Take A Trip Down Memory Lane
The Vocoder
1920s: The vocoder was created as a device to make it easier to transmit telephone conversations over long distances —> military enhanced it for use in WWII
1970s: Moog developed a vocoder for the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange
1982: Planet Rock- Afrika Bambaataa brings the vocoder to hip-hop
The Talk Box
1939: Radio operator used a carbon throat microphone for an electric guitar
1960s: Pete Drake and Bill West put a plastic tube directly in their mouths instead of the throat the to transport sound
1964: Forever - Pete Drake (his talking steel guitar)
1980s: Roger Troutman’s custom-made Talk Box: The Electro Harmonix “Golden Throat”
Auto-tune
1997: Dr. Harold (Andy) Hildebrand, CEO of Antares Audio Technologies creates auto-tune
2000s: Auto-tune is frequently being used as an effect rather than pitch corrector
2005: T-pain brings auto-tune to hiphop - “The T-Pain Effect”
2010s: Auto-tune in hip-hop, especially trap, skyrockets, auto-tune backlash begins
The History of Auto-tune
by Genius on Youtube
Resources
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