On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 00:34 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 14:47 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 06:05 -0500, Bill Allen wrote:
> > > I've been struggling with a technique problem. How do you get your
> > > vocals to sound good?
> >
> > Actually this reminds me of something that's been bugging me. What's
> > that really digital sounding vocal effect that you hear on a lot of R&B
> > stuff these days? It's all over that tune "I'm Sprung" that was on the
> > radio all summer, and in the Simpsons episode where they have a boy
> > band, on Ralph Wiggum's voice when he sings "love formation".
> >
>
> Cher started that garbage about 4 or 5 years ago - it's pitch
> correction taken to extremes.
>
Cher could not have been the first to popularize this. I am pretty sure
that boy band Simpsons episode predates "Believe".
(BTW I can't stand the effect either)
Lee
Received on Thu Dec 8 00:15:08 2005
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