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I can not tell you how awesome this is! I once thought that it was not possible to hear those types of sounds duplicated again, the way it sounded originally in the 70s and 80s. You have just made me believe again. Thank you so much! I heard a rumor that Jack Wagner had to literally yell into the vocoder to get the announcement to come out right. Did you have to yell into it?

Littlescienceguy 6 months ago

@Littlescienceguy Thanks! Glad u like it, well, you dont necessarily have to yell into a vocoder, depending on the clarity of the particular vocoder. I always thought this (EMS Vocoder) was the clearest sounding Vocoder until I picked up the Bode Vocoder (same one used for the original Intro to the Electrical Parade) and MAN, the clarity and sound on it is just so "In your face" LIVE. Certain Vocoders you have to emphasize certain words, like speaking a "Vocoder Language" if that makes sense

intromix 6 months ago

@intromix @intromix So cool! And I do understand what you mean. Is that why certain words in the announcement are emphasized? I always wondered about that. Words like imagination, lights, and electrical seem to always be emphasized; but I couldn't imagine the announcement without those words being emphasized.

Littlescienceguy 6 months ago

This is better than the old one!

zingarzahoy26 1 year ago

i love this parade :3

POWERPUFFGiiRLYx3 1 year ago

anyy chance of doing this again but saying "Walt Disney World"? it'll pprobably the closest we'll ever come to getting a godd version of their intro

Disneydanny 2 years ago

Btw, even though your singing (or talking, and the playing of chords makes it sound like singing)...this IS the closest so FAR of you getting the Cylon voice!! Now just do it as regular speaking (no note or chord playing), and you'll have your best Cylon voice EVER...so far!!!!

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

is Cylon the same style used in the announcements heard in the parade itself?

Disneydanny 2 years ago

The original with Disney was the Bode 7702 Vocoder. Intromix used his EMS Vocoder-System 2000B MkII (black). The Cylons from the original-series version of BSG (1978-9) used the beta version of the EMS Vocoder 2000W MkI with a saxophone (he didn't specify but I'm guessing an electric one so as to produce a signal for the vocoder, not a synth, according to Mr. Michael Santiago, the voice of the Cylons).

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

If the saxophone was a normal (non-electric one) then they would of had to make a recording of that. Then they would've taken the tape recorder put a 1/4 inch cord (they may of had to go from 1/8, mini, to 1/4) out the output (which is sometimes the headphones jack) into the intrument (carrier, oscillator) input on the beta EMS Vocoder 2000W MkI. Of course I'm just guessing that non-electric instuments need to be recorded onto a recording device that is electric (or battery-powered) in order...

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

to work. The instrument going into the vocoder needs to have an output jack and be capable of producing a signal. Otherwise it needs to be recorded first, and then input into the vocoder. Since I've only ever had two synths and a small (foot-long) Casio keyboard (all electric or battery-powered) with output jacks, I have no idea if a non-electric instrument can or can't on its own produce the signal necessary for the vocoder. I'll leave that up to someone who knows to answer that. But my...

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

guess is no to a non-electric (which usually means no output jack) instrument on its own being able to trigger a vocoder. So if you for example want to use a guitar it would have to either be an electric one or an electric accoustic. Not a normal non-electric accoustic. But then again I'm not certain and will leave that up to somone who knows to say.

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

Chris, your rendition is very, very-good!! I'd say almost perfect (except for the octave difference between yours and theirs). Still 5 stars!! I'd give it six stars (if available) had you just played it at an octave higher like they did.

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

And don't forget to correct your description to say Bode 7702 Vocoder since that's what the Disney one IS!!! It's NOT the Moog!!! Although simple mistake since both are nearly identical (the Moog is the clone of the Bode) and were both designed by the same man Harald Bode.

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

Chris, I've been listening to the original Bode 7702 Vocoder versions, and you are playing lower notes than they did. You have the correct ones (as far as my ear can tell), but are an octave lower. They're an octave higher.

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago

Yeah, this was a tough one. Took me a while to adjust my ears to the right chords!

intromix 2 years ago

The chords sound right, you just need to redo at one octave higher. If you listen to theirs compared to yours you can tell that they are higher and you are lower.

VoiceEncoder 2 years ago