You’ll only need a microphone if you’re trying to record yourself, or perform live. A talkbox actually IS a speaker, so you can plug your synth into it and play. The sound essentially comes out of your mouth through the tube, and you just move your mouth to use it.
Herein, can you use a talkbox without a keyboard?
Likewise, do you need a mic to use a talk box? Yes, talkboxes require a microphone and PA.
Just so, do you sing with a talk box?
The Talk Box may be most often associated with electric guitar, but that’s far from the only instrument that can sing beautifully when paired with the effect.
Does a talk box work with any keyboard?
The talkbox can be used with any sound playing through the hose – including acoustic instruments, any keyboard, voice, white noise etc. Just run it through the talkbox.
How can I practice my talk box?
How do you talk with talk box?
How does a talk box instrument work?
Typically, a talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician’s mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to a vocal microphone. The musician controls the modification of the instrument’s sound by changing the shape of the mouth, “vocalizing” the instrument’s output into a microphone.