“Used to transmute vocals, transform synthesizers, and electronically encode sound for decades.”
Moog is bringing back its Moog 16 Channel Vocoder this year.
Making its debut in the 1930s, “Bell Labs introduced the technology as a telecommunications device that could deconstruct the most fundamental elements of human speech and then reconstruct a new electronically synthesized voice,” shares Moog.
“During WWII, the US military used this advancement to electronically encode classified audio messages that could be reconstituted on the receiving end.”
The instrument later became used in music, television, film and video games, by artists including Giorgio Moroder, Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre and Kraftwerk.
Moog 16 Channel Vocoder features 16 patchable bands ranging from 50-5,080 Hz, a sample/hold switch, external patch cords, selectable hiss (sibilance), buzz (plosive), and balance control, as well as footswitch operation.
Available for £4610 / $5,999, head here for more info in advance of its release later this year.
People: "Hey, that Spectravox thing from Moogfest last year was cool, and so was the Subharmonicon from the year before. Wouldn’t mind something new and unique like that to pair with my DFAM or Mother 32.
So, in order to compete with Behringer, the likes of Moog and Korg are re-releasing old shit at about 10 times the price that Behringer will be selling them?
I don’t think Behringer has anything to do with it. Moog knows their target audience for pieces this expensive. It’s a very small, privileged, group who likely don’t even consider purchasing Behringer.
I just wish there were two Moog mailing lists, for the haves and the have nots (so much). (To be able to afford any gear at all is a privilege, too.) The title of the email I got might as well have been “Don’t bother opening this.”
Yeah, this seems like a piece for people in Hollywood doing sound design for blockbuster movies, or other similar endeavors. Definitely not aimed at bedroom producers. Ignore it and move on.
