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VOCODER LIST by syntheiszerforum @ moogulatorium
Voice Coder = Vocoder - analyses frequency ranges from the original and transforms it to another frequency section

Note: Kraftwerk used a machine called Votrax (Siemens), its a phonetic Generator, so it is NO Vocoder.. but of course they also used vocoders (a lot)..
Homer Dudleys VODER is one of the first made (late 1930ies/ very early 1940s)
(the vocoder was invented for the war (again) to encode and decode spoken messages..)

some models..
more about vocoders and what they do.. below..


Korg VC10 1978/79 - 8 band, not routeable, (D) nicht routbar
Korg VC10 Vocoder
Korg vc10 vocoder .. eg used by Cabaret Voltaire..

EMS Vocoder 3000 - route-able, 16 band - hi-end!..
and the big one: EMS vocoder 5000.

Doepfer Vocoder from the A100 System, routeable, (13+2) bands

MAM VF11 (new one)

Moog Vocoder, routeable, modular, lots of bands
Moog Vocoder
click to enlarge moog vocoder..

and a slightly bigger modular one (2 made)
Moog Modular Vocoder
click to enlarge moog modular vocoder..

Analog Lab Vocoder
(new, from france, 32 band vocoder but not routable, hi quality - (D) neu, aber gut aus F, 32 band, nicht routbar)
Analog Lab from france, 32 bands with LFO
not too many controls but very good sound quality!

very hi-end vocoder (32bands)
analog lab vocoder
enlarge vocoder? click on the pic..

Paia Vocoder:

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus 1980 *
Roland vp330 vocoder
click to enlarge vp330

and SVC350 on top of this rack:

click to enlarge..
# Roland SPV-355 (no pic)


Electro Harmonix Vocoder
Electro Harmonix Vocoder
click to enlarge..

Dynacord SRV66 Vocoder

Sennheiser VSM201
a picture from my site, click here...jpg

Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201
made in 1978
this is a luxury 20bands vocoder
fully analogue
of course only the "creme de la creme" used THIS, because it is really not cheap.. kraftwerk!

manual can be found here.
as you can see: you can assign all bands freely and tune it!!
the "voice coder = vocoder" is not only for "robotic" voices like kraftwerk did. It's also interesting for rhythmic sound sources.

you won't worry about speech clearness anymore..
the vocoder was first a military device to encode speech signals.. but now "human kind" uses vocoders for music! also a good thing!


--> all pics are much larger! just klick them to see them enlarged..

 Sennheiser Vococer VSM201
Sennheiser Vococer VSM201
vsm201 frequency response

Synthovox

russian:
Electronica EM-26

..more to come..

(D) vocoder, wie er funktioniert..
grundlagen dazu: vocoder funktion

lots of audio demos here:
http://www.stoffelshome.de/vocoder/vocoder_daten.html

another vocoder page

list of all polyphonic real analog synthesizers?

re-compiled by synthesizerforum

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