Next up in our guide to making music with the internet's most capable freeware, we decode the mysteries of the vocoder When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The device famous for making human voices sound robotic did not originate in the recording studio. As music journalist Dave Tompkins writes in How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder From World War ...

A vocoder consists of several filter bands, tuned across the audio spectrum, that respond to a set of envelope followers corresponding to their specific frequency ranges.

Arturia's MicoFreak gets a vocoder mode and limited-edition makeover The MicroFreak Vocoder edition is pretty, but current owners aren't being left out in the cold.

Deviating from Thursday protocol to bring you a new, lifetime-in-the-making vocoder mix by Monk One (mix) and Dave Tompkins (ideas). "Bonus Beach" is the audio companion to Dave's brilliant ...

The AMBE-3003 Vocoder Chip offers three separate encoder/decoder operations to enable up to three full-duplex channels. With 62 built-in voice/FEC rates, designers can easily ...