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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?"
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?
"The market alone cannot provide sufficient constraints on corporation's penchant to cause harm." -- Joel Bakan
Yeah, but they had to rely on tape - which broke in the middle of one of their 'concerts' giving away their secret. This is a device that can make my dying cat sound like Celine Dion.
oh wait...
"A revolution without dancing is... a revolution not worth having"
should be to completely silence Britney Spears. I only wanna see her, not hear her!
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! We have assumed control! - Neil Peart
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....
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.
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?
.sigs are for post^Hers.
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."
Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped for something better than that. -CP
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.
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...