How to Wreck a Nice Beach

How to Wreck a Nice Beach The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-hop: the Machine Speaks

Dave Tompkins2010
Presents the history of the vocoder, from its invention by Bell Labs in 1928 as a speech-scrambling weapon to guard telephones from eavesdroppers during World War II through its use as a voice-altering tool in popular music.
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Patrick Book@patrickb
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Jul 5, 2024