From Stevie Wonder and Queen to Vangelis and Dua Lipa, we bring you a short musical history of this influential vocoder When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The synth (solo) section misses a dedicated filter and an arpeggiator would have been great too.

If you've listened to pop music in the past 40 years, you've probably heard more than a few songs with a robotic sound. That's thanks to the vocoder, a device invented by Bell Labs, the research ...