Widgetfreak explains how he built a “ghetto talk box”, using a toilet plunger, an old speaker, some tube and a cheap-ass synth keyboard.
Here’s mootbooxie’s take on making a ghetto talk box:

What can you do with a ghetto talk box, once you’ve taped together all your old junk?
Well, you can make a talk box version of [...]

Prosoniq has announced the availability of the 10th Anniversary AudioUnit Edition of OrangeVocoder.
The new version offers 8 sound modes, 32 voices and over 60 presets.
Features:

Realtime Vocoder effect usable as either a Master or Track Effect, uses either any input source/audio track or the built in oscillator as carrier signal, and any audio track as modulator
Integrated [...]

This demo, by retrosound, of the Roland VP330 Vocoder Plus, highlights the sound that Vangelis popularized in his soundtrack to Blade Runner and other works.
Richard Clews of SOS said this about the VP330:
If you ignore the hype and look at this instrument dispassionately, you’ll see it for what it really is — a 1970’s string [...]

Prosoniq has announced the 10th Anniversary Audio Unit Edition of their OrangeVocoder plug in for the Mac at this year’s Musik Messe in Frankfurt.
The new version is AudioUnit compatible on both the PPC and Intel Macs, doubles its internal voices, incorporates full MIDI control, supports all project sample rates and processes in true stereo. But [...]

Eiosis has updated the ELS Vocoder to v1.6. This new version brings a smaller interface option which allows using the ELS Vocoder with laptop screen resolutions more comfortably.
You can now switch between both sizes with a simple option, and you need to reload the ELS Vocoder to apply the GUI settings. With the small [...]

Virsyn has introduced Matrix, a new virtual vocoder that offers precise analog modelling 8-pole filters and extremely fast envelope followers; new voiced/unvoiced detection and pitch extraction algorithms for high intelligibility; a stereophonic synthesis filter bank that preserves the spatial characteristic of the replacement signal; and an easy to use interface and latency free operation.
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Air returns to North America, after over 3 years, with a tour starting April 21 in Vancouver.
Following their acclaimed album Talkie Walkie (2004) and a sold-out Hollywood Bowl performance with full orchestra later that year, Air returns with their new album Pocket Symphony released on March 6, 2007.
The line-up for the tour is as follows: [...]

Bitnotic’s VX-323 Vocal Synthesizer is a free software instrument for the Macintosh that plays synthesized speech. Here’s an example of the VX-323 in action (MP3)
The app is currently in beta testing, so the instrument has a built-in expiration date, but it seems stable.
VX-323 lets you play synthesized speech with your Mac using your mouse or [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Korg introduced the tiny R3, a full-fledged synthesizer that provides an easy way to enjoy sophisticated synthesis and advanced sound creation. In a compact and light-weight body, it packs 37 full-size, velocity sensing keys, along with two-timbre/eight-voice performance power.
The sound generator section uses the same MMT (Multiple Modeling Technology) [...]

Spotted Peccary Music recently sent us a care package with a variety of their releases, and we’ve been impressed with the consistent quality of their artists and recordings. The latest recording by Dean De Benedictus, Salvaging the Past, is no exception.
On this release, Benedictus deftly mixes a wide variety of sounds, ranging from the clearly [...]

Mstrkrft’s debut CD, The Looks, is a fun set of robo disco tunes, full of electro beats, vocoded vocals and catchy hooks.
Mstrkrft’s sound is not far from Daft Punk’s. In fact, if you were disappointed by Daft Punk’s last CD, you may find Mstrkrft filling the void.

Electrix is back! Electrix has announced 7 new products for 2005. The new gear is expected be available in April/May.
The new Electrix products have familiar faces, but have some distinct differences from their brethren. The new products are distinguishable with their new anodized aluminum faceplates.
Preliminary information:

Developer Richard Wolton has announced the release of the Hypnos Vocoder plug-in for DirectX audio hosts.
The Hypnos Vocoder produces sound ‘effects’ which utilize brainwave entrainment functions integrated at the core level of a vocoder effects processor.
Unlike other methods (”BrainWave Generator” etc.) there is no simple addition of beat frequency sine waves to the audio. Instead, [...]

Pink Floyd meets Kraftwerk and Burt Bacharach on 10,000 Hz Legend, as Air combines the strengths and quirks of various styles into psychedelic pop electronica.
Air’s Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin had a big hit with their previous CD, Moon Safari. Like their previous album, 10,000 Hz Legend sounds like they’ve been listening to a lot [...]