Shite Night - part 2

[Martin Naef]

Ron West wrote:
>> putting such edits into the original voice in the first place is a
>> form of complaining about the vocals.
> 
> oh rubbish. that's like saying that using a filter on a raw synth
> waveform is complaining about the wave. adding cream and sugar is
> complaining about your coffee or tea. dipping your bread in a herb
> infused olive oil is complaining about the bread. mmmmmm, herb infused
> olive oil...

I think Jay's statement is a bit extreme, but that kind of vocal 
"treatment" does reduce the singer's contribution to a pure source of 
basic samples. The singer becomes the instrument of the producer and 
ceases to be an artist in its own right. That's not necessarily wrong, 
but then the producer can just as well credit ProTools... :-)

Martin

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