Tonebytes tell us that Wowcoder is a VST effect plug-in for Windows that recreates a classical 16-band digital vocoder. Wowcoder does not have an internal synthesizer: the modulator and carrier come ...

When Arturia announced the MicroFreak in January of 2019 I said "there's nothing stopping Arturia from adding more oscillators down the road through firmware updates." And the company has not ...

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 talkbox modifies the output of an electronic instrument using input from the musician's mouth. Artists like Peter Frampton and Daft Punk have popularized this effect, which is similar to that of a ...

On Version History: how to play your voice like an instrument, with a little help from Chromeo. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is ...

Minimal Audio is the Minnesota-based software developer behind popular plugins like Current and Rift, tools that balance user-friendly playability with creative firepower and sonic experimentation.

Never mind AI, we’re getting the robots involved in production, as we demystify vocoders, talkboxes, hard-tuning and harmonisers! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A scientific tool for those lacking a voice, a means of encrypting voices during World War II, and a way to drop the funk, the vocoder has had many exhale its praises, from General Dwight D.

Stempel is a vocoder effect for Windows VST hosts. Stempel operates in the frequency domain to print the magnitude of an input into the other, giving the vocoder effect, but with a smoother sound and ...