Something we’ve yet to cover in this series of tutorials is vocoding, and a good-quality (free) vocoding synthesiser. Well, this article has got you covered! Before we get stuck into the specifics however, let’s have a quick refresher on what vocoding actually is and how it works.
The name vocoder is an abbreviation of 'vocal encoder'. The first vocal encoder was invented in 1928 by Homer Dudley whilst working at the famous Bell Laboratories. It was developed with the aim of reducing telephone signal bandwidths. It never caught on for telephone applications, however during World War Two, the technology was put to use encrypting telecommunications.
