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From: clgleaso@rodan.syr.edu (C. L. Gleason)
Subject: Re: Vocoder - info
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>> From what I hear, talk boxes really do a job on your dental work if you use
>> them alot with high input volume, although this might be urban folklore :-)
>
>Don't think so, they were quite dangerous. Imagine - you have a 50 - 100W
>guitar amp plugged into a 5" speaker with all the energy produced going down
>a 3/8" plastic pipe into your mouth. The volume is up because you are trying
>to record the sound coming out of your mouth. You turn round and pull the
>guitar lead half out of the amp ... OW...
>
>Be careful if you try it.

It's certainly not dangerous. Your talking about 90 decibals coming
out of your mouth! Now I've met people who seem to talk at that volume
without a talk box, but you don't (and can't) amplify the guitar signal
THAT loud without popping your microphone (which amplifies low volume
voice modulation just fine) 
 
This rumor has been around for years. Maybe after years of use you'd
take twice as long to eat something solid, but I have to see any
proof of dental damage because of these devices.. :)

 
 


