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- noun Plural form of
vocoder .
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Examples
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Beginning with our exploration of Snoop Dogg's "Sensual Seduction", we wandered into the history of vocoders, talkboxes, and the most nefarious of voice manipulation technologies, Auto-Tune.
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We discussed that a bit in the post on Auto-Tune, talkbox, and vocoders.
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What happened: Hot Chip often take a couple of songs to whir into gear, such is the array of steel drums, vocoders and keyboards needed to recreate their sound.
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Judging by this cliched break-up album overflowing with nasty drum machines, vocoders and saccharine backing vocals she obviously doesn't like them very much.
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We mashed them together for this very reason, dueling vocoders (auto-tune).
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If all the other artists are using auto-tune and vocoders, shes gonna do it cause she wants to fit in.
Paula Abdul “American Idol” Performance (“I’m Just Here For The Music”) 2009
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Then, in stroll momentary vocoders, radioed-out vocal repeats, reverbed guitar/keyboard hits on the chorus, plus everything but a Stock/Aitken/Waterman disco ball, and suddenly, you're grinning your ass off.
Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews: Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted / Gin Blossoms Playlist Your Way 2009
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In a pop age when vocoders and pitch correction and "studio magic" are more prevalent than ever, we rarely get to hear artists singing without help.
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"I've got modular synths, frequency shifters, vocoders and more, including my favorite, the Mini Moog, one of the best synths ever made," he says.
Meat Beat Doses the World With New Manifesto, Autoimmune 2008
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The vampires themselves employ technology for their own ends, able to drive around with with use of UV-resistant glass and use vocoders to make phone calls, whilst the longer-lived specimens are able to manipulate the stock market over decades to make immense fortunes.
Wertzone Classics: Ultraviolet Adam Whitehead 2008
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