MOTM

> You can buy a new EMS Vocoder 2000 for under $2000 USD.  Weren't the old
> Sennheiser vocoders way up there in price?  Was there a Bode one too?

The EMS 2000 is EMS' cheap, low-end model. It doesn't even have channel
attenuators, number of channels is 16, and filters are just 4-pole. (As far
as
I know.) I think it's in one league with the MAM / FAT vocoder.

The EMS 3000 is almost the same, but channel attenuators are added.
Now get a quote for this one ! (which is to stress what Paul pointed out
about the cost of front panel components)

The EMS vocoder with 22 channels is called EMS 5000. I did not
care to memorize the price for that one !

The Bode / Moog vocoder is another 16 channel / 4-pole filter design.
I have the schemos, and it's full of compromise. Not much to learn from
that one, honestly. (But don't tell Bob.)

If there is *one* reference to start with, then it's the Sennheiser, hands
down. It needs some additional features, and a way more production-
friendly design strategy, though.

JH.