Tompkins, Dave. <br/><br/>
How to wreck a nice beach :  the vocoder from World War II to hip-hop : the machine speaks / 
Dave Tompkins. 
 - Brooklyn, N.Y. :  Melville House,  c2011. 
 - 348 p. :  ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2010. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> This is the quirky story of how a military device became the voice of hip hop and pop music. Though the vocoder was designed to guard phones from eavesdroppers, it is now widely used as a voice-altering tool by musicians. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612190921 (pbk.) :  £18.99 1612190928 (pbk.) :  £18.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vocoder.<br/>Electronic music--History and criticism.<br/>Technology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.3'8224