On 03/08/2014 14:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/08/14 13:52, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article 2,
DerbyBorn wrote:
On a similar vein I have sometime seen heavy metal bands use a mic stand
which has what looks like a plastic tube alongside the microphone. Any
ideas?

Vocoder?

I THINK vocoder is a slightly different animal than a talk box. Not sure



The "Talk box" was originally called a "Mouth Waa" from what I remember.

The tube contains a speaker, and by holding their mouth close to it and
the microphone, the tonal qualities of the note can be changed in real
time by the performer.

A vocoder is a box of electronics that uses generated tones to modulate
a voice. The earliest use I remember was in Sparky's Magic Piano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3etiNLAFi0

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