Guitar Talker

could use a tone control for the effect only

This my second one.I fried my first one when my power supply died. I use a reg ac adapter.It did not work after.so only use a power adapter with Digitech specs.

Just plug in and set levels

I was going to buy a EHX V256 or Iron Lung but came a cross this talker in like new condition.I wanted a vocoder for a projectI,m working one for a church event. I may still get the V256. I got the talker for the auto talk. play my guitar and  vocoder only when I need it.everyone says the auto setting does not work well. it,s not as clear as nuvo or talkbox. but when I set the mic 2/3 just below clipping. and the instrument to 1/2 and effect to 3/4 it worked pretty good.I also get a decent Frampton with nuvo or talkbox        using my RP 100 one of the Mesa Boogie settings before the talker.If you use distortion after the talker at least for me it did not sound as close. Stephen Gibson Sr.

When properly grounded as detailed above and in John Lange's post below, it is magical.

I will let you know.

Digitech Talker Repair - I bought this new about 7 years ago and got shocked violently many times.  But when it worked, it was magical. Also it would sometimes not kick in until I wore socks across the carpet and "shocked" it into working.  One day it stopped, but since I am a packrat I threw it in a drawer. Tonight I googled "Digitech Talker Repair" and found John Lange's fix in this forum.  I followed these instructions: "add resistors from the outputs to ground. I used 100Kohm but other values should work. 3 resistors are required - one for the 1/4" jack, and two for the XLR output (the XLR output is of course balanced and one resistor is required from each side to ground). This worked very well for me, but your results may vary." (when he says wire to ground, use the ground of the same jack, i.e. pins 2 & 3 to pin 1 in the P.A. output).  I soldered in the resistors on the back side of the board (the side with the pots) so it was a piece of cake. When I plugged it in though, there was still a horrible buzz that appeared to come from the instrument input, but I could faintly hear the effects working. I then put a resistor from the "instrument input" ground to the P.A. output pin 1 [ground] and voila!  It works again!!! Thanks a million to John Lange for his post.  There are no other vocoders on the market like this.  Believe me, I have scoured the net and wasn't about to buy another Talker. With the fix, it plays like a dream. Now don't blame me if you don't get the same results.  I am just telling you my story. If you have nver soldered, practice on something else and google "how to solder" for a quick lesson.  If you bridge the contacts, you are screwed.

never bothered

awsome!  and freaky if you make it so

solid as a rock

not much to it...manual gives some good ideas for "alternative applications"

its a tank...i wont need support

I'd be devistated if it were stolen as they are not made anymore...already looking collectable.  I have an electrix vocoder too...but this is easier to deal with.  I play with about 10 ancient synths, a couple of guitars, a rhodes, drums (elec and accoustic).  GT5 tubefex