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Ultimate Vocoding Power
ORANGE VOCODER IV brings unprecedented power to your music production process, offering a comprehensive suite of 24 vocoding and cross-synthesis modes, each with its own distinct sonic character. From warm and fat to crystal-clear and smooth, you'll never run out of inspiring new sounds and ideas.
Deeply Dynamic
ORANGE VOCODER IV's modules are connected in a semi-modular routing architecture, allowing you to quickly and easily craft new sounds and effects. With an intuitive interactive signal flow diagram as its interface, you can switch modules into the signal path, adjust parameters, adjust routing, mix, solo or mute processors, and more.
Powerful Synth Capabilities
The ORANGE VOCODER IV 64-voice synth offers hundreds of presets, as well as a preset generator for instant creative inspiration. With two oscillators that can use analog emulated waveforms, sampled vintage digital waveforms, hard-sync, through-zero FM and seven types of polyphonic distortion, you have an immense range of sound options at your fingertips. You can also play the synth via MIDI or tell it which notes to play using the on-screen keyboard.
Inspiring Sound Design
ORANGE VOCODER IV is much more than a vocoder – it's an inspiring sound design playground as well as an efficient production tool. With its dynamic suite of vocoding and cross-synthesis modes, powerful synth capabilities and intuitive semi-modular routing architecture, you'll have all the tools you need to create truly stunning and unique sounds.
Get inspired with Zynth
Functioning similarly to the Dice module, the Zynth mode uses a combination of AI and script writing to deliver musical Synth module patches from scratch. Perfect for discovering unique patches that you may not have otherwise tried, Zynth can be the perfect jumping-off platform for your creativity!
Pitch quantization
If you're looking for a tool to simplify and enhance your pitch work, look no further than ORANGE VOCODER IV's pitch quantizer. This feature acts as a force for the input signal to follow a specific pitch and can be used in parallel to or instead of the vocoder. With its 5 modes -- QUANTIZE, SCALE, NOTE, ENFORCE, and POLYFORCE -- you'll have the flexibility and a wide range of sound options. ENFORCE and POLYFORCE both use a wave-table-inspired approach and, for live performance, feature zero latency processing. The pitch quantizer is easy to use. Just switch it on and choose the algorithm - it will then be controlled by the same notes as the synth, including mono legato and glide.
Stay in the moment
Ideal for crafting ominous soundscapes, lush textures or droning notes, the Freezer function freezes the incoming audio when pressed, sustaining the sound indefinitely. Placed before the pitch quantization module, you can use this to create a bed of vocal chords to sing melodies over the top. Using the sub-presets functionality, you can even save presets to load Freezer buffers, building a library that can be called upon every time you use the module.
Roll The Dice
With such a vast array of different algorithms, sounds and parameters to explore, knowing where to start could take you out of your creative flow. With the Dice feature in Orange Vocodoer VI, you can trigger an intelligent randomizer, carefully altering parameters across the synth, vocoder and freezer modules to come up with a sound you may not be expecting but could get your creative juices flowing. A simple one-button design, the Dice does allow you to exclude user-specific modules and even sub-presets for more control over your sound design.
What's new in Version IV
ORANGE VOCODER Version IV is a massive upgrade from its classic predecessor. This version offers a wide range of new features. The vocoder section has been greatly expanded and now includes formant shifting, expansion, stereo operation, and a total of 24 unique vocoding algorithms. The algorithms are based on cutting-edge techniques such as analog modelling, speech modelling, independent component analysis, LPC filtering, and wavelet transforms.
Additionally, the high-quality synthesizer section has been completely rewritten and now includes Unison and Mono Legato operation, thru-zero linear FM, comprehensive modulation options, and a preset generator.
A new MIDI-controlled pitch quantizer module has also been added, featuring 5 modes, including the brand-new zero-latency pitch enforcer, with grain morphing and optionally polyphonic operation.
The new streamlined multi-view UI comes with a super-fast workflow, including module sub-presets and smart randomization. ORANGE VOCODER Version IV supports AU, AAX Native, VST 2.4 and VST 3 on macOS, and AAX Native, VST 2.4 and VST 3 on Windows.
Reviews
"While polishing off a track for my new album I pulled up this plug-in today. I’m speechless. ORANGE VOCODER is literally so stunning I don’t even have words. I did some glitch percussion type material following the chord progression of this track and it’s just like stunning. The detail is off the charts. It’s pointillist, it's so sharp and edgy. Focused. It’s ridiculous work. Thank you guys for making this. Will be using on like everything." - Brian Transeau
"I’m proud to say I’ve been using the ORANGE VOCODER since day 1. ORANGE VOCODER IV the best and easiest software vocoder plug in currently available, and you get very good results very quickly." - Steve Levine
Features
- 24 total vocoder algorithms including LPC, zero-latency analog models, wavelet-based, speech-synthesis and more
- Stereo mode lets you create wide soundscapes
- Enhanced dynamics control with expander module
- Level controls for HF through and Unvoiced parameters
- Macro INVERT functions for graphic filterbank EQ
- Unique reverb sound through re-designer filterbank TRACES circuit
- Brand-new effects and routing features
- Pitch quantization module with real-time MIDI control and five modes: Quantize, Scale, Note, Enforce and Polyforce
- Grain morphing functionality for Enforce and Polyforce modes operate like a wavetable synth with real-time input
- Sustain the current input timbre indefinitely with the new Freezer mode, complete with independent sub-presets
- The Dice intelligent randomizer triggers carefully selected synth, vocoder and freezer parameters for instant inspiration
- Zynth mode creates new synth settings by combining scripting with AI for musical results
- Improved Reverb module with a damping parameter
- Enhanced Chorus functionality now includes Amount and Rate parameters
- Newly-designed Formant Shifter
- Three-way mixer with solo and mute switches
- Improved synthesizer now offers stereo operation
- Unison, Detune, CLuster, Spread, Detune, Key Sync and Pan Width parameters are all present on the synthesizer
- Switchable filter modes include 6, 12, 18, and 24dB/oct slopes
- New Glottal Pulse oscillator waveform
- New pitch modulators including monophonic and audio-rate LFOs, thru-zero linear FM, AD envelopes, envelope followers and zero-crossing trackers
- Upgraded FM modulator frequency control with rational factor and decimal multiplier modes
- Four assignable synth macro destinations
- Re-designed ring modulator/oscillator mixer with two algorithms and three-way mixing controls
- ADSR with selectable linear and exponential shapes
- New MONO LEGATO mode with GLIDE.
- Six new polyphonic distortion modes
- Four-octave keyboard control
- Full velocity control across all synth parameters
- Compatible with both Apple and Windows operating systems
- Re-designed interface features a tabbed design with an interactive signal path
- Hover-menu UI workflow
- New sub-presets for the synth, vocoder, and freeze modules
- Sub-preset smart randomizer
- Subsection Lock mode lets you keep settings per module
- iLok 2+ activation
Specifications
- Operating system:
- Mac: macOS 10.15.x or newer, 64 bit
- Windows: Windows 10 or newer
- Format:
- Mac: AU, AAX, VST2.4, VST 3
- Windows: AAX Native, VST 2.4, VST 3
- Processor:
- Mac: Apple Silicon CPU, or Intel CPU with at least 2 Cores (i7 or better recommended)
- Windows: CPU with at least 2 Cores; Intel CPU recommended, i7 or better recommended
- Activation:
- iLok.com account for machine- or iLok 2/3 based activation (of full as well as demo versions)
- Internet Connection for Software Activation (though not necessarily on the computer used for audio)
- Product code: 1063-68