Count Vlad 2 Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) I'm curious if it is possible to get the the Pentagon I in Cakewalk by Bandlab? I have the Square 1 in Sonar 7 Home Studio and have heard that it is like Pentagon I, but I don't know if it can be used as a vocoder like the Pentagon I. I've also read that you can go to the original site and download Sonar 3 which has it, but can't log in to the original site for some reason. Is there an easy way to get this synth? Thanks. Edited October 8, 2020 by Count Vlad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,280 Posted October 9, 2020 BandLab has not released Pentagon I. A good free alternative vocoder plug-in is TAL Vocoder. Here is a thread about using TAL Vocoder in CbB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Count Vlad 2 Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks. I have the TAL but my first impression was that is was a bit cheesy . Poor sounding and temperamental at first, though I haven't explored it. I'll give it a go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,280 Posted October 9, 2020 Use a different synth for the carrier signal. Here is how Also consider retiring square 1 and any other 32bit in your installation. There are quite a few free 64bit synths and plug-ins for practically any task. Using 32bit plug-ins in new projects is not a good idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Count Vlad 2 Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks -- that last bit of about "input mode being on" was what was needed. I also found that it doesn't work with TTS-1 only the synths in the synth category. But I'm grateful that it's working and it doesn't sound that bad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites