vocoder


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vo·cod·er

 (vō′kō′dər)
n.
An electronic device or system for synthesizing speech.

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vocoder

(ˈvəʊˌkəʊdə)
n
(Instruments) music a type of synthesizer that uses the human voice as an oscillator
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In particular, the vocoder represents the second mechnism, where the transmit end models the characteristics of a voice signal and sends the various parameters, and restores(synthesizes) the voice signal using the received parameters at the receiving end.
To teach the vocoder to interpret to brain activity, Dr.
In recent years, Reo has become a master of the vocoder, her voice on 2013's Olive Juice harmonized until her singing seems to come from an army of existentially despairing dolls.
But the rest is a mixed bag heavy on vocoder vocals and predictable pop.
Stripped-down arrangements, funk-inflected rhythms, looping, and vocoder become deadpan echoes of the automation of life.
This subsystem, known as the voice coder or vocoder, determines how many
In the electronic funk of the early '80s, the vocoder distorted the human voice into a strange robotic sound.
Or the vocoder and skittering beats on the dance-friendly "Figure It Out Yourself." Or the handclapping beats on "That Girl On MTV," a Top 40 pop tune if ever I've heard one.
Major topics covered include installing, running, and updating Live 8 on a computer; creating and arranging music with Live; using Live instruments and effects, among them the new Collision, Corpus, Vocoder, and Frequency Shifter; and on-stage performance with Live.
I was never comfortable with it, and so the vocoder came with the idea of being able to not only be comfortable playing live, but being able to get exactly what I wanted out of my voice.