Version :
2.1
Required System :
Mac OS X version 13.1 or later
Driver Wacom :
To control Voks with a Wacom tablet, you need to install the latest version of the
driver
. Be sure to uninstall any previous versions of the driver beforehand.
Sources :
Voks source files can be downloaded from this
GitHub
directory.
Documentation :
The Voks manual can be downloaded
here
.
The Voks singing instrument makes it possible to control any voice utterance, including consonants. In practice, the user first loads a sample recording of the desired text being uttered, together with a syllabic annotation of said recording. The loaded sample needs not have any particular rhythm or melody. Then, during the performance, the system resequences the loaded sample, with a rhythm, pitch and vocal quality controlled in real time by the performer's manual gestures.
Following Cantor Digitalis, the graphic tablet and MPE interfaces are used to control pitch and vocal effort in Voks. In addition, the theremin has been used as a control interface, with one antenna controlling pitch and the other controlling vocal effort, and an added pressure sensor placed in between the thumb and index of the performer for rhythm control. T-Voks (i.e. Voks played by a Theremin and a rhythm control button) won second place in the 2022 Guthman musical instrument competition.
