because microcontrollers were expensive and unable to perform digital signal processing tasks in the way you would use them today. [Julian] has been trying to build a vocoder from that era from ...

That's thanks to the vocoder, a device invented by Bell Labs, the research division of AT&T. Though the vocoder has found its way into music, the machine was never intended for that function.

The vocoder—code name Special Customer, the Green Hornet, Project X-61753, X-Ray, and SIGSALY—started distorting human speech in earnest during World War II, in response to the excellence of ...

Now owners are getting a vocoder mode. A firmware update enables TRRS audio input — which has been hidden in the hardware this whole time — through the headphone jack and adds a 16-band ...

Dubbed the Stradivarius chip, the STLC1502 VoIP processor combines an ARM7TDMI RISC microcontroller core ... Other features include self-contained vocoder software and an Ethernet bridge with ...

Follow the steps below to find out how to use Logic's EVOC 20 Vocoder plugin. Create an audio track, with suitable settings ready to accept a recorded vocal. You can also use sampled vocals if that ...