The VM 16 Channel Rackmode Vocoder replicates and expands a classic 16 channel rack-mounted vocoder, originally released in 1978. Interestingly, the original was something of an "OEM" rebadge, as it was originally marketed as the Bode model 7702. These were functionally identical, and both sound awesome. The original was used extensively on moustache 'n' shades innovator, Giorgio Moroder's release "E=MC²" - a spectacularly awful-yet-fantastic time capsule of late-70s electronic music.