WALDORF / Lector Package Edition

WALDORF / Lector is the definitive vocoder plug-in from Waldorf! Packaged version.

■Plug-in Vocoder, Packaged Version

LECTOR is a 100-band vocoder effect that works as a VST or AudioUnit plug-in.

It is based on the legendary synthesizers Q, Micro Q, and D-Coder, exclusive to synthesizer manufacturer Waldorf.

*D-Coder is a vocoder software previously released by Waldorf for TC Electronics' PowerCore DSP system.

■LECTOR Main Features

- 3-100 band vocoder
- Variable-range analysis filter bank
- Synthesis filter bank with variable offset and LFO modulation
- 3-band EQ with variable mid-band frequency
- Independent compression for speech and carrier signals
- Unvoiced detector
- Overdrive (tube/diode/clip type)
- Stereo chorus/flanger (2-6 steps)
- Stereo delay
- Reverb
- Sidechain input (VST 3 or Audio Unit)
- Carrier plug-in (VST 2)
- 16-voice synthesizer (each voice has the following specifications)
- Monophonic/polyphonic
- 2 oscillators (sine/triangle/sawtooth/square+PWM/sample & hold/noise/sample)
- FM/ring modulation
- Portamento/glissando
- 1 x Filter (Low Pass/Band Pass/High Pass/Notch 12dB & 24dB/Whitening)
- 1 x LFO (Sine/Triangle/Sawtooth/Square/Sample & Hold/Noise)
- 2 x AR Envelopes

■ Minimum System Requirements

[Windows]
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
- Intel Pentium 3/AMD Athlon, 1GHz or higher
- 100MB free hard disk space
- VST 2.4 compliant host application
- Internet connection (for license activation)

[Macintosh]
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later (Snow Leopard 64-bit compatible)
- All Intel processors
- 100MB free hard disk space
- VST 2.4 compliant host application, VST 3.0 or Audio Unit 2.0 with sidechain support Compatible host application
- Internet connection (for license activation)

*These are the specifications required for the plug-in alone. Please also consider the load of the OS, host DAW, and other applications running simultaneously.

■About LECTOR's copy protection

We use soft-eLicenser, formerly known as Syncrosoft. This system stores the license key in software on your computer, eliminating the need for USB dongle-type protection. However, an internet connection is required for the computer used for authentication.