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hlthe2b

(102,408 posts)
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:06 PM Mar 2019

Can we talk "autotune"? I HATE IT... You?

Last edited Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:53 PM - Edit history (1)

Mandatory qualifiers. I realize I don't have the technical knowledge to know if there are different forms of autotune and thus maybe I am just viscerally responding to a certain type. Or, perhaps it is similar technology used in very overwhelming versus subtle ways...

I remember when Cher first used a form on "Believe" and I "liked" that (sort of, given I'd never heard the effect before and of course it was Cher), though this kind of techno dance music isn't really my fav by any means.

But since then it seems like all music is using some form of this and I am about to break furniture racing for the remote to mute it.

This current commercial in near constant play prompted me to comment (and it is SURELY not the worst form)

https://ispot.tv/a/IW52

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Can we talk "autotune"? I HATE IT... You? (Original Post) hlthe2b Mar 2019 OP
When used for its intended purpose it's a very useful tool redstateblues Mar 2019 #1
isn't the intended purpose to rampartc Mar 2019 #2
LOL! That's one way to put it- actually there are very few producers that don't use it redstateblues Mar 2019 #3
Like this LiberalArkie Mar 2019 #4
LOLOL hlthe2b Mar 2019 #8
LOL - just where auto tune belongs KT2000 Mar 2019 #11
utterly revolting! consider_this Mar 2019 #5
I hate it red hot and, also, that Gottwald and Martin with their pop 'song machine' formula.. Tikki Mar 2019 #6
Hide your kids, hide your wife... consider_this Mar 2019 #7
Oh my gosh, I had forgotten about Autotune the News happybird Mar 2019 #13
Hate it! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #9
you are not alone... dhill926 Mar 2019 #10
I liked in in Cher's "Believe". But it was an obvious "effect" NOT the entire song. NurseJackie Mar 2019 #12
I agree NJ LiberalLovinLug Apr 2019 #15
Heard music coming from a young man's car, window rolled down and it was auto-tuned RAP... Tikki Apr 2019 #14

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
3. LOL! That's one way to put it- actually there are very few producers that don't use it
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:21 PM
Mar 2019

Even if it’s just to tweak the vocal here and there. I think it has made singers a little lazy. I do hate the way it’s used as an effect though. It’s very annoying.

KT2000

(20,590 posts)
11. LOL - just where auto tune belongs
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 09:11 PM
Mar 2019

and nowhere else.
Hate auto-tune. One of the reasons I like Hozier so much is that is voice is the same live as on his recordings.

consider_this

(2,203 posts)
5. utterly revolting!
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:31 PM
Mar 2019

at least the things that sound like in the Cher 'Believe' where it sounds, for lack of a better description, like someone is gargling. Just UGH!

Maybe it is a tech thing to make things sound ok, in which case I would expect if that is the case it should be unnoticeable when used correctly, but deliberate auto-gargly is not for my ears, thank you.

Tikki

(14,560 posts)
6. I hate it red hot and, also, that Gottwald and Martin with their pop 'song machine' formula..
Tue Mar 26, 2019, 07:38 PM
Mar 2019

It’s Yucky sound and music and most of the lyrics, too.


Tikki

happybird

(4,637 posts)
13. Oh my gosh, I had forgotten about Autotune the News
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 06:37 PM
Mar 2019

They made some great videos. Now I gotta go look to see if they are still around- can't even begin to imagine what they could do with Dump, Guiliani, and that whole clown car of craziness, lol!

LiberalLovinLug

(14,178 posts)
15. I agree NJ
Mon Apr 8, 2019, 06:28 PM
Apr 2019

I don't like it most times. And we don't even know when its being used most of the time I gather. Its used to create pop stars out of good looking young people. All you have to do now is get it close, and the machinery does the rest.

But in this instance it is used more as a catchy effect. Its not being hidden. Also, when this came out it was kind of a new fun toy that musicians were experimenting with.

Tikki

(14,560 posts)
14. Heard music coming from a young man's car, window rolled down and it was auto-tuned RAP...
Mon Apr 8, 2019, 04:32 PM
Apr 2019

and my first thought was...just how lazy can this singer be!!

Tikki

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