How to work with effected vocals in your mix: "Vocoders generally react well to signals that have heavy transients"

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You may well be drawn to reading this feature based on the fact that you make a type of music that will benefit from one of these forms of vocal processing. 

The undeniable fact is that many of these processed elements have become intrinsically linked with certain styles of music. While also encouraging creativity, knowing where to use these effects is fairly vital – though rules are there to be broken!