Is a talk box a vocoder?

Is a talk box a vocoder?

SOS Contributor Craig Anderton replies: A 'talk box' is an electromechanical device that produces talking instrument sounds. … A vocoder has two inputs: one for an instrument (the carrier input), and one for a microphone or other signal source (the modulator input, sometimes called the analysed input).

How does a talkbox work?

Typically, a talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician's mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to their vocal microphone. The musician controls the modification of the instrument's sound by changing the shape of the mouth, "vocalizing" the instrument's output into a microphone.

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