hjames
03-05-2008, 06:06 AM
We were watching a DVD last night "Across The Universe (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445922/)" - Julie Taymor's multimedia musical film using songs by The Beatles as soundtrack.
Well, it seems to be more and more common to see some young talent break into song and hear that almost synthesizer-like pitch shift that indicates they've been locked into "perfect tune". maybe its me, maybe its Emma, maybe its because we watch and listen to all this stuff through the 4341 Studio Monitors - but its REALLY annoying. I think the track that Bono sang was the ONLY track without that ding-dang vocaltracker.
I was flipping through the car radio the other night when Emma ran in for some milk and tuned in a contemporary radio station the other day - Christian pop or some such ... Same thing, men and women, all aspiring vocal talents, all locked in with a pitch shifter!
Its like airbrushing the human voice - gahh!
Apparently they are called "autotuners" - I just found this article linked from wikipedia ...
http://www.temple.edu/ispr/examples/ex03_08_25.html (http://www.temple.edu/ispr/examples/ex03_08_25.html)
Well, it seems to be more and more common to see some young talent break into song and hear that almost synthesizer-like pitch shift that indicates they've been locked into "perfect tune". maybe its me, maybe its Emma, maybe its because we watch and listen to all this stuff through the 4341 Studio Monitors - but its REALLY annoying. I think the track that Bono sang was the ONLY track without that ding-dang vocaltracker.
I was flipping through the car radio the other night when Emma ran in for some milk and tuned in a contemporary radio station the other day - Christian pop or some such ... Same thing, men and women, all aspiring vocal talents, all locked in with a pitch shifter!
Its like airbrushing the human voice - gahh!
Apparently they are called "autotuners" - I just found this article linked from wikipedia ...
http://www.temple.edu/ispr/examples/ex03_08_25.html (http://www.temple.edu/ispr/examples/ex03_08_25.html)