne has a better formant tool but this is pretty much all that it is. It is just a non-transparent autotuning effect.

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Well, maybe if we combinate both techniques...

[Banesy]

Mmmmm no. This isn't a vocoder fx.

[OmegaMode]

Mmmmm no. This isn't a vocoder fx.

Yours mmmm no.

Mine doesn't use Vocoder actually.

THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN MELODYNE

[Banesy]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
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Oops, my fault. I confused this guy with you.

[OmegaMode]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
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Oops, my fault. I confused this guy with you.

LOL Okay would you like the project file you punk? Huh? Would that make it easier for you ? I tried a vocoder but what was shown here as my preview wasn't vocoded..I LIED(my bad) my mistake for NOT using a VOCODER on the sound that was previewed and still happening to get a better sound than what you showed us.



My argument here is over. Carry on silly man.

[somepony]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
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Oops, my fault. I confused this guy with you.

LOL Okay would you like the project file you punk? Huh? Would that make it easier for you ? I tried a vocoder but what was shown here as my preview wasn't vocoded..I LIED(my bad) my mistake for NOT using a VOCODER on the sound that was previewed and still happening to get a better sound than what you showed us.

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!!


My argument here is over. Carry on silly man.

[_ronzlo_]

LOL at rasclot Rastabot.



ME SEH!

[Banesy]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
Soundcloud

Oops, my fault. I confused this guy with you.

LOL Okay would you like the project file you punk? Huh? Would that make it easier for you ? I tried a vocoder but what was shown here as my preview wasn't vocoded..I LIED(my bad) my mistake for NOT using a VOCODER on the sound that was previewed and still happening to get a better sound than what you showed us.



My argument here is over. Carry on silly man.

Everything ok? It's cool to need a hug sometimes.

[OmegaMode]

Sooo this right here is super close and I didn't use melodyne.. its ringmod with a granular effect then send it through a vocoder for added umph!
Soundcloud

Oops, my fault. I confused this guy with you.

LOL Okay would you like the project file you punk? Huh? Would that make it easier for you ? I tried a vocoder but what was shown here as my preview wasn't vocoded..I LIED(my bad) my mistake for NOT using a VOCODER on the sound that was previewed and still happening to get a better sound than what you showed us.



My argument here is over. Carry on silly man.

Everything ok? It's cool to need a hug sometimes.

[mthrfnk]

OmegaMode dude you get so angsty when people say they don't like your stuff... it's comical.

As for the vocals... I can hear multiple layers, the most prominent is the initially pitched down layer. Sounds like a bandpass filter/eq too similar to the classic "telephone effect". It does kind of sound as if the sound has been "force pitched" using something like Melodyne or Pitcher to give a glitchy sound between the words.

Theres some parallel distortion - there's a clean layer and raspy crisp layer that's got a shit ton of distortion to emphasise the highs. I also wouldn't be surpised if CLA Vocals was used too, Skrillex uses it on a lot of his vocal work. Running things super hot in CLA can really give a crispiness to the sound when you push it into the red, and the stereo spreader can give the sound more weight.