Lector

About

Lector is a vocoder with superior intelligibility and performance. The 100 band stereo vocoder core is flanked by a synthesizer section on the left and a rich effects section on the right. The intensities of up to 100 frequency bands in the analysis section control the same number of stereo bandpass filters in the synthesis filter bank using envelope followers with adjustable attack and decay. The integrated synthesizer or an external source serves as carrier signal and is fed into the synthesis filter bank. Besides the effects section, there are numerous features that make this vocoder unique.

Robot voices, whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, the resonant ringing of bells, dripping water – the possibilities are all but infinite. With a quick tweak here and there, the Lector turns any incoming signal into novel sounds and effects. Tremendously versatile, the Lector puts in your hands a sonic toolset for a wide range of diverse applications. Just about anything goes, from distorting the human voice to adding subtle harmonies to lead vocals and getting creative with movie soundtracks.

Features

• 3 to 100 band Vocoder
• Adjustable range of Analysis Filter Bank
• Adjustable offsets and LFO modulation of Synthesis Filter Bank
• 3-band Equalizer with variable mid band
• Individual Compressors for Speech and Carrier signal
• Voiced / Unvoiced Detector
• Overdrive (types Tube, Diode, Clip)
• Stereo Chorus / Flanger, 2 to 6 stages
• Stereo Delay, syncronizable
• Sidechain input (VST 3 and Audio Unit)
• Carrier plug-in (VST 2)
• 6-voice Synthesizer (per voice):
• Polyphonic, Monophonic or Free-Running2 Oscillators, waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, pulse with pulse width modulation, sample&hold, noise, single and multi sample playback
• Ring Modulation
• Portamento / Glissando
• 1 Filter, types Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass, Notch (12dB and 24dB), Whitening
• 1 LFO, synchronizable, waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, square, sample&hold, noise
• 2 AR envelopes