Thanks for that, John. I've been debating whether to jump in on the Auto-Tune issue, but since I've spent the last 15 years as the marketing guy for the company that invented and markets Auto-Tune, I was concerned that it might come off as a bit defensive.
Suffice it to say that while it's largely come to popular attention outside the recording industry as a result of its use as an effect, first in pop music back in the the Cher "Believe" days, and more recently in hip hop (and then everything), for every song that you hear using it as an effect, there's probably a hundred more that use it for its initially intended purpose where its use is entirely inaudible. And I can tell you that it's *not* just for the vocally challenged. It's used by many extremely talented vocalists, some in musical genres far from pop music. (And as a bonus, it gave me the entirely unexpected opportunity to be quoted in New York Times responding to Jay-Z: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/when-jay-z-hates-your-software/?_r=0 ) - Marco On Dec 16, 2013, at 5:17 AM, John wrote: > On 12/15/2013 3:19 AM, David Mann wrote: >> On Dec 15, 2013, at 6:13 am, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People >>> can only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many >>> Instagram filters in their images, so many cinematic "reboots" of >>> 20-year-old movies before they start longing for something more. >> >> Trouble is, the current generation is growing up to only know >> Autotune, Instagram and movie reboots. >> >> I went to see The Hobbit yesterday and saw a poster for a Robocop >> reboot. At this rate I'm going to pack up and run away to live as a >> hermit on the west coast :( >> >> Cheers, Dave >> >> > > When applied lightly, with a deft hand, Autotune can be a lifesaver ... > or at least can save a less than perfect vocal performance. Everyone > gets all wrapped around the axle over the way it's misused & ignore the > benefits it can have for the vocally challenged among us. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
