Waldorf has released Lector, a vocoder effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.

Waldorf Lector

Robot voices, whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, the resonant ringing of bells, dripping water – the possibilities are all but infinite. With a quick tweak here and there, the Lector turns any incoming signal into novel sounds and effects.

Tremendously versatile, the Lector puts in your hands a sonic toolset for a wide range of diverse applications. Just about anything goes, from distorting the human voice to adding subtle harmonies to lead vocals and getting creative with movie soundtracks.

Lector features

  • 3 to 100 band Vocoder.
  • Adjustable range of Analysis Filter Bank.
  • Adjustable offsets and LFO modulation of Synthesis Filter Bank.
  • 3-band Equalizer with variable mid band.
  • Individual Compressors for Speech and Carrier signal.
  • Voiced / Unvoiced Detector.
  • Overdrive (types Tube, Diode, Clip).
  • Stereo Chorus / Flanger, 2 to 6 stages.
  • Stereo Delay, syncronizable.
  • Reverb.
  • Sidechain input (VST 3 and Audio Unit).
  • Carrier plug-in (VST 2).
  • 16-voice Synthesizer (per voice):
    • Polyphonic, Monophonic or Free-Running.
    • 2 Oscillators, waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, pulse with pulse width modulation, sample&hold, noise, single and multi sample playback.
    • FM.
    • Ring Modulation.
    • Portamento / Glissando.
    • 1 Filter, types Lowpass, Bandpass, Highpass, Notch (12dB and 24dB), Whitening.
    • 1 LFO, synchronizable, waveforms sine, triangle, sawtooth, square, sample&hold, noise.
    • 2 AR envelopes.

Lector for Windows and Mac (VST) is available to purchase for 199 EUR.

More information: Waldorf / Lector