Hello everybody,

I purchased this Vocoder a few days ago and I love it!

I use it all the time…and I’m going to bring it to my school and show all my music friends. I can’t wait!

Before I do, I have a few questions to ask. Don’t forget that I’m a newbie here, so I’m still exploring different effect pedals and different ways to use them. Anybody who has a vocoder or pedal box should be able to help me.

First off, am I allowed to stand the Vocoder upright? Or should I keep it flat on the ground? I don’t want to break the mechanics inside!

Staying on the topic of instrument care, I want to know how sturdy the V256 is. I accidentally ripped the storage box apart, so I keep the Vocoder in my dresser drawer along with my dynamic microphone and some other cables. As a result, the equipment will move around quite frequently. Is this harmful for the V256? I also want to know how well it can survive in the cold winter weather down in my basement. Where I live, metal boxes often freeze overnight and the V256 Vocoder is metal! This scares me a bit. :worried:

Now I have some simple question on connections:

I took me a while to get the V256 working because I didn’t know that I had to use the XLR cable output in order to hear the effects. For my setup, I have a dynamic mic (using XLR) running through the mic input and a Synth (using 1/4″ cable) running into the instrument input. The only cable I use on the output end is a Female XLR to Male 1/4” cable that connects the V256 to my Mini-Amp.

Now that you know my input/output setup, I can ask my big question: Instead of using my Voice to Vocode my Synth, I want to use my MacBook to Vocode my Synth. No microphone is needed for this setup and the output system stays the same. I do have the adapter that will connect my MacBook to the 1/4″ instrument cable, but I do not have an adapter to connect it to an XRL cable. Will using a male 1/4″ to male XLR cable work as an auxiliary microphone? Using the instrument input does nothing, even when my Synth in not connected. Am I doing anything wrong here? You might know an even better method of doing this…then I won’t have to buy a new cable!

One final thing:

I’ve posted something very similar on this forum in the Technical/Help section and nobody replied me. I’m hoping that the Lounge section will be a better place to post these things. This post may seem boring to some of you, but I really need to know this stuff before I jump into my life long addiction of Vocoders!

Thank You

MusicMan1988 :rawk: