Electronic Music 411 - Kraftwerk prototype vocoder on eBay!!

holy crap... holy. This is the first piece of super-expensive memorabilia ebay gear that I thought "maybe I should buy this?".

for a second. Then it went above $5000... which was my limit...

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06/29/06 + license

I thought the "code" in vocoder came from its use in WW2 to send encrypted messages between submarines. or was that just a really weird and kind of neat dream?

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06/29/06 + KerrAvon

Ahhh, the trusty 2N3055! And note how all the knobs are missing from the analyser section - they put in so many bands on the analyser that the available knobs for the faders would clash. So just metal bits poking out. BTDT:} Notice comedy use of rainbow ribbon cable behind the vertical analyser meters.

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edited: Jun 30 2006 + TecknoMan

Edit -- originally it was called "The Voder" when it was released at the 1939 World's Fair. I would attempt to link the pic here but it never seems to work for me:

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