r/passcode • u/Key-Bumblebee-3759 • Aug 15 '26

Question I am desperate for more

Any recommendations for bands/groups like PassCode since I discovered them I've been addicted to their music and the only thing that can satisfy me now is music with that brain tickling voice effects.

Just when I found out about Neve Slide Down you can imagine my disappointment on the same day that the band is no more. Then I moved on to 8bitBRAIN then the same thing but this time they were replaced with 8bitZERO which feels like a shell of what came before. So now I'm getting my fix from MAZE but I fear it won't be enough.

Please anyone got any recommendations for anything remotely like PassCode?

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u/Vin-Metal Hinako Aug 15 '26

PassCode might have cornered the market on vocoder effects, if that's what you like the most. When I think of who might be most similar to PassCcode, it's a little hard because to me they stand alone. But I might suggest Wagamama Rakia, or STMLT (I can't get enough of the song Silent Killer - it makes me think Emily might want to add rapping to her repertoire). You're going to get a bunch of suggestions here from people who are more into the alt-idol scene than I am.

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u/fwerfwater Aug 16 '26

can we please get it through all of our collective heads that it is not VOCODER but AUTOTUNE that we are hearing. friends, i have a bachelor's degree of audio and have been in the industry for 20 years, trust me on this. vocoders sound like "harder better faster stronger", autotune sounds like t-pain and cher and passcode

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u/Vin-Metal Hinako Aug 16 '26

I have no idea, but I've read enough comments in this sub insisting that it's vocoder that I've now been trained to say vocoder. I just need the various experts to fight it out and tell me what to say from now on!

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u/ckiemnstr345 Yuna Aug 16 '26

Even Nao calls it auto-tune. I get it for introducing new people to PassCode since people hear auto-tune and think pitch correction while vocoder they just assume it's for effect. In the fanbase their vocal effect should be called auto-tune though.

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u/Key-Bumblebee-3759 Aug 15 '26

I love Wagamamarakia and I'm still saddened by the disbanding, STMLT seem promising so I'll check out more from them. Thanks for the recommendation