.Based on Waldorf's notable Q-series hardware vocoders, and featuring an integrated 16-voice synthesizer and a multi-effects processor, Lector lets you create everything from classic vocoder effects to whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, resonant bells, dripping water, and much more. Street price is only $199.99.
Lector's 100 discrete bandpass filters can be used to process an external sound source or the signal from the on-board synthesizer---a 16-voice subtractive-style dual-oscillator design with a complement of essential analog waveforms, including sine, triangle, sawtooth, square/variable pulse width, sample and hold, and noise; user-loading of single and multi-samples is also supported. In addition to traditional vocoder parameters, Lector also lets you process the signal with FM and ring modulation, three bands of equalization, and a variety of multi-effects, including tube overdrive, transistor distortion, hard clipping, six-voice chorus/flange, syncable stereo delay, and reverb.
