vocoder
Robotic voice maker
A vocoder is an electronic device that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice, originally developed for telecommunications.
In music production, vocoders create robotic vocal effects by imposing speech characteristics onto synthesizer sounds: The vocoder gives the chorus that classic robot voice.
The technology shaped electronic music from Kraftwerk to modern pop.
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- carrierOne that transports
- modulatorDevice that varies signals
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
bandwidth · envelope · filter · oscillator · waveform · resonance · amplitude · spectrum
Masked French electronic duo
- KraftwerkGerman electronic music pioneers
- T-PainPitch-corrected R&B performer
- talkboxMouth-controlled guitar effect
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
synthetic · electronic · futuristic · computerized · digital · mechanical · artificial · Auto-Tune
Array of input keys
- samplerSelection for trying
- sequencerOrders signals chronologically
- keytarStrapped portable synthesizer
- microphoneAudio input device
Quality of being understood
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- encodingConverting data to format
- transmissionSending of information
- militaryArmed forces collectively
secure communications · telephony · signal processing · telecommunications · radio
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
harmonics · bandwidth · envelope · filter · oscillator · waveform · resonance · amplitude · spectrum · sidebands
Daft Punk
Masked French electronic duo
- KraftwerkGerman electronic music pioneers
- T-PainPitch-corrected R&B performer
- talkboxMouth-controlled guitar effect
cyborg · synthetic · electronic · futuristic · computerized · digital · mechanical · artificial · Auto-Tune · vocoded
keyboard
Array of input keys
- samplerSelection for trying
- sequencerOrders signals chronologically
- keytarStrapped portable synthesizer
microphone · DAW · audio interface · effects pedal · patch cable
intelligibility
Quality of being understood
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- encodingConverting data to format
- transmissionSending of information
military · secure communications · telephony · signal processing · telecommunications · radio
synth-pop
Synthesizer-based pop music
funk · electronica · disco · house · production · effect · texture · layering · chords · pads
- audio equipmentspeakers, microphone, headphones, amplifier, amplifiers
- music productioncomposing, autotune, synthesizer, producing, arranging
- audio effectsreverb, delay, flanger, chorus effect, phaser
- electronic musictechno, house, synthesizer, drum machine, EDM
- music technologysynthesizer, electric guitar, amplifier, MIDI, drum machine
- voice effectsautotune, harmonizer, talk box, echo effect, reverb
vocoderacoustic
Relating to sound
unplugged · a cappella · live performance · analog · unamplified
vocodernatural
Not artificially produced
human · live · spoken word · human voice · organic