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eturnol
08-18-2005, 05:55 PM
hey all,

does anyone know what kind of vocoder underworld uses on karl hyde's lyrics? its an amazing sound!

Ben
freezedried
08-19-2005, 03:37 AM
Roland VP330 was mentioned in at least one interview IIRC.

HTH :)
Professor
08-19-2005, 05:34 AM
actually, i'm pretty sure he built the one he uses with the guitar...juanita etc. i bet he's got lots of differrent kinds...including the roland.
noisegeek
08-19-2005, 07:45 AM
Ditto on the vp330. Fairly distinctive sound when used with the built-in string sound. Check out Sound on Sound. (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec00/articles/underworld.asp)There is also an interview from Future Music that goes into a bit more detail about the mods to Karls guitar. As I recall they are pretty much limited to MIDI translation/control additions.
Floating Dave
08-20-2005, 08:13 AM
Definitely the Roland VP330 Plus. Here's a pic of their MkI and MkII insts.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12614642@N00/