Editing Vocoder (section)

===Voice effects in other arts===
{{See also|Robotic voice effects}}

Robot voices became a recurring element in popular music during the 20th century. Apart from vocoders, several other methods of producing variations on this effect include: the [[Sonovox]], [[Talk box]], [[Auto-Tune]],<ref group="media" name="T-Pain" /> linear prediction vocoders, [[speech synthesis]],<ref group="media" name="Speech Synthesis" /><ref group="media" name="Speak & Spell" /> [[ring modulation]] and [[comb filter]].

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| filename     = Vocoder demo.ogg
| title        = Example of vocoder
| description  = Demonstration of the "robotic voice" effect found in film and television
}}
Vocoders are used in [[television production]], [[filmmaking]] and games, usually for robots or talking computers. The robot voices of the [[Cylon (1978)|Cylons]] in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' were created with an EMS Vocoder 2000.<ref name=tompkins /> The [[Doctor Who theme#History|1980 version]] of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' theme, as arranged and recorded by [[Peter Howell (musician)|Peter Howell]], has a section of the main melody generated by a Roland SVC-350 vocoder. A similar [[Roland VP-330]] vocoder was used to create the voice of [[Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]], a character from the ''[[Transformers]]'' series.