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Perfect Pitch for Those Without It

Posted by michael on from the milli-vanilli dept.

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?"

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  1. Hey... by GreenCrackBaby · · Score: 5, Funny

    don't The Simpsons have prior art on this one?

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  2. Low-tech options by cvk · · Score: 5, Funny

    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....

  3. Re:Concerts/Music by EvilFrog · · Score: 5, Funny

    With all that other crap they show nowadays, I can't remember the last time I saw a music video on MTV period.

  4. Geez, What's Next? by blunte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fake Boobs?

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