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Perfect Pitch for Those Without It
airrage writes "Sometimes technology is a good thing, and sometimes it ends up in a hardware device called an autotuner. Apparently, it allows real-time pitch correction. They are actually being used at concerts. I think we all realize that some singers sound different -- much different -- live than they do on CD's, but this just seems so, so, what's the word: fake?"
didn't Millin Vanilli perfect this 15 years ago?
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Now I can practice my perfect opera singing while sitting on the shitter reading Daily News.
Cummon... almost everyone in the modern entertainment industry owes their life to silicon(e).
The government's moral compass is controlled by GPS.
In times of crises, they alter it to suit their needs.
don't The Simpsons have prior art on this one?
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Without this wonderful technology we wouldn't have The Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Celine Dion and so forth.
-- So now the world is a bit more stupid thanks to you.
should be to completely silence Britney Spears. I only wanna see her, not hear her!
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No negative side-effects? N'SYic, Britney spears, backstreet boys, Christina, Justin,Mnady Moore, Michelle Branch need I go on ?...
My days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle...
Just thought I'd mention that my shower seems to have a similar effect and the cost is zero since I need an apartment anyway! Add the cost of water and I have a make-shift autotuner for about twenty-five cents an hour....
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It's because we're all downloading MP3's from P2P networks, the RIAA can't afford to pay for artists that can sign in tune!
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Lousy rotten karmic retribution.
Using it during a performance, however, is just cheesy. Learn to sing in tune, please.
the singer in my old band couldn't hold a tune to save his life, but he had a great voice. unfortunately back then technology hadn't progressed enough that i could treat his warbling back into the correct key...
d'oh!
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With all that other crap they show nowadays, I can't remember the last time I saw a music video on MTV period.
Fake Boobs?
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A-ha! That explains King Diamond!!!
Anyone ever listen to that dude? Back in the late 80s? I think he had a vocal 'range' of over 8 octaves..
It was either this device, or some type of testicle clamp..
It would be interesting to take some of those really god-awful American Idol contestants and run their voices through one of these things, see what happens.
If I had one, I'd have to have one with little robot arms that it could throw up in disgust when I tried to sing.
He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington."
Apparently, it allows real-time pitch correction. They are actually being used at concerts.
Wonderful! About time they came up with something to make pop music marginally more tolerable.
Now if they could just integrate this technology in consumer karaoke machines, I'd be truly grateful.
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1992, when the last one was released!
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Having recently gone to an concert of a group that's been around for over thirty years, I agree. It reflected that standing in front of the speakers for three decades has definitely changed their views of what a note should sound like.
The only ones who would truly benefit from one of these machines in a live setting are those who are truly bad singers
So basically what you're saying is that the RIAA has already started distributing them to their artists?
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, but teach a man to phish...
Was at a Who concert way back when Keith Moon was still their drummer. Moon had serious issues, and that night he passed out on stage.
So they asked if any one in the audience could play drums. "You have to be good." Some lucky fan got to live out their dream that night, and played drums for the Who for the rest of the concert.
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One only has to compare Avril Lavigne's live performances (absolutely bloody awful) with her CDs (not much better but at least on-key) to realize how much tweaking some of these so-called "singers" need before they get anywhere near the right note.