Well, Miko

I have a synthesizer called the ACCESS VIRUS "b", manufactured by WALDORF here. This synth has 2 audio inputs and has a vocoder mode.

Sure its not a vocoder only machine, but it has this feature... and n case you don't know this machine, its far from being a toy. VIRUS b is actually a very good synth.

more information can be found on this site www.access-music.de

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OK now from what I know, Sennheiser are making mostly microphones and headphones nowaday. A cheap vocoder, still not bad would be the KORG VC10 . It was made when KORG was releasing the famous MS series (MS10 and MS20 synths, and MS50 patch bay).

The VC-10 is a vocoder with a built-in microphone and a 2-1/2, octave, 32-note (F-C) keyboard. A vocoder, by definition, is a "device that continuously analyzes the frequency spectrum of on incoming signal (called the speech signal) and imparts analogous spectral characteristics to another (the carrier signal). The vocoder's output has the pitch of the carrier signal, with some or most of the timbral character and articulation of the speech signal." Mark Vail

The microphone is connected via a goose-neck attachment to the vocoder and the keyboard. There is a VU meter above the keyboard so that you can tell the loudness of the "speech signal" (the signal coming from the microphone). Either you can use the built in synthesizer as your "carrier signal" or you can use the external signal inputs to input another instrument. There are controls for vibrato, depth, ensemble, and something called "accent bend".



Hope I helped a bit

Manuel Clement
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[This message has been edited by ManoOne (edited 28 February 2000).]