Next up in our guide to making music with the internet's most capable freeware, we decode the mysteries of the vocoder When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

There's a decidedly old-school feel to the round-up this week. We've got a couple of acid-style synths for you, another classic monophonic instrument, a preamp and a vintage-style vocoder. If you've ...

When we first discussed vocoders in Elektor, a few years ago, they were still relatively unknown. Since then, interest in this type of sound-effect system has grown at an astonishing rate. Especially ...

The vocoder—code name Special Customer, the Green Hornet, Project X-61753, X-Ray, and SIGSALY—started distorting human speech in earnest during World War II, in response to the excellence of German ...