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The vocoder thread has been covered before, but it may have been
several years ago.

To build a vocoder with 20 bands for instance requires 40 bandpass
filters (to do this right actually requires that each of the bandpass
filters is actually 4 filters, this is required to get flat response
across the band), 20 envelope followers and 20 VCAs. There is usually
a noise source to simulate sibilance as well.

This is a lot of ciruitry and would be very expensive.

How many on this list would pay $1000-$2000 for a Paul S. Vocoder?

Of course there are cheaper ones out there, but SynthTech is about
quality. There are also many software vocoders which work very well.