Auto-Tune Abuse in Pop Music - 10 Examples

[Martin Naef]

Hi Tom

Tom Davies wrote:
>> Yes, absolutely. I've been aware of Autotune abuse ever since that 
>> infamous Cher single got airtime, this particluar article doesn't tell 
>> me anything new. I do tend to listen to music rather consciously, and 
>> these things make me cringe.
>>
>> I may be repeating myself: There's absolutely nothing wrong with 
>> Autotune per se. I actually own a TC VoiceOne, which is perfectly 
>> capable of murdering any vocal performance. But as in any sound effect: 
>> If you can hear it, you've probably overcooked it.
>>   
> The Cher thing was a special effect though, rather than a remedial 
> measure. Same would go for distorted guitars in rock music.

True, but it seemed to have paved the way for the abuse to come. I 
actually don't mind so much when you make it as obvious as in the Cher 
song, it just sounds horribly dated and "me too". But in many of these 
examples, they "shape" the vocal in a way as if to pretend the singer 
actualy did sing some of these crazy lines, or can indeed intonate so 
quickly. I can't put it into words very well, but it just crosses the 
line of "invisible correction" but kind of tries to hide the fact that 
you've entered the "the computer sings here" territory.

Bye
Martin

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