VP-330

ian-s · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:02 am Post subject: VP-330

The Roland Vocoder Plus combined a vocoder with strings/choir synthesiser. Vangelis used it to replace his Mellotron Rolling Eyes

. This patch is an attempt to replicate the choir section.

It uses a simple voice as the original was organ type technology. Most of the work is done in the effects section. First, a dual delay provides a pre-vibrato to the main chorus. The chorus is a pair of dual delays, one delay modulated with a slow lfo, the other with a fast lfo plus an inverted copy of the slow lfo. The two chorus sections are detuned and then fed through a pair of triple resonators for the vocal formants. The reason for going after the chorus is that the formants get blurred by the chorus section otherwise.
I did play with the VP-330 when it first came out but this has been patched based on info posted on the net, not from memory.

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vp330 choir section updated 7Jun05

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realtrance · Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 32

For the rare person who might have a G2 _and_ a V-Synth _and_ their new VC-2 Vocal Designer card for it, the latter contains a number of pretty thorough simulations of the VP-330. It would be interesting to compare what this patch does and sounds like with those.

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ian-s · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject:

ian-s · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:

I got lucky and found some actual VP330 samples to compare the sound. I have re-posted the same patch with variation 6 set to match the actual formants from the sample.
It is still different sounding, my chorus is a little OTT but the original sounds a little too organ like for my taste. Ease off the chorus if you want a more authentic VP sound.