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ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
2/13/10 6:54 a.m.

thank you for ruining we are the world.

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
2/13/10 8:16 a.m.

we are the world ruined itself.

Chris Crocker said: Leave Auto-Tune ALONE!
ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
2/13/10 8:18 a.m.

Yeah i'm just done with auto-tune.

The novelty is done.

Twin_Cam
Twin_Cam Dork
2/13/10 8:32 a.m.

It never was a novelty, just annoying. If you can hear Autotune and are not a 20-year veteran mixing engineer or Bob Ludwig, you're doing it wrong.

cwh
cwh SuperDork
2/13/10 8:54 a.m.

What is Autotune? Old Fart speaking here.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/13/10 9:16 a.m.

It's the annoying part of Cher's song, 'Do you believe in love', OK specifically the annoying part where her voice pitch is altered.

wheelsmithy
wheelsmithy GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/13/10 9:20 a.m.

Autotune, to me , sounds like someone isrunning their voice through a keyboard. Sorta like peter Frempton's "Singing Guitar thing, but much, much more unpleasant. The most entertaining use I can think of would be TPain on "I'm on a Boat" Look for the youtube if you're interested.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
2/13/10 9:37 a.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote: It's the annoying part of Cher's song, 'Do you believe in love', OK specifically the annoying part where her voice pitch is altered.

Oh come on. You can't isolate Cher to only one annoying part.

Marty!
Marty! HalfDork
2/13/10 9:41 a.m.

According to the know it all Wiki:

"Auto-Tune uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform perfectly tuned vocal tracks without the need of singing in tune."

Or in layman's terms, it's why you know who Britney Spears is.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/13/10 9:44 a.m.
DILYSI Dave wrote:
EastCoastMojo wrote: It's the annoying part of Cher's song, 'Do you believe in love', OK specifically the annoying part where her voice pitch is altered.
Oh come on. You can't isolate Cher to only one annoying part.

That's why I edited it to say specifically the annoying part

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
2/13/10 10:03 a.m.

just watched a clip, suprised i didnt hear the rappers trying to integrate 22 inch wheels and Cristal...

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
2/13/10 11:06 a.m.

rappers don't drink Cristal anymore. They are racist frenchies...

(basically, Cristal said that rappers were not portraying an image that the company was stoked about.) Their sales have since fallen drastically.

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
2/13/10 11:09 a.m.

In reply to maroon92:

haha, that shows how much i know about rap music

poopshovel
poopshovel SuperDork
2/13/10 11:15 a.m.

Agreed.

Unless we're talking "Compter Love" or "I Wanna Be Your Man" or Herbie Hancock's entire "Sunlight" album, in which case, berkeley off.

joey48442
joey48442 SuperDork
2/13/10 12:24 p.m.
wheelsmithy wrote: Autotune, to me , sounds like someone isrunning their voice through a keyboard. Sorta like peter Frempton's "Singing Guitar thing, but much, much more unpleasant. The most entertaining use I can think of would be TPain on "I'm on a Boat" Look for the youtube if you're interested.

More annoying than Peter frempton? It can't be...IT CANT BE!!!!

Joey

SkinnyG
SkinnyG Reader
2/13/10 12:31 p.m.

It just needs to put in the right context:

"Auto-Tune The News:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKe_1NQ5QXE

paul
paul New Reader
2/13/10 12:36 p.m.

a radio show took a 50-something coffee shop worker with ZERO singing talent, had her screech through a current hit song, did autotuning and turned out with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQbpF0_5-c8

(definitely helps to play the 'original' to see how close it is)

mtn
mtn SuperDork
2/13/10 12:45 p.m.

There are some songs that I like it on... But I also notice that the songs I like it on, its used to make a weird/unique sound that the human voice is not capable of making, not make the (already good sounding) artist sound good. The one that comes to mind is George Straits cover of Stars On The Water, where its used in the chorus to make it sound like his voice is underwater.

Kendall_Jones
Kendall_Jones Reader
2/13/10 1:04 p.m.

And I thought it was the neat feature in the hydra Nemesis software :)

Kendall

VanillaSky
VanillaSky Reader
2/13/10 1:16 p.m.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/auto-tune

I think it's alright when used as a novelty, but not when it's used to make someone with no talent sound good.

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
2/13/10 1:37 p.m.
VanillaSky wrote: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/auto-tune I think it's alright when used as a novelty, but not when it's used to make someone with no talent sound good.

the sad part is its now pervasive in pop music. Now all you have to have is a look. They can fix your voice.

procainestart
procainestart Dork
2/13/10 2:40 p.m.
poopshovel wrote:

Herbie sounds goood: http://tinyurl.com/yjyl6ho

Whoever let Taylor Swift on stage at the Grammies without patching her mic through Auto-Tune should be forced to listen to her performance until blood flows from their ears.

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
2/13/10 4:12 p.m.

Taylor swift....

or

gamby
gamby SuperDork
2/13/10 4:28 p.m.
joey48442 wrote:
wheelsmithy wrote: Autotune, to me , sounds like someone isrunning their voice through a keyboard. Sorta like peter Frempton's "Singing Guitar thing, but much, much more unpleasant. The most entertaining use I can think of would be TPain on "I'm on a Boat" Look for the youtube if you're interested.
More annoying than Peter frempton? It can't be...IT CANT BE!!!! Joey

The talk box rears its ugly head once every 10 years or so.

"Do You Feel Like I Do" "Sweet Emotion" "Rocky Mountain Way" (OK, the 70's really abused it) "Livin' On A Prayer" GnR's version of "Hair of the Dog" "Man in the Box" and "Rotten Apple" "Beverly Hills"

Herr Frempton's talk box sins aside, autotune is the dirty little secret of the recording industry. If you turn everything up to 11 you sound like T-Pain. If you use it more subtly, you sound like... 90+% of the pop singers out there. Why do another take when you can just auto-tune it.

Hell, Chester Bennington from Linkin Park sings live through an entire ProTools rig.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/13/10 10:09 p.m.

In reply to gamby:

God, I can't imagine trying to make through a whole gig without a ProTools rig crashing...

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