Bode Vocoder model V-7701

Bode Vocoder model V-7701 for sale on behalf of the owner. Beyond rare, this was serviced when purchased by the current owner and is it very good condition and excellent working order.

The V-7701 is the predecessor of the V-7702 that later became the Moog Vocoder.

POA - enquiries welcome - incoming stock.

From the owner's manual:

The Bode Vocoder, Model No. 7702 is a sixteen channel Vocoder, comprising a sixteen channel analyzer and a sixteen channel synthesizer section for the transfer of the overtone structure of sounds entered into the Voice inputs onto the sounds entered into the Carrier input. The frequency ranges of these sixteen channels extend from 50 Hz to 5080 Hz. They are indicated on the front panel between the row of output jacks for the control voltages derived in the analyzer channels and the row of input jacks leading to the voltage controlled amplifiers in the synthesizer channels. The performance of these 16 channels is further enhanced by a high frequency channel extending from 5080 Hz to 15000 Hz, which mainly covers the region of Me sounds and explosive consonants, and which can be operated in the “direct” mode, in which it functions as a bypass, or in the “switched” mode, in which it is only activated in the presence “s” sounds and consonants.
The availability of this high frequency enhancement channel has proven extremely useful for the processing or
“copying” of percussive sounds entered into the Voice input, such as violin pizzicato, drum sounds, bell sounds, and the like, and thus places this Vocoder into a completely new category of instruments in its class.
The faithful transfer of attack transients is furthermore facilitated by the fast response times of the control circuits in the analyzer section, which is in the order of 6 milliseconds.