talker for KORG kaosspad NTS-3

this is a speech unit created by joerg piringer https://joerg.piringer.net

it can speak short phrases in a vintage computer voice

there are two versions included in your purchase: one in english called talker and one in german called sprecher. they offer the same functionality only the language differs. upload the one you like or both to your NTS-3.

parameters for the unit:

• Mode: counter, numbers, abc, vowels, spell
• Speed
• Bound1
• Bound2
• counter sub modsince version 1.1 there's another parameter:
• triggerpad - see below for more info and a video about this parameter

Explanation of the Modes

this video explains the parameters (detailed info below):

counter

you can count up and down

depending on the counter sub mode, you can increase or decrease the number by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. there are also three additional counter modes:

- fibonacci: speak the fibonacci-sequence

- primes: speaks a certain amount of primes starting with 2 and ending with 997

- random mode: speaks a random number

by setting bound1 and bound2 you can limit the numbers. if you set wrap around to true the counter starts again at the lower bound if it would exceed the higher bound. this also works the other direction.

numbers

speak the number from 0-10 according to the position you touch on the pad:

if you set the counter mode to random each press on the pad speaks a random number

abc

speak the letters of the alphabet according to the position you touch on the pad. for english:

for german:

if you set the counter sub mode to random each press on the pad speaks a random letter

vowels

speak the vowels according to the position you touch on the pad.

for english:

for german:

if you set the counter sub mode to random each press on the pad speaks a random vowel

spell

spell the letters like this (in english):

alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, henry, india, juliet, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa, quebec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whisky, xray, yankee, zulu

or in german:

anton, berta, cäsar, dora, emil, friedrich, gustav, heinrich, ida, julius, konrad, ludwig, martha, nordpol, otto, paula, quelle, richard, siegfried, theodor, ulrich, viktor, wilhelm, xaver, ypsilon, zürich

for english:

for german:

if you set the counter sub mode to random each press on the pad speaks a random word

triggerpad parameter explained

if set to zero the behaviour is not changed. if set from 1 - 30 the speech is triggered when the input sound is above a certain threshold. this way you can sequence the speech with external audio. you could just send a trigger signal from an external sequencer. the triggerpad-number corresponds to the sections on the pad according to the chosen mode. see below for diagrams for the trigger sections. pad 1 is usually the bottom left and the last one (depending on the mode) is top right. for example in ABC mode the first pad would be A and the last one Z (or ß in the german version).

please note that you will have to press the pad (or freeze the hold) in order to have sounds triggered by the input. otherwise it will not work.

the input sound will also be muted when pressing the pad when the triggerpad parameter is anything other than 0. also no sounds will be triggered by pressing the pad only. you will need to have a trigger sound at the input.

here is a video with a short demonstration of this parameter: