Platinum Record [Level 8]
I don't know if this thread (artificial voice in a disco song) was already explored.
Disco songs with artificial voice could be boring, happy, hallucinating:
1) "Automatic Lover" by Dee D. Jackson
2) "Funktown" by Lipps, Inc
3) "Put Your Feet To The Beat" by The Ritchie Family
4) "Eletronix (Roller Dancin')" by Bob Esty&Cheeks
5) "Trans-Europe Express" by Kraftwerk (#358 in the Top 500 first edition)
6) E=MC2 by Giorgio Moroder
Is it all ???
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Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Where's the artificial voice in that one? The "robot" part is just a guy speaking in a monotone.Originally Written by Marcio
Vocoder.2) "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc
Talkbox.3) "Put Your Feet To The Beat" by The Ritchie Family
Not familiar with that one...4) "Eletronix (Roller Dancin')" by Bob Esty&Cheeks
Both use vocoders.5) "Trans-Europe Express" by Kraftwerk (#358 in the Top 500 first edition)
6) E=MC2 by Giorgio Moroder
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Hi Graham! What did they use on Claudja Barry's "Love Machine"?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]"I can see Prussia from my house!". :icon_mrgreen:
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Talkbox, with phaser on top. :)
Gold Record [Level 7]
Hello Graham, please tell the uninitiated the difference between a vocoder and a talkbox, how they work, etc.
It don't mean a thing (if ain't got that swing)
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
In a very simplified manner of speaking, a Vocoder takes one sound and plays it through the other. Voice + Synth tone = talking tone. The actual process is a lot more complicated than that, with the signal being broken down into several bands, noise added for sibilant clarity, etc...
Vocoders first came out the late 70s, were fashionable for about 15 minutes, and then all but disappeared aside from the odd 80s electro track. Today they are bigger than ever, thanks to the obsession with all things retro, as well as the availability of low-cost software and hardware models. Around 10 years ago, when I was looking for one, there were no vocoders on the market aside from some VERY expensive EMS models that were made-to-order. Although fully-featured, these were so stratospherically priced that only the big studios and people like Jean-Michel Jarre could afford them. A few years later, there were a couple of relatively inexpensive FX processors that had vocoders, but they were still very limited compared to what I knew was possible with them. Today, there are several software ones ranging from free to a couple of hundred dollars, dedicated hardware ones costing a bit more, and there are also a few synthesizers that have vocoding abilities as well.
A talkbox, on the other hand, is quite low-tech in comparison. The sound is piped from the amp through a tube into the performer's mouth, who then shapes the sounds with their lips.
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Graham, do you know if it was a vocoder or a talk box used on Herbie Hancock's 'I Thought It Was You' (one of my all-time favourites)
...ya gotta beat the street......
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
I'm not familiar with that track... what album is it on?
Anyway, it's probably vocoder... Herbie loved vocoders and (over)used them on several of his tracks, "Rock It" being the most famous example. I know another of his LPs has vocoder all over it... I think it's "Feets Don't Fail Me Now"....
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
I Thought It Was You was on the LP b4 'Feets Dont...' It was in a very similar vein to 'You Bet Your Love'. In fact 'You Bet Your Love' was almost 'I Thought It was You' part 2!
...ya gotta beat the street......
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
I'll take a listen when I get home tonight, but I'm pretty sure "You Bet Your Love" is vocoder. I think it's even mentioned on the liner notes...
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Steely: It is vocoder.
BTW: Herbie was on BBC4 TV the other day in an old 'Rock Goes To College' programme where his then band was filmed at a live gig doing such favourites as 'I Thought It Was You' and I 'Bet Your Love'. An hour of great stuff and great to see Herbie doing it live and getting quite jazzy. The singing was pretty awful by most of the band but the playing was absolutely brilliant.
Gold Record [Level 7]
What about that smash hair hit that had all young rockers (me too) babbling like stupids with a faraway look for, like, 14 minutes?
I mean...
(drum roll)
"Do you feel like we do" by PETER FRAMPTON??!!! :roll:
It don't mean a thing (if ain't got that swing)
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Talkbox; probably the most famous example of it.
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Naaaaa. Got to be 'Rocky Mountain Way' by Joe Walsh.
Indie Release [Level 4]
And what did Roger Troutman of Zapp use in their early 80's stuff?? Was it a vocoder or a talkbox?
Whatever it was it was pure genius.
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
2 things:
Wasn't the Peter Frampton hit with the vocoder "Show Me The Way"?
Didn't all of Giorgio Moroder's recordings with his vocals feature vocoders or whatever? "From Here To Eternity" through "E=MC2"??? or beyond??? Seems like it. His voice was always distorted, wasn't it?
"Lost inside adorable illusion...."
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Zapp was Talkbox, Giorgio Vocoder. I always thought 'Show Me The Way' was Frampton's biggest hit (with Talkbox).
Gold Record [Level 7]
Well, guys, in terms of space and time there are nothing "bigger" than "Do you feel like we do" :) That stupid vocoder babbling went on for like 5 straight minutes! And people clapped! And in my room I felt "trascendent"! :o
It don't mean a thing (if ain't got that swing)
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Oh no, I think it's necessary change the title for talkbox/vocoder in a disco song. But Giorgio is the master of the computerized voice. So "Put Your Feet To The Beat" (and "Show Me The Way,live, by Peter Frampton") are TALKBOX , voice + guitar, and the beginning of "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" by The Carpenters, for example, is VOCODER !
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