List of vocoders explained

See main article: Vocoder.

Analogue vocoder models

• Analog-Lab X-32 [32-band]
• Behringer VC340 Analog Vocoder
• Bode Model 7702 [16-band] ^[1]
• Doepfer Modular Vocoder subsystem A-129
• Dynacord SRV66
• Elektronika (Электроника) EM 26 ^[2]
• EMS
  • EMS Vocoder 1000
  • EMS Vocoder 2000 [16-band] ^[3]
  • EMS Vocoder 3000 [16-band] ^{[4] [3]}
  • EMS Vocoder 5000 ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• Farad - Bruce Haack Custom Model
• Korg VC-10 [20-band]
• Kraftwerk Custom Model (See photo in main article: Vocoder)
• Krok (Крок) 2401 Vocoder (Вокодер) [24-band]^{[8] [9]}
• MAM Vocoder VF11 ^[10]
  • FAT PCP-330 Procoder ^{[11] [12]}
  • Next! VX-11 Vocoder ^[13]
• Moog

• • R.A. Moog Modular Vocoder [11-band ?]^{[14] [15]}
  • Moog Modular Vocoder (spectrum encoder-decoder, 10 Band)^{[16] [17]}
  • Moog 16 channel Vocoder (Bode model 7702) [16-band] ^[1]
• PAiA 6710 Vocoder ^[18]
• Roland SVC-350 [11-band ?]^{[19] [20]}
• Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus [10-band] ^[21]
• Sennheiser VSM 201 [20-band] ^[15]
• Siemens Synthesizer ^[22]
• Sky Soundlab (formerly Seekers) Voice Spectra [12-band]
• Synton

• • Syntovox 202
  • Syntovox 216 [14-band] ^[16]
  • Syntovox 221
  • Syntovox 222

Hardware DSP vocoder models

• Access Virus C Series/Virus TI Series [32-band]
• Akai Professional MiniAK (Virtual Analog Synth) [40-band]
• Alesis

• • Akira
  • Alesis Ion [40-band]
  • Metavox
  • Alesis Micron [40-band]
• Behringer

• • 2024 DSP Virtualizer Pro
  • FX2000 Virtualizer 3D
• Clavia Nord Modular
• DigiTech

• • Talker
  • S100/S200
  • StudioQuad 4
• Electrix WarpFactory
• Electro-Harmonix

• • Iron Lung
  • V256 Vocoder
  • Voice Box (Harmony Machine and Vocoder)
    • Ensoniq DP/4
  • FIZMO
• Eventide Harmonizer
  • SP2016
  • H3000
  • H7600
  • H8000
  • Orvillle
• Korg

• • DVP-1 Digital Voice Processor
  • microKorg
  • MS2000 [16-band]
  • R3 [16-Band]
  • Radias
  • Wavestation EX
  • Wavestation A/D
  • Wavestation SR (Note: No voice input capability)
  • Triton
  • OASYS
  • M3
  • Kronos
• Kurzweil

• • K2500 / K2600 (requires sampling option and KDFX)
• Novation

• • A-station (Analog Modeling Synthesizer Vocoder)
  • K-Station KS4 / KS5 / KS Rack [16-band]
  • Nova / Nova II [40-band]
  • Supernova / Supernova II [42-band]
  • Mininova / Morodernova
  • UltraNova
• Quasimidi Sirius
• Roland

• • Boss SE-50 [7-band]
  • Boss SE-70 [10-band, 21-band]
  • Boss VO-1
  • JP-8080 [12-band]
  • Juno-Stage [10-band]
  • Juno Di
  • Juno DS
  • JD-Xi
  • JD-XA
  • MV-8000 / MV-8800 [10-Band Vocoder]
  • SP-808 [10-band]
  • VP-03 [10 Band]
  • VP-550
  • VP-70
  • VP-770
  • VP-9000
  • VP-7
  • VT-3 [Internal carrier only, classic robot]
  • VT-4 [Internal carrier, 4 variations, external carrier via USB only]
  • V-Synth
  • System 8
  • Fantom 6/7/8 [up to 32 bands]
• Soundart Chameleon with the Infiltrator "soundskin"
• Symbolic Sound Kyma/Pacarana
• TC-Helicon VoiceTone Synth (HardTune & Vocoder Pedal)
• Waldorf Q
  • STVC (String synthesizer with a vocoder)^[23]
• Yamaha
  • Yamaha PLG100VH
  • Yamaha MOTIF XS/XF
  • Yamaha Montage
  • Yamaha MOX6/MOX8
  • Yamaha MOXF
  • Yamaha Tyros 5
  • Yamaha PSR-S975/S775
• Zoom Studio 1201 / 1204 [11-band, 18-band] (Note: 1202 has no vocoder)

Software vocoder models

• Ableton Live Vocoder effect (built-in since version 8.x)
• Apple EVP-1 (component of Logic Studio, originally developed by Emagic as an optional add-on to Logic Audio)
• Arturia Vocoder V
• Eiosis ELS Vocoder (software reproduction of EMS Vocoder 5000) ^[24]
• EVOC-20
• Image-Line Fruity Vocoder, Vocodex
• Native Instruments Vokator
• Reason Studios BV-512 [4 to 512-band]
• Prosoniq OrangeVocoder
• TAL-Vocoder
• Waldorf Lector
• Waves Morphoder
• TubeOhm Vocoder-II ^[25]
• Voice Synth - 3 vocoders with 24 bands, slew rate, stroboscopic gate (iOS and MacOS)
• VirSyn Matrix Vocoder
• Superpowered Vocoder

References

Models

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moog 16 channel Vocoder . Vintage Synth Explorer .
2. Web site: Electronika EM 26 Vocoder . DiscoFreq's Effects Database .
3. Web site: Electronic Music Studios (EMS) Vocoder 2000 / 3000 . Vintage Synth Explorer .
4. Web site: EMS Vocoder 3000 . EMS Rehberg .
5. Web site: EMS Vocoder 5000 . EMS Rehberg .
6. Web site: EMS Vocoder 5000 . Synthnut's Tech pages .
7. Web site: EMS Vocoder Demonstration Tape . October 14, 1976 . EMS Vocoder 5000 . Electronic Music Studios (London), Ltd. . March 22, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317185603/http://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/EMS%20VOCODER%205000.htm . March 17, 2012 . dead .
8. Web site: KROK . Museum of Soviet Synthesizer . - The only Russian rackmount Vocoder, Крок Вокодер
9. Web site: Krok 2401 Vocoder (Крок 2401 вокодер) . DiscoFreq's Effects Database .
10. Web site: MAM VF-11 11-Band Vocoder . Discofreq's Effects Database .
11. Web site: FAT PCP-330 Procoder . Discofreq's Effects Database.
12. Freeform Analogue Technologies PCP330 Procoder (FAT) . Sound on Sound . November 1997 .
13. Web site: Next! VX-11 Vocoder . Discofreq's Effects Database .
14. Harald Bode . History of Electronic Sound Modification . . 32 . 10 . 730 - 739 . October 1984 .
15. Web site: Real Analogue Vocoder List . Synthesizer Database (sequencer.de) .
16. Web site: Wendy Carlos Vocoder Q&A . Wendy Carlos .
17. Web site: Dominic Milano . 1980s . Wendy's Moog Synthesizer in 1979 . Wendy Carlos . - list & photograph of Wendy's modular, including Moog spectrum encoder/decoder for vocoder
18. Web site: PAiA Vocoder 6710 . PAiA Corporation USA . .
19. Web site: Roland SVC-350 Vocoder . DiscoFreq's Effects Database .
20. Web site: Roland SVC-350 vocoder - Example Sounds . DMX Krew Studio equipment .
21. Web site: Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus . Vintage Synth Explorer .
22. Web site: Das Siemens-Studio für elektronische Musik von Alexander Schaaf und Helmut Klein . German . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930175905/http://www.deutsches-museum.de/sammlungen/ausgewaehlte-objekte/meisterwerke-vi/siemens-studio . 2013-09-30.
23. Web site: Waldorf STVC . Waldorf Music .
24. EIOSIS ELS Vocoder 1.2 . October 1, 2007 . Electronic Musician . Penton Media, Inc. .
25. TubeOhm Vocoder-II . May 30, 2012 . TubeOhm. .