Wendy Carlos Vocoder Q&A
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Description: Wendy Carlos introduced the vocoder to the world with her soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange. Here, she offers her opinions on the instrument.
Wendy Carlos Vocoder Q&A -- What attracted you initially to the vocoder? What what it about the timbre/application/etc. of this device that made you want to utilize it in your work? Reading about it in tech journals. It seemed like magic! Then I got a chance to try one at the NY World's Fair of 1964-65, at the Bell Labs pavilion. I was hooked! When I figured how to make it not just speak, but sing, it earned an assured place in a forthcoming new album. You know, it seemed an exciting idea to share! The first reactions were unanimous: everyone hated it! A playing synth was bad enough, but a "singing" synth? Too much, turn it off! Thus
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