Victor Wooten Talkbox Voice style effect...?

[Allighatt0r]

Ok, so the other day, i was watching a video of Mr. Wooten, astounding me as he always does, when about half way through, he steps up to the mic and, as far as i can tell starts going "doo doo doo doo doo doo" in time with the notes he's playing, which creates an amazing effect, that sounds as if the bass is playing through his voice, if that makes sense.

I can tell it's not a talkbox, there's no tube up the mic. I was just curious if the TBers had any idea how he made this effect?



PS. sorry i can't find the video on youtube or anything, otherwise i would post a link.

 

[SoComSurfing]

Pretty sure he was using a Digitech Talker at some point. He may still, but I really don't know.

Digitech Talker

 

[Allighatt0r]

Wow. Where can i play with one of those?

 

[c_joseph_lier]

Danalectro makes a no wires talk box pedal ... haven't heard, don't know the sound quality ... +1 to the talker though, it was in his rig for the longest time ... plus, some bass effects rigs come with a kind of auto wah that you can select the vowel tones like a-as, e-es, and such

 

[SoComSurfing]

Wow. Where can i play with one of those?

They've been discontinued for several years. I used to play in a band that relied heavily on one for a few songs, but I just can't get the drummer to part with it! It's an awesome little box.

 

[Allighatt0r]

I've spent the last 20 minutes or so trying to find somewhere i can get one from! haha i think i'm GAS-ing!

 

[rakirksey]

It's definitely a Digitech Talker which is more of a vocoder than a talk box. Rocktron makes a talk box called the Banshee, which you place in your chain of pedals, that has it's own 5W amp to push air into the tube. Then you just need another mic and obviously amplification for the mic and you're ready to rock.

 

[superbassman2000]

i am not sure it was the talker--i think it was a rackmount vocoder

 

[rakirksey]

I haven't seen Victor in a while, like 5+ years, but last time I did see him it was a Talker. I could see the pedals pretty clearly. He may have updated his setup more recently though, so he could be using a rackmount vocoder now.

 

[SoComSurfing]

I wouldn't doubt he's updated since then. His rack and pedal set-ups have always been in flux. I haven't seen him since '04, but it was definitely a Talker then.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

If you guys are serious about wanting a Digitech Talker, I have one in like new condition.