Waldorf Lector

Robot voices, whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, the resonant ringing of bells, dripping water - the possibilities are all but infinite. With a quick tweak here and there, the Lector turns any incoming signal into novel sounds and effects. Tremendously versatile, the Lector puts in your hands a sonic toolset for a wide range of diverse applications. Just about anything goes, from distorting the human voice to adding subtle harmonies to lead vocals and getting creative with movie soundtracks.

The analysis filter bank splits the incoming audio signal into as many as 100 frequency bands, the intensity of which modulates the volume levels of an equal number of band-pass filters in the synthesis filter bank. The integrated 16-voice synthesizer or an external source provides the input signal for the synthesis filter bank. This lets you do fun things like apply a melody line or chord sequence to articulate vocals or speech.

Lector Features:

3 to 100 band Vocoder
Adjustable range of Analysis Filter Bank
Adjustable offsets and LFO modulation of Synthesis Filter Bank
3-band Equalizer with variable mid band
Individual Compressors for Speech and Carrier signal
Voiced / Unvoiced Detector
Overdrive (types Tube, Diode, Clip)
Stereo Chorus / Flanger, 2 to 6 stages
Stereo Delay, syncronizable
Reverb
Sidechain input (VST 3 and Audio Unit)
Carrier plug-in (VST 2)

16-voice Synthesizer (per voice):

Polyphonic, Monophonic or Free-Running
2 Oscillators, waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, pulse with pulse width modulation, sample&hold, noise, single and multi sample playback
FM
Ring Modulation
Portamento / Glissando
1 Filter, types Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass, Notch (12dB and 24dB), Whitening
1 LFO, synchronizable, waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, square, sample&hold, noise
2 AR envelopes