over-compression of everything (ever notice how most modern music is the same volume all the time?)
Compression is a very important part of music production, as it helps to give audio more "punch" by increasing the loudness of more prevelant sounds, and quieting the less prevelant ones. Uncompressed audio tends to sound flat and static -- any overcompression is a result of overzealous use by the production engineer. ProTools isn't to blame for this: compression filters have been available (and abused) in their hardware form for decades.
voice-tuning (as debuted by Cher on "Love After Life"). able to make a crappy singer perfectly on-key, and since it's matured a little it's much harder to notice
Again, the vocoder is not some newfangled digital tool. Vocoders have existed on cheap synthesizers for over 20 years.
the same effects make it into modern songs at the same time. unoriginal overuse of ProTools plugins
Listen, software plugins have the same potential for abuse as any hardware device. The fact that they become infinitely easier to use (and abuse) in software form is irrelevant. The same can be said for any other form of art, from photography or film: people are going to use cheesy, overused effects, and there's no getting around it. What sets good digital artists apart from the herd is tasteful, creative -- and often restrained -- use of readily available tools.
I think you'd be surprised if you knew just how many of your favorite recordings were recorded, arranged, and produced digitally.
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Compression is a very important part of music production, as it helps to give audio more "punch" by increasing the loudness of more prevelant sounds, and quieting the less prevelant ones. Uncompressed audio tends to sound flat and static -- any overcompression is a result of overzealous use by the production engineer. ProTools isn't to blame for this: compression filters have been available (and abused) in their hardware form for decades.
Again, the vocoder is not some newfangled digital tool. Vocoders have existed on cheap synthesizers for over 20 years.
Listen, software plugins have the same potential for abuse as any hardware device. The fact that they become infinitely easier to use (and abuse) in software form is irrelevant. The same can be said for any other form of art, from photography or film: people are going to use cheesy, overused effects, and there's no getting around it. What sets good digital artists apart from the herd is tasteful, creative -- and often restrained -- use of readily available tools.
I think you'd be surprised if you knew just how many of your favorite recordings were recorded, arranged, and produced digitally.