Vocoder

/vˈəʊkəʊdə/

/vˈoʊkoʊdɚ/

[noun]

Vocoder

[NOUN]

a musical instrument that synthesizes human speech or other sounds by analyzing and processing the input signal

Examples

1. I really want a talk box or a vocoder.

2. He's also using a vocoder to affect his voice.

3. I imagined my cover of Clarity as sort of a duet between me on bass vocoder and Hannah Sumner.

4. - I think Kacey just had that idea, she might've referred specifically to Daft Punk, but I don't know, I think she just kind of identified the vocoder's sound as something that could sound extra-worldly.