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vocoder
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Also known as voice encoder

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Theory
  • History
  • Applications
  • Modern implementations
  • Linear prediction-based
  • Waveform-interpolative
  • Artistic effects
  • Uses in music
  • History
  • Voice effects in other arts
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

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A vocoder (, a portmanteau of voice and encoder) is a category of speech coding that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vocoder” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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