vocoding
Electronic voice processing
Vocoding is the process of using a vocoder—a device that analyzes and synthesizes speech or applies one sound's characteristics to another.
In music production, vocoding typically means routing a voice through a vocoder to create robotic or synthesized vocal effects: The track features heavy vocoding on the chorus.
The technique became iconic in electronic music, from Kraftwerk to Daft Punk.
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- talkboxMouth-controlled guitar effect
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- KraftwerkGerman electronic music pioneers
- Daft PunkMasked French electronic duo
electronic · modulator · carrier · formant · spectral · bandwidth · pitch · harmonics
Combining parts into whole
- encodingConverting data to format
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
parametric · channel · bandwidth · military · radio · telecommunications · spectral · coefficients
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- talkboxMouth-controlled guitar effect
- roboticStiff and unemotional
- KraftwerkGerman electronic music pioneers
Daft Punk · electronic · modulator · carrier · formant · spectral · bandwidth · pitch · harmonics · resonance
synthesis
Combining parts into whole
- encodingConverting data to format
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- analysisMethodical study of parts
intelligibility · parametric · channel · bandwidth · military · radio · telecommunications · spectral · coefficients · reconstruction
effect
Result of a cause
- productionMaking or generating something
- vocalsSung musical parts
- T-PainPitch-corrected R&B performer
funk · electro · hip-hop · EDM · synth-pop · layered · harmonized · choir · pads · texture
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- DSPSignal manipulation technology
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- pluginModular software extension
hardware · rack · module · pedal · real-time · latency · bands · filters · envelope · follower