autotune

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:48 am

WTF is everyone on?

Does anyone actually think it sounds good??????

I listened to JJJ's "top 10 Dance-hall tunes of 2009" on the Weekend... holy fuck it was horrible... Autotune on EVERY tune. Some guys could plainly and obviously not sing for shit, but then some had great voices and I just wanted the autotune off coz it wrecks the voice.

hate autotune... You could maybe do some interesting stuff.. like say, an autotuned theramin or something... but on vocals it is just yuck yuck yuck

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:52 am

^ no shit dude, i can't believe its used so prevalently...

Motive · Post by **Motive** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:56 am

love autotune, when it's done well. it is overused tho. in dancehall it is ubiquitous. it's being used less in hip-hop & R&b in the last 3-6 months tho...

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:11 pm

i haven't listened to dancehall for the last couple of years as a result of the ludicrous overuse of autotune

each to their own though i guess, heaps of people must be digging it

Post by **system** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:27 pm

can sound good if used in a subtle manner, but this cher style thing of the last 3 years is killing me. not a fan.

FRAKSHA... · Post by **FRAKSHA...** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:38 pm

i dont mind it when its used right...not a fan on hip hop, but like it with dancehall and grime

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:44 pm

it kills me too. the woman who works in our staff shop is constantly listening to blaring crap R&B that has massive amounts of auto tune and it sounds horrible, just horrible. drives me insane, thankfully I'm only ever in there to pick up my drycleaning.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:10 pm

omg, hotel on wkend had MTV, and accidentally watched the top pop countdown one night.

fucking autotune EVERYTHING! mixed with 12 year old pimps. and miley cyrus.

no wonder i had bad dreams. eurgh, totes overused.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:13 pm

had this convo last time we watched rage

sounds like shitttt

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:30 pm

I'm with Motive on this one...

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:02 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:totes overused.

so is the word "totes" which the girls at my house have been saying ALL THE FUCKING TIME... drives me insane.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:05 pm

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:24 pm

deviant wrote:
ghetto kitty wrote:totes overused.
so is the word "totes" which the girls at my house have been saying ALL THE FUCKING TIME... drives me insane.

omg dan, you LOVE it!

Jesse I · Post by **Jesse I** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:30 pm

deviant wrote:I listened to JJJ's "top 10 Dance-hall tunes of 2009" on the Weekend...

Triple J did a top 10 dancehall tunes of 2009??? does anyone at that station even really know what dancehall is?

I did a Top 20 Dancehall tunes of 2009 on PBS last Saturday, perhaps you got the stations confused...? only thing is, not every song had auto-tune on my countdown, though about a quarter did.

Jamaica has definitely gone auto-tune crazy in the last couple years. I used to hate it, but the truth is, I don't even notice it most of the time now. It still really bugs me when producers use it for singers like Michael Rose and Tarrus Riley (who can sing pitch-perfect anyway) but I've come to really like it when used well.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:09 pm

hmmm, maybe it was your show....

lol I was in a mate's car, was sure we had tuned jjj, but prob not.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:13 pm

not one of these?

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/09/toptens/

FRAKSHA... · Post by **FRAKSHA...** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:38 pm

this is my favourite use of it in recent years...prob listen to this tune every bloody day at some point!

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:49 pm

death of autotune IMO

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:53 pm

Less autotune more talkbox/vocoder maybe?

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:32 pm

i like it tbh
might talk lik that all the time

FunkyJ · Post by **FunkyJ** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:00 pm

Apparently Jimmy Kimmel hates Australia so here's the metacafe link to Obama's autotune

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3484989/t ... e_i_phone/

Motive · Post by **Motive** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:40 am

i love T-Pain. and obama autotune is a genius clip.

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:54 am

Never liked autotune. And yet I love "Autotune the news". Go figure.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:46 am

Autotune the news is funny though...

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:50 am

Autotune seriously sucks..... i fkn hate hearing it on any tune.

but Melodyne Editor with DNA.... that shit is spectacular.

almax · Post by **almax** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:07 am

bonsai wrote:Autotune seriously sucks..... i fkn hate hearing it on any tune.

but Melodyne Editor with DNA.... that shit is spectacular.

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:43 am

All about getting fuckeyed and singing horribly into ur I phone. T-pain app ftw

unsoundbwoy · Post by **unsoundbwoy** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:35 pm

all about martin luther king tbh

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

this article is interesting
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/pitch_perfect

eN · Post by eN » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:08 pm

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:44 pm

dont even find that funny. it seriously fucking sucks.

eN · Post by eN » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:10 pm

Heh yeah you're right. It had potential. Might have been funny if those douchebags hadn't superimposed themselves into it.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:53 pm

I lied about hating it...

I like it in this tune

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:29 pm

It's one of those classic trends where people get used to the sound of new technology, and all of a sudden it becomes a desired sound... other examples include vinyl hiss/crackle, tape distortion, samplers in the 80s (Two of hearts... I- I- I- I- I- I need- I need you)... I've even heard tracks that mimic CDs skipping or exploit extreme MP3 compression to make weird noises. Oh and let's not forget Lutzenkirchen's awesome track Lonely Phone Want to Speak... this actually made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:26 pm

^ that is just uber cool. also had a chuckle

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:36 am

Why autotune when you can hire a goat?

http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h ... g&start2=0

Flash · Post by **Flash** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:24 pm

Lephrenic wrote:Why autotune when you can hire a goat?

http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h ... g&start2=0

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:56 am

Possibly the best use of autotune ever. Carl Sagan (eminent UK physicist) discussing the interconnectedness of all things and throwing gangsta arms-out moves that make T-Pain look, well, kinda FA1L.

Check out 'Connected'

http://www.symphonyofscience.com/

Keep an eye out for special guests like Steven Hawking and Richard Dawkins (

)

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:10 pm

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch you must first create the universe.

RK · Post by RK » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:31 pm

Ween+pisstakemegaautotune=awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2c6s2FDOSE