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- Regulator980, on 02/08/2009, -9/+163This by far the best use of Auto-Tune I've seen thus far. It's masterful work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbTtLA3-PaA - HastyBoom, on 02/08/2009, -11/+143I absolutely despise autotune. I've used it extensively to fix out-of tune singers. It is not "magic." It is not transparent. Sucky sucky suck suck.
It's best used to save money on expensive studio time. (vocals take 10x longer to record than everything else.)
Blerg. Thanks for the memorys.
Honestly one reason i listen to mostly vocal-less music (ie: electronic music) is because of this *****. - ncapone, on 02/08/2009, -4/+127David Bowie doesn't need autotune.
- thewhits, on 02/08/2009, -7/+129This is why newer music sucks. I don't want 'perfect' music, I just want good music.
- madpainter, on 02/08/2009, -2/+110This is just great. I hope every pop singer and hip-hop artist uses it to death, because eventually all the vocals will sound the same, all the music riffs will sound the same (because of excessive sampling) and all the back beats will sound the same because they are machine made. You won't be able to tell one song from another. We're almost there anyway, and this will be the dagger to the heart of mediocre pop music. Since history repeats itself, eventually new artists will emerge with new sounds and styles, and the barren waste land that has been popular music (radio played songs) for the last fifteen years will be reenergized.
BTW I typed this in perfect pitch with autotype. - evilesttoast, on 02/08/2009, -4/+102Megatron didn't need autobots. Wait, what?
- a1cd, on 02/08/2009, -3/+90Kanye West does need Auto-Tune
- timothycrash01, on 02/08/2009, -3/+88Horribly researched article. The biggest NEW innovation in tuning when it comes to music is Melodyne - not Auto-Tune.
Auto-tune has been around for well over a decade - there's nothing new about it. It is also more often used as an EFFECT than a tuning tool. The article talks about recent vocal tracks being incredibly well tuned - that's not Autotune, unless you're talking about the T-Payne effect. Producers looking to correct specific notes that are sung out of tune are not going to use Autotune anymore.
Melodyne is the studio standard for pitch correction. Far more effective and sophisticated than it's predecessors - and built for correcting pitch, inflection, modulation / vibrato - even correcting out of tune notes within harmonies. You can actually correct individual notes within a strummed guitar chord.
http://www.celemony.com/cms/
Never get your music tech news from Time magazine lol. - inactive, on 02/08/2009, -10/+82I hated autotune until I downloaded it to mess around with. It is an incredibly powerful tool, and can help a lot to make a certain note sound just right. But it should not be used to make crap singers sound good.
- AtraNoxVII, on 02/08/2009, -3/+61I present to you, Katy Perry @ Youtube Live 08.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQv5V2Ljfa4
The magic of not using Auto-Tune on stage. - aduric, on 02/08/2009, -3/+60Hey it works for Katy Perry!
- jackelopeus, on 02/08/2009, -3/+59That explains the success of [INSERT HATED POP ARTIST HERE]!
- SurrealDream, on 02/08/2009, -2/+42Okay THAT was weird. I literally just put down the magazine after having finished reading this very article, open my laptop and find this at the top of the front page.
Someone REALLY wants me to learn about Auto-Tune. - Myonosken, on 02/08/2009, -1/+38Or try not downloading mainstream pop crap.
- hakkola, on 02/08/2009, -6/+40I no longer listen to the radio, and rarely buy or even download music anymore because of this crap. I'm happy with my old music collection, it has soul.
"Some try to make it sound like this but you're getting me
So upset that I'm wet 'cause you're sweating me" - form3hide, on 02/08/2009, -8/+40How is it that an artist can use auto-tune to get an edge selling records, yet a baseball player can't use steroids?
- Irishsmurf, on 02/08/2009, -0/+31Souja Boy
Oh wait, Even Auto-tune couldn't correct the ***** that comes out of his mouth. - doctorgrim, on 02/08/2009, -1/+32Autotune is a ***** joke. Modern R&B and Pop singers can't sing.
- NerveBand, on 02/08/2009, -3/+34That was ***** TERRIBLE. I actually like the original song much better than her live performance. Damn.
- MrSkills, on 02/08/2009, -1/+28Because music is not a competition.
- ricky125, on 02/08/2009, -1/+26but she does need a sandwich.
- birch25, on 02/08/2009, -2/+27oh sweet jesus, and i thought i couldn't hate katty perry any more.
- timothycrash01, on 02/08/2009, -2/+27Like I said below, if you're using Autotune to do natural pitch correction, you're totally missing out. Get Melodyne - it's built for transparent pitch correction because it breaks each individual note down to pitch, vibrato, envelope, etc.
- LucasVB, on 02/08/2009, -0/+23John Cage's 4'33" can't use auto-tune.
- Ganesh420, on 02/08/2009, -3/+26Nobody's wagering money on a song.
- electrifried, on 02/08/2009, -0/+23Add Rihanna to that list. Seeing her live is cringe inducing
- MrSkills, on 02/08/2009, -1/+24When autotune (or Melodyne etc) is good:
- when it's part of the toolbox of talented artists and producers, being used sparingly to get the best from the singer (e.g. allowing the most expressive take to be chosen even if the tuning isn't as good)
- when it's used as a deliberate over-the-top effect. You may not like it personally, but it's the artist's prerogative.
- when an artist writes their own songs but maybe isn't the strongest singer (as long as it's in moderation)
When autotune is bad:
- when bad singers who would not have had a career 20 years ago get massaged to sound acceptable. They still never sound like good singers, though.
When autotune is a crime:
- when it's used unthinkingly on good singers who don't need it, taking all life out of their vocals.
As an audio engineer who is sometimes hired to tune vocals, I pride myself on doing the absolute minimum necessary. I *like* imperfection. Sadly, once you start tuning, you start hearing every imperfection, and it becomes difficult to hold back. The even sadder thing is that these days it's the singers themselves who are usually insisting that you tune every syllable. - Pospodo, on 02/08/2009, -6/+27auto-tune has made music worse as a whole
- betheturtle, on 02/08/2009, -0/+20George Bush doesn't need black people.
- beautifulbeast, on 02/08/2009, -1/+20She doesn't sound that bad to me.
- cmsjustin, on 02/08/2009, -3/+22Daft Punk did it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HSD_i2DvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-0s0pRleg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgBgnoEY4iM - crash331, on 02/08/2009, -3/+22Katy Perry is hot as ***** so it doesn't matter.
- DownIsTheNewUp, on 02/08/2009, -3/+22Hate auto-tune? Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TswTenrEwwM - friday04, on 02/08/2009, -3/+22It's because "talent" doesn't always match "beauty" and the music industry is only interested in the pretty people for their pop songs. So they hire the ***** singers and autotune them up so they can sell records. And millions of mindless morons buy that *****-ass music.
Goddamn "Home Depot" of the music industry. No local flavor anymore. No special hidden gems. Just manufactured and processed images of stars that you can put on every corner in every city. - ColPow11, on 02/08/2009, -1/+19Aretha didn't need autotune.
- depro9, on 02/08/2009, -2/+20Girl you know it's true.
- silenceissexy, on 02/08/2009, -0/+18Ludwig von Beethoven didn't need Auto-Tune.
- Kugelblitze, on 02/08/2009, -1/+18Auto tuning as a technology is a terrible thing. Listen to Crosby Stills and Nash and how they had to harmonize NATURALLY. That kind of skill is rare these days thanks in part to auto-tuning technology (whether it be Melodyne or otherwise).
I started noticing the "yodeling" effect sometime around 2001 when the technology became wide spread in the music industry and hated it ever since. There are far too many bands that can't perform live without in-ear monitors let alone auto-tuning. The skill is gone baby.
An example of real musicianship sans auto-tuning...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rLWjmdiHVA&eur ... - inactive, on 02/08/2009, -0/+16That's why most of these asswipes lip sync at live shows. They really have very little talent.
- CAB1989, on 02/08/2009, -1/+17Auto-tune makes music sound plastic and fake.
- LeadStripes, on 02/08/2009, -4/+20Rock 'n Roll doesn't need autotune!
- Edu115, on 02/08/2009, -2/+18Melodyne > Auto-Tune.
- csm888, on 02/08/2009, -2/+17"Auto-Tune doesn't make it possible for just anyone to sing like a pro" surely Its only a matter of time, I dont see any reason why this technology can't become near perfect, many of us already struggle to tell if something is photoshopped.
Perhaps once the market becomes saturated with these 'perfect' vocals, people will realize that the skill involved in singing is only part of the equation. The real talent comes from expression and creativity in music, so I would have thought, using a human voice as merely another instrument doesnt mean the whole track will suck if the rest of it is original, expressive and creative. - ncapone, on 02/08/2009, -8/+23Did I start a meme or something?
- jackal42, on 02/08/2009, -4/+19lame comment here.
- Daemastrius, on 02/08/2009, -1/+15Kanye West
- RomanThommassen, on 02/08/2009, -3/+17buy ears
- Izzio, on 02/08/2009, -0/+14Who the ***** is Kanye West?
- tr909, on 02/08/2009, -0/+13That wasn't auto-tune. That was either acoustic voice box or good ol' vocoding.
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -3/+16Oh please. The appeal to nostalgia argument gets so ***** old. New music isn't any ***** than it's been at any other time, you're just getting nostalgic about the "good old days"
Do you realize people have been saying "new music sucks" since people started making music? People said Elvis sucked when he came on the scene because they were used to doo-wap groups. I have a feeling we'll be saying the future's music sucks too and getting nostalgic about the "old days" of what's out today. -
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