Re: [LAU] Top DSP plugins?

S. Massy wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 07:18:13AM -0400, Thomas Vecchione wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>> Autotuning has been around for more than 10 years and the last 4 years
>>> it has become an essential element of contemporary popmusic,
>> Replace "essential" with "overused" and I might agree with you.
>>
>> It is sad that autotune is trying to replace true talent. I always
>> tell people I would rather work with them to get the damn recording
>> right, than to use autotune and try to band-aid it later. One the
>> singers are better for it, and two the recording sounds better for it.
>> It just takes time, something that people that use autotune aren't
>> willing to commit to their craft which is truly sad.
> Another point, though, is that of why we feel voices need be autotuned
> at all. Many important people in the musical world
> (blues/rock/jazz/etc.) didn't necessarily have amazing or amazingly
> precise voices, and still their contribution was very significant. Why
> do we seek this kind of fake plastic perfection?

In the commercial pop music world, what singers have always been selling
is sex. There are many pop singers now who do a great job of selling the
sex part, but don't really sing very well. So autotune makes up for
their lack of ability and/or lack of training.

-- 
David
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