If you've listened to pop music in the past 40 years, you've probably heard more than a few songs with a robotic sound. That's thanks to the vocoder, a device invented by Bell Labs, the research ...

A few weeks ago, the music writer Dave Tompkins took a podium in one of NYU’s many windowless annexes to promote his upcoming book, How To Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War II To Hip-Hop.

If you love the sound of the talkbox, but grapple with the practicality of the hardware, we have some top tips for recreating ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Originally developed for telecommunications and military applications in the 1930s, the vocoder, ...

A scientific tool for those lacking a voice, a means for encrypting voices during WWII and a way to drop the funk, the vocoder has had many exhale its praises. Here are five essential vocoder tracks.

A great vocoder and a clever harmony generator - as long as you give it a clean, consistent and in-tune input. Harmony generator can be frustrating. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert ...

Wow, two new threads in a minute... Anyway, Ars audiophiles help me please! I'm listening to Len's "Man of the Year" and it's got this great Vocoder voice mod that reminds me of several songs from the ...

CML Microcircuits has expanded the company's DuraTALK digital voice processor range with the release of a new professional radio low bit-rate 2.4 kbps vocoder. The CMX7262 is a high-performance low ...