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 ...

LONDON — Industrial communications chip provider CML Microcircuits plc. has agreed to produce ICs based upon low bit-rate vocoder technology from Spirit DSP, a Russian based provider of voice, audio ...

We've been looking into classic vocal effects this week on MusicRadar, showing you how to work with vocoders and talkboxes to create processed electronic vocals à la Kraftwerk and Herbie Hancock. If ...

Dilla samples Herbie Hancock, who used the Sennheiser vocoder to improve his voice, of all things, and clone himself into a chorus of Herbots. The Sennheiser VSM-201 vocoder was also used by DARPA, ...