guitarmonkey
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Post by guitarmonkey on Jul 9, 2006 13:46:45 GMT -5
can anyone reccomend an inexpensive yet decent quality talk-box? any help is much appreciated
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Post by sumgai on Jul 9, 2006 14:30:55 GMT -5
gm, You don't want a talk-box, you want one of these instead:  (The image is a link.) Hook this baby up to your guitar, or better yet, to a synth with some spacy sounds, and stand back! ;D sumgai |
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Post by RJB on Jul 11, 2006 11:06:51 GMT -5
For a kit you could try www.paia.com/vocoder.htm Good quality kits. The "classic" talk box off Peter Frampton fame. Is simply a small 1W amplifier driving a speaker with the sound focused done a 3/8" to 1/2" plastic tube. The rest is mouth/Mic. Joe Perry was known to use a Pignose battery amp, with a snap in plate in front of the speaker, which was available at the time. And the "larynx" (sp?) used a built in midrange horn speaker, sans horn (just the driver) |
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Post by UnklMickey on Jul 11, 2006 13:54:44 GMT -5
very different operation between vocoders and talk boxes.
i like the sound of a horn driver through a tube much better than a vocoder.
i used to have one that i cobbled together.
a few disadvantages though:
1 -- you don't want to share your tube, even with your closest friend.
2 -- they can rattle your fillings loose.
3 -- high volumes and low frequencies, with the right direction on the tube, will direct enough energy down to your diaphram, to elicit a gag-reflex. more than once, i was one step short of blowing chunks.
unk
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Post by ux4484 on Jul 11, 2006 15:46:30 GMT -5
more than once, i was one step short of blowing ch-unks. unk heh....No pun intended ;D |
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Post by UnklMickey on Jul 13, 2006 17:49:38 GMT -5
ux4484,
be very, very, careful on altering quotes.
it's considered acceptable to delete sections, or even to force a standard font-size.
some folks will take offense to changing the meaning by an edit.
fortunately, I LIKE humor almost anywhere it can be found!
BTW, that's actually "pun-intended". (you did it on-purpose to be funny.)
you probably meant "no-offense intended".
none taken. thanks for the grin.
unk
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Post by dunkelfalke on Jul 14, 2006 1:39:21 GMT -5
there is a talkbox effect built in some digitech multieffect pedals.
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Post by pollyshero on Aug 31, 2006 22:02:27 GMT -5
My nephew has a Rocktron Banshee that impressed me quite a bit. We played "name that tune" and then "stump the slobbering dude with the guitar" for an hour. $129 on Musician'sFiend. completely self-contained, comes with the tube. Spend a little extra and pick up a drool towel though...
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