Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus

The Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus was a vocoder with additional voice and string synthesizer capabilities was used by Phil Collins and Tony Banks.

Phil Collins' Roland VP-330
Phil Collins was pictured at his home studio with a VP-330 in the background. He used the vocoder on some of his home recordings made in the late 1970s/early 1980s, including "In The Air Tonight".

He later had the Roland SVC-350, which is basically a rackmounted version of the VP-330.

Tony Banks' Roland VP-330
Tony Banks had used the Roland VP330 Vocoder Plus for the recording and touring of Duke and Abacab, having replaced the Mellotron M400.

Besides work with Genesis, he had also used the vocoder on The Fugitive (rather extensively) and on Bankstatement.

Quotes on the vocoder
"'There are certain instruments which I love, such as the Roland Vocoder. I used it on this record and extensively on The Fugitive. I've just had mine MIDIed. I like instruments you can use without doing anything at all to them. You need instruments you can work on for hours but also instruments which immediately sound good when you sit down and play them.'"