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vocoder

Meaning of "vocoder" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF VOCODER

ˈvəʊˌkəʊdə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOCODER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vocoder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VOCODER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vocoder

A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, used to reproduce human speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder. The decoder applies these control signals to corresponding filters in the synthesizer. Since the control signals change only slowly compared to the original speech waveform, the bandwidth required to transmit speech can be reduced. This allows more speech channels to share a radio circuit or submarine cable. By encrypting the control signals, voice transmission can be secured against interception. The vocoder was originally developed as a speech coder for telecommunications applications in the 1930s, the idea being to code speech for transmission. Transmitting the parameters of a speech model instead of a digitized representation of the speech waveform saves bandwidth in the communication channel; the parameters of the model change relatively slowly, compared to the changes in the speech waveform that they describe.

Definition of vocoder in the English dictionary

The definition of vocoder in the dictionary is a type of synthesizer that uses the human voice as an oscillator.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOCODER

Baroda · boda-boda · bootloader · coda · coder · decoder · encoder · freeloader · loader · moder · Oder · odor · odour · pagoda · railroader · Sargodha · soda · top-loader · transcoder · unloader

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOCODER

vocational guidance · vocational school · vocationalism · vocationalist · vocationally · vocative · vocatively · voces · vocicultural · vociferance · vociferant · vociferate · vociferation · vociferator · vociferosity · vociferous · vociferously · vociferousness · vocular · vocule

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOCODER

Alexander · border · brooder · consider · corroder · do-gooder · exploder · finder · flooder · folder · for a wonder · foreboder · gender · header · holder · in order · in the eye of the beholder · kinder · mouthbrooder · shoder

Synonyms and antonyms of vocoder in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vocoder» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF VOCODER

Find out the translation of vocoder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vocoder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vocoder» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

声码器
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vocoder
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vocoder
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

vocoder
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشفر صوتي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

вокодер
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vocoder
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

vocoder
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vocodeur
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Vocoder
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Vocoder
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ボコーダ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

보코더
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Vocoder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vocoder
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Vocoder
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दलेखन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Vocoder
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

vocoder
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

vocoder
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

вокодер
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vocoder
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

vocoder
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vocoder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vokoder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vocoder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vocoder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOCODER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vocoder

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOCODER»

Discover the use of vocoder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vocoder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vocoder
Judith Goldman's VOCODER is new perspective, a new time in Stein's sense that a time is articulated differently in each generation, that is perspective of the way time's seen--Leslie Scalapino.
Judith Goldman, 2001
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Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying--From ...
VOCODER. Vocoders have not commonly been found as modules in modular systems, since they're rather complex and have more often been found as complete stand-alone instruments. For a time the vocoder was not even very popular, but ...
Mark Jenkins, 2009
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Advances in Speech Coding
VECTOR. EXCITATION. HOMOMORPHIC. VOCODER. Jae H. Chung and Ronald W. Schafer School of Electrical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 INTRODUCTION The use of analysis-by- synthesis in ...
Bishnu S. Atal, Vladimir Cuperman, Allen Gersho, 1991
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Vibe
Whodini, "Haunted House of Rock (Vocoder Version)" (Jive, 1983) Intruder alert! This area's code is spoken for — by the Vocoder. This android- voiced instrument is the link between the arcade classic Berserk, 14th-century monks, and hip hop ...
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How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to ...
From T-Mobile to T-Pain, How to Wreck a Nice Beach is a riveting saga of technology and culture, illuminating the work of some of music’s most provocative innovators. From the Hardcover edition.
Dave Tompkins, 2011
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Voice quality assessment of vocoders in tandem configuration
3.5 AMBE Vocoder The AMBE vocoder is used in several satellite-based mobile communication systems. It has a 4.8 kbps sample rate. Its processing is much the same as the IMBE vocoder, but contains some algorithmic improvements that ...
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Digital Media Processing: DSP Algorithms Using C
vocoder Pitch 6 bits Voiced/unvoiced flag 1 bit Remaining 18 channels ( differential coding) 2 bits (each) Signaling 2 bits Total 48 bits Absolute level offirst channel coefficient 3 bits Parameters Allocation Coefficients LPC Analyzer s[n] Pitch E ...
Hazarathaiah Malepati, 2010
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Digital Transmission Systems
A digital channel vocoder operating at 2400 b/s could be readily encrypted and transmitted by existing 3-kHz telephone channels. In a 2400-b/s vocoder there are nominally 3 bits per spectral channel, or 48 bits for a 1 6-channel vocoder, plus ...
David R. Smith, 2004
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Emerging Wireless Multimedia: Services and Technologies
If the lost RTP packet contained a large number of AMR vocoder frames, an objectionable audio hole may be produced at the vocoder playback end. For these reasons, most vendors have opted to bundle eight AMR4.75 frames into each RTP ...
Apostolis Salkintzis, Nikos Passas, 2005
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Communication Systems
Most of the coding processes of the channel coders involve the determination of the sampled spectrum of the speech signal as a time function. In channel vocoder , a bank of bandpass filters is used to separate the energy of the speech signal ...
Marcelo S. Alencar, Valdemar C. da Rocha, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOCODER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vocoder is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watch: The great grandfather of synthesisers demonstrated back in …
Because the Vocoder enabled speech compression down to a very narrow frequency, it was crucial in enabling many telephone conversations to be transmitted ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
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Giorgio Moroder: 74 Is the New 24
I still enjoy it, but now I sing with a Vocoder, so it's very easy and fast. I don't intend to sing. It's just a thing that I do occasionally. So I understand RCA gave you ... «Consequence of Sound, Jun 15»
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Waldorf Releases Attack Drums For iPad
Above and beyond that, we have also added the new Waldorf Phrase Vocoder technology as an effect and could not help but notice that this is great fun to use. «Sonic State, Jun 15»
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The Secret Behind Neil Young's Out Of Print 1982 Album Will Melt …
On Trans, Young explored synthesizers and vocoders rather than the expected straightforward guitar sounds had featured so prominently in his previous work. «Unicorn Booty, Apr 15»
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The Effects That Altered Music Forever: Vocoder, Phasers, Auto …
One of the oldest yet most recognisable music effects, the vocoder is typically used to alter the sound of speech. From harsh robot voices to warped and bent ... «Gizmodo Australia, Apr 15»
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Inspired by the original (and rather expensive) EMS Vocoder 5000 hardware, XILS have released a software version which will get you adding vocoded vocals ... «AskAudio Magazine, Dec 14»
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Plug-In Inspired By EMS Vocoder 5000
XILS-lab has announced availability of XILS Vocoder 5000, previewed here earlier this month, which they say is inspired by its expensive EMS Vocoder 5000 ... «Sonic State, Dec 14»
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XILS-Lab announces XILS Vocoder 5000 plugin
XILS-Lab has taken the wraps off its latest emulation - a plugin version of a classic analogue vocoder that goes by the name of XILS Vocoder 5000. Given its ... «MusicRadar.com, Dec 14»
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Julian Velard breaks out the vocoder and sings the Daft Punk song "Get Lucky" with the lyrics rewritten to be about geeky activities. Heard in Episode 325: ... «NPR, Sep 14»
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Paris Hilton se atraganta con el vocoder en su nuevo single
Lo cierto es que en esta canción Paris se da un considerable atracón de vocoder, ese aparatito que robotiza la voz y ayuda a ocultar las carencias de cantantes ... «culturaocio.com, Jul 14»
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