Electrix Warp Factory Ultimate Vocoder

Description

Condition

This Electrix Warp Factory Vocoder is fully tested and in good working condition.  It has some minor scratches on its casing and a couple very small nicks on the top and bottom of the unit.  The knobs are a little scuffed and dirty.  It comes with a power cord.

Electrix Warp Factory Vocoder Overview

The basic principle of WarpFactory is that one signal ‘Warps’ another. This is accomplished by using two inputs:

• The Source – the sound to be shaped

• The Formant – the signal to shape the source

Formants are the resonances we form with our mouths and throat to articulate vowels and consonants. The formant is then superimposed on the source sound forming an effect that can be very human-like. This can be like having a speaker in the throat.!

Give WarpFactory a source such as a sampler, turntable, synthesizer or guitar. You can derive a formant signal from a microphone and your voice or you can use other inputs such as a drummachine, turntable or …well, get creative.

Unlike traditional vocoders, WarpFactory uses a powerful DSP (Digital Signal Processor) to run a proprietary physical modelling algorithm instead of traditional multi-band analog filtering.

WarpFactory’s unique future / retro case was designed to allow both desktop and rackmount installation. This concept makes WarpFactory’s control surface optimum for live performance as well as studio use.

As an added bonus, the Electrix WarpFactory has a built in phono pre-amp so you can plug your turntable directly in. This allows you to cue the effect before it goes to the house by using the cueing feature of your mixer. In the studio full MIDI implementation makes FilterFactory the perfect recording tool. You can play the FilterFactory live and capture your performance in a sequence.

Front Panel

• XLR Mic Input
• Mic Gain
• Formant Input Select
  • Mic
  • Line (Ess On)
  • Line (Ess Off)
  • Auto
  • Band High/Low
• Gender Control
• Q Control
• Order
• Robot Pitch
• Noise
• Freeze Button
• Source Kill
• Effect Mix
• Bypass

Back Panel

• Power Input (standard IEC power cable jack)
• Power Switch
• Footswitch
• MIDI In/Out/Thru
• MIDI Channel Select
• Electrix Effects Output
  • RCA Stereo Out
  • 1/4″ Stereo Out
• Source Input
  • Phono/Line Switch
  • RCA Stereo In
  • 1/4″ Stereo In TRS Balanced
• Formant Input
  • 1/4″ Unbalanced
  • +4, -10 switch
• Mic Bypass Output