Rocktron Banshee Talk Box w/Midi?

[dubbleup]

Is there a way to hook up a Rocktron Banshee Talk Box Pedal to my midi controller, which is just that, a midi controller. No Sounds. Although i do use Ableton Live with various soft synths.
Is this at all possible??

I also have a Soundblaster audigy 2 platinum sound card which does include a 1/4" jack input as well as midi in's and out's

Thanks

 

[dansgold]

Is there a way to hook up a Rocktron Banshee Talk Box Pedal to my midi controller, which is just that, a midi controller. No Sounds. Although i do use Ableton Live with various soft synths.
Is this at all possible??
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What would be the point of hooking up a talkbox via MIDI?

I think you might want to do a little learning about what a talkbox is and what it does.

 

[Kojak]

you run a sound into the talkbox, for example some software synthesizer controlled by your midi controller outputting a synth sound into your talkbox

if you want to record the voices coming out of your talkbox through your mouth, you will need a microphone

 

[platinumtouch]

What would be the point of hooking up a talkbox via MIDI?

I think you might want to do a little learning about what a talkbox is and what it does.

Chuck Norris used to do that **** all the time... MIDI talkbox... he's so bad ass though that people could actually hear a full sawtooth sound coming out of it.

Sorry had to do it just once...

 

[Obitheincredible]

The banshee isn't even midi capable.

 

[Kojak]

I really don't think any of you bothered to read his post before bashing him because his post contained the two words "midi" and "talkbox" and assuming he didn't know what he's talking about. He clearly stated his midi controller doesn't make sounds, he seems to be completely aware of this, he just wasn't sure how to use synthesizers on his computer to run into his talkbox.

In summation, all of you should be ashamed of yourselves.

 

[platinumtouch]

I really don't think any of you bothered to read his post before bashing him because his post contained the two words "midi" and "talkbox" and assuming he didn't know what he's talking about. He clearly stated his midi controller doesn't make sounds, he seems to be completely aware of this, he just wasn't sure how to use synthesizers on his computer to run into his talkbox.

In summation, all of you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Fine fine fine! You are no fun though!

1st poster, you will be able to trigger softsynth sounds with your midi controller then route the output from your PC to your Banshee. Although not ideal imho it will work fine with the properly edited sound.

 

[Obitheincredible]

He mentions a midi controller and a 1/4 in input. Nothing about a output, sound source or anything else. Our assumptions were justified by a poorly constructed question.

 

[Kojak]

He said the specific soundcard he has, I'd think the output is implied

 

[DonaldCrunk]

wtf is the point of running a softsynth through a talkbox, though? couldn't you do pretty much the same thing with a comb filter at the source?

i can understand running a dx100 through one or whatever, but running your computer through a talkbox seems hilarious for some reason. i assume it's the breath control, but srsly keep your fidelity and automate that ****

 

[platinumtouch]

wtf is the point of running a softsynth through a talkbox, though? couldn't you do pretty much the same thing with a comb filter at the source?

i can understand running a dx100 through one or whatever, but running your computer through a talkbox seems hilarious for some reason. i assume it's the breath control, but srsly keep your fidelity and automate that ****

He's not doing it that way for any special reason... no breath control or effects or whatever, from what I gather he has no other way to generate any sound into the talkbox aside from his softsynths (i.e. doesn't own a keyboard (aside from his midi controller) or a guitar). I guess it's pretty goofy in a sense and definately kills the talkbox gigging he was planning on doing (unless it's a laptop I suppose)... I think you would be suprised at how many people probably do this though... i.e. people wanting a Moog sound or DX100 patch without the bread or inclination to go buy one. I think this goes back to the general gist of the industry though... they will all go out and buy the most readily available talkbox (Rocktron Banshee) and when they go home and realize that they can't sound like Roger in a week and a half (or worse think they sound like Roger and start cranking out 47 talkbox songs a day) eventually it will all sit and collect dust until it ends up on eBay in two years.

 

[gangstafunk]

they will all go out and buy the most readily available talkbox (Rocktron Banshee) and when they go home and realize that they can't sound like Roger in a week and a half (or worse think they sound like Roger and start cranking out 47 talkbox songs a day) eventually it will all sit and collect dust until it ends up on eBay in two years.

which talkbox brand would you recomend? a Heil?

My only problem with talk box is that I don't have a yamaho dx-100 or microkorg (both which are good for talkbox) I dont know how I would program the keyboard I use to get the sound. How would I work this out?????

I may also resort to using synth software controlled by midi controller if I cant get the keyboard to work.

 

[nigiano]

Who wants start the Chuck Norris mixtape?

 

[SubRock]

The banshee isn't even midi capable.

Is the Heil talk box midi?? How would i go about recording my voice through the talk box and then save the recording in FL8 to use?? Is this even possible?? Let me now as im interested in getting some kind of vocoder/talk box effect!! Any suggestions as to what i could use and thats reasonably budgetable? I was looking at the Korg Minikorg vocoder midi controller but was reading some threads on here so i just need to knw!! Thanks a bunch!!

 

[Kavie]

wtf is the point of running a softsynth through a talkbox, though? couldn't you do pretty much the same thing with a comb filter at the source?

i can understand running a dx100 through one or whatever, but running your computer through a talkbox seems hilarious for some reason. i assume it's the breath control, but srsly keep your fidelity and automate that ****

I use my talkbox (Rocktron Banshee) with a patch I created in Reason. It sounds just as good if you know how to tweak and create the sound that you're looking for. Unlike a lot of people I did a lot of research on the talkbox before buying it and decided to just use a softsynth that I already had instead of searching and spending $200-$300 on a DX100 when I can get the same (or close to the same) sound just by taking some time to tweak a sound I already have.

Is the Heil talk box midi?? How would i go about recording my voice through the talk box and then save the recording in FL8 to use?? Is this even possible?? Let me now as im interested in getting some kind of vocoder/talk box effect!! Any suggestions as to what i could use and thats reasonably budgetable? I was looking at the Korg Minikorg vocoder midi controller but was reading some threads on here so i just need to knw!! Thanks a bunch!!

I don't think any talkbox has MIDI capabilities; which I wouldn't see making any sense unless someone later designed one with some built-in sounds. There is no substitute for a talkbox! Vocoders are a different thing. I paid $140 for my Banshee; not sure what your budget is.

 

[BROKENVOWS]

And that's how I got here...

Hey there man, I was thinking the same stuff, would like to use my talkbox like a midi input, can imagin some great things to do, but obviously it only has audio i/o, but maybe there's some converter to change the signal to midi info.

Well I'll be working on the idea to do it, and then if I find a good way, I'll tell you.

Cheers!!!!!

 

[Kojak]

MIDI is not audio. MIDI is a signal that represents a note pressed. A talkbox is just a speaker hooked into a tube. You plug some instrument into the speaker, then put the tube in your mouth and shape your mouth to make sounds, you would then have to record that with a microphone.

 

[BROKENVOWS]

Clear as water...

Ok, I think everyone here isn´t understanding. We know the difference between MIDI and audio signals, but what about if you could find the way to assign a continious controller transforming the audio signal to midi, that´s the challenge.

I insist, there´s no need to clarify or define again what MIDI is.

Best regards.

MIDI is not audio. MIDI is a signal that represents a note pressed. A talkbox is just a speaker hooked into a tube. You plug some instrument into the speaker, then put the tube in your mouth and shape your mouth to make sounds, you would then have to record that with a microphone.

 

[Kojak]

You can't convert an audio signal to midi, it's impossible to get discrete pitches, the best you could have is basically a tuner that could guess the key of incoming frequencies and output that midi signal, this is similar to how some midi pickups on guitars work, but you couldn't ever hope to convert any waveform into digital note information.