WORKING CONDITION: Excellent. This Warp Factory has been tested with a microphone as the Formant Input and works flawlessly. The Formant Freeze button makes tuning the Gender and Order parameters infinitely easier than most vocoders. This is a great vocoder in a 2U package.

PHYSICAL CONDITION: Very Good. There are some blemishes on the unit, but all of the buttons, knobs, iO jacks, and LED's work perfectly.

INVENTORY #58957

BRAND: Electrix

MODEL: Warp Factory Ultimate Vocoder

FUNCTION: Rackmount Vocoder Effects Processor

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This listing is for a 2000 Electrix Warp Factory Rackmount Ultimate Vocoder. The Electrix Warp Factory Ultimate Vocoder is a 2U rackmount hardware effects unit released in 1999 that specializes in real-time vocal transformation and formant processing. Unlike traditional analog vocoders that use multiband filtering, it utilizes a digital signal processor (DSP) running a physical modeling algorithm to "warp" one audio signal with the characteristics of another.

SPECS:

• Serial # 013641
• Date of Manufacture: May 2000
• Formant Processing: Uses a modulator (typically a voice via the front-panel XLR mic input) to shape a carrier "source" signal, such as a synth or drum loop.
• Hands-On Interface: Designed for live performance with large knobs and a "Gender" control that shifts the harmonic content of the formant without changing the musical pitch of the source.
• Specialized Modes:
  • Line Ess: Preserves speech intelligibility by simulating sibilant sounds (like "S" and "CH") even over complex musical signals.
  • Robot Pitch: A built-in internal oscillator that allows for classic robotic vocoding without an external synth source.
  • Auto Mode: Connects the source as its own formant input for unique internal warping effects.
• Performance Tools: Includes a Freeze button to hold a specific formant shape and a Source Kill function that auto-gates the output when no voice is detected.
• Inputs: XLR Mic and 1/4" Line for Formant; 1/4" Line and RCA Phono for Source.
• Outputs: 1/4" Stereo Line and RCA Stereo Main outs.
• Resolution: Adjustable "Order" setting from low-resolution abstract effects to high-resolution (24) for maximum speech intelligibility.
• MIDI Implementation: All front-panel functions are mapped to MIDI Control Change messages for automation and remote control.

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED: This item comes as seen in photos and includes a power cable.

UNPACKAGED WEIGHT: 6 lbs.

UNPACKAGED DIMENSIONS: 19" x 4" x 4"