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Formant Filter

A VOWEL filter — three resonant peaks (F1, F2, F3) that SHAPE whatever passes through into a vocal-tract colour (a talkbox / vocoder filter). The formant-filtered signal DOMINATES the output (a parallel bandpass bank, F1 strongest) with just a touch of dry for body — so a harmonically RICH carrier (a saw / square osc) becomes the VOWEL itself, not the raw tone with faint resonances added. Dial F1/F2/F3 to MORPH between vowels (/a/ 730·1090·2440 → /i/ 270·2290·3010); Amount sets how strongly the formants drive. Best on a rich source (a sine has too few harmonics to shape). The FILTER half of the source-filter model — F1/F2/F3 are automatable, the targets the Formant analyser's live output (a talkbox) or a recorded formant track drives over time so the carrier 'speaks'.

Inputs

PortSignal
audio_inaudio
Voiceaudio · formant

Outputs

PortSignal
audio_outaudio

Parameters

ParameterRangeDefault
F1200 – 1200 Hz730
F2600 – 3000 Hz1090
F31500 – 4000 Hz2440
Amount0 – 500 %300

Used in these rigs

Talkbox

More eq nodes

Band-pass Filter · High-pass Filter · Linear-phase EQ · Low-pass Filter · Parametric EQ

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