Excessive Use Of Auto-tune In Pop Music?

LEE929394 · 30 Apr 2011 at 16:30

Personally i hate it, it's so overused nowadays and people are so used to it, it has become part of our (music) culture.

I just think of all the commercial contemporary 'RnB' that uses it now, it's got such a horrible sound.

I'm talking real 'abuse' of the auto-tune plugin here, small corrections to the vocalist pitch are bearable though better off without it if they can actually sing in the first place.

There's a good mini 'documentary' about auto-tune on youtube that's of interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqM5h8jQF4

A2Z · 30 Apr 2011 at 16:34

T Pain Auto-tune > *

Shawwwwtayyyyyyy!

wannabedamned · 30 Apr 2011 at 16:35

I dont mind it. I mean a lot of talent out there can sing without it, and its just used as an after effect to give the song a different sound. Usually a good sound too

stulid · 30 Apr 2011 at 16:36

Drove to Teignmouth mid week, my mate had the new Black eyed peas album.

100% auto-tune throughout so it sucked

Vonhelmet · 30 Apr 2011 at 18:31

I hate it. Listen to CSN or someone like Freddie Mercury singing live and you'll see what an embarrassment it is that singers rely on this rubbish nowadays.

Lydzor · 30 Apr 2011 at 19:23

I thought it had started to die out over the last couple of months? I really noticed it about a year ago.

krooton · 30 Apr 2011 at 23:30

wannabedamned said:
I dont mind it. I mean a lot of talent out there can sing without it, and its just used as an after effect to give the song a different sound. Usually a good sound too

A different sound? All sounds like the same **** to me.

JBod · 1 May 2011 at 00:10

Natural progression. Like live instruments to synth. Can be good, can be bad.

nero120 · 1 May 2011 at 00:57

Auto tune? That's sooo last century, it's all about Melodyne now!

arknor · 1 May 2011 at 01:12

vonhelmet said:
I hate it. Listen to CSN or someone like Freddie Mercury singing live and you'll see what an embarrassment it is that singers rely on this rubbish nowadays.

someone must have autotuned freddy ima hit youtube up.

this would be freddie mercury if he grew up in the auto tune era

milkinc13 · 1 May 2011 at 20:13

^^ That is just Horrible!
It's a good Job Freddy isn't here to hear that atrocious sound (give me the original any day!)

BunnyKillBot · 1 May 2011 at 20:26

I find it absolutely disgusting. I don't know if its just me, or if the general public just don't notice it, but to my ear its always really, really obvious when a note has been artificially pitch shifted into key, and it sounds thin, tinny and weak. Where its used intentionally i dont mind but every single song on the radio you get the odd lazy record where just a couple of off notes are shifted. It really bugs me

Rroff · 1 May 2011 at 20:33

Yeah its really obvious to me too, but seems much of the general public are oblivious to it

arknor · 1 May 2011 at 21:36

autotunes suposed to hide the flaws in a voice thats why pretty much every modern "singer" if you can even call them that anymore is weak compared to the greats like freddy mercury who sounded almost perfect even with no music playing.

its almost as if the music in modern "music" is designed to hide the crappy voice and autotune is the camo net, modern music seems to be more about apearance and the fake megastar aura the record companies promote because they are to lazy to find the real deal.

why find a really talented singer when you can grab an average good looking singer , flood them with autotune and spend loads of money on PR to project them as some epic megastar

Lydzor · 1 May 2011 at 21:54

I hate auto-tune as much as the next person, but I have to be honest. Auto-tune isn't just used to fix the vocalist's vocal pitch it's used extensively as an effect just because people enjoy the sound of it.

For example: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/cultur...aGa_and_Akon_the_mysterious_rise_of_autotune/