Word Crimes

[Kevbo1987]

I'm really excited to see this video! There's just so much potential.

[AccordionChick]

So it's safe to assume we'll see this video on the View right? I hope it's the whole thing & not spliced between audience reactions, etc.

[darkhornet]

As someone who hasn't produced music, how can you tell what's autotuned and what isn't?

[amzo39]

As an effect there's a pretty distinct, distorted sound. Otherwise it's just supposed to fix little mistakes and you're not really supposed to be able to tell.

[jacobpacek]

11am EST tomorrow I assume?

[darkhornet]

As an effect there's a pretty distinct, distorted sound. Otherwise it's just supposed to fix little mistakes and you're not really supposed to be able to tell.

Interesting. I've just worked through a few youtube videos, and even a NOVA special from 2009 on it. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/auto-tune.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I can now pick out the bad offenders. I think a lot of autotune I assumed was intentional voice effects. I'm also still not sure if I could hear more subtle uses.

[Mystik Tomato]

I really hated the beginning of the song, but I don't know if it's because of residual hate for the original or the fact that it's hard to make out the rest of it, but it got really good really quickly.

[remmy]

As someone who hasn't produced music, how can you tell what's autotuned and what isn't?

I'd describe the effect as the uncanny valley of voice -- my brain knows there's something unnatural going on and it sets off alarm bells.

Listen to the chorus sections of "First World Problems" -- Al and Amanda's voices are processed to be so perfectly in harmony with each other that they lose a little bit of that imperfect human quality and end up sounding vaguely synthlike.

[Diva]

As someone who hasn't produced music, how can you tell what's autotuned and what isn't?

I'd describe the effect as the uncanny valley of voice -- my brain knows there's something unnatural going on and it sets off alarm bells.

Listen to the chorus sections of "First World Problems" -- Al and Amanda's voices are processed to be so perfectly in harmony with each other that they lose a little bit of that imperfect human quality and end up sounding vaguely synthlike.

REMMY! Where have you been??? We've missed you! [Me, anyway]

Cheers, Diva
getting all nostalgic and stuff

[remmy]

REMMY! Where have you been??? We've missed you! [Me, anyway]

Cheers, Diva
getting all nostalgic and stuff

HI DIVA!
College and grad school swallowed me up for a while there. Glad to be back, and am really floored that people still remember me