It's struck me from my foray into vocoder land (MS2000, and the vocoder in Reason) that the more bands one makes use of, the more intelligable the result becomes. Is it fair to say that more bands = better vocoder?
Also vocoders are useful in lots of ways, not just the clichéd robot voice and satan voice (how many of you have tried it out for the first time, and been totally unable to resist breaking out into a huge grin and yelling "I AM SATAN!!!" into the mic?)
One of my favourite uses is to use drum sounds as the modulator. By carefully controlling the dynamics of the drum source, you can make a really nice organic-sounding stepped sequence. Personally I find this a much easier method to create this type of sound, and often produces better results. However, the output also depends on the quality of the vocoder, so YMMV and all that...
-Annikk
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