The vast majority of songs these days use autotune, you just can’t hear it because it’s being used properly to fix when the singer is slightly off key.
The “autotune” sound only happens when the artist is purposefully singing off key.
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Tabooki@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Still better than anything with autotune.
FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Almost true. The “autotune effect” only appears if you dial the knobs all the way up when setting up the effect. But you are correct that properly used autotune is pretty much not noticeable.
Using autotune also does not automatically make you a bad singer. T-Pain is very known for the autotune effect he useson his vocals, but he is an amazing singer even without using it.
FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s sick, thanks for sharing!
froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Why do you hate autotune? Some artists use it as a sound effect
Tabooki@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Because it has no soul. Like a lot of digital electronic music. Hit a drum in a nice space and listen to the sound. Now listen to a high-end recording of that and you’ll be able to make out the sound of the room. Music that has been autotuned is similar to listening to electronic drums. No depth or soul to it because it’s synthetic. Btw: If you’re listening to crappy buds or Bluetooth it won’t matter anyways because the fidelity is already lost.
jwmgregory@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
this is the most boomer-ass fucking take on electronic music i’ve ever heard.
hey, 1989 called and it wants its “electronic music has no soul and lacks the human element^TM” tirade back…
i’ve heard people make music on synths and computers that has more “soul” and more meaning than any “real” musicians, as you might call it. you’re denigrating people’s work not for the quality of the work itself but because you have some weird, backwards stereotype in your head preventing you from even giving it a proper chance.
Tabooki@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I never mentioned human element. I’m talking about sound quality strictly. Live is best, then will recorded music that gets you close to live sound. Then electronic music that is flat and lacks sonic details because there aren’t any.
froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Bruh, what a boring elitist take. I don’t even want to take the bait and engage into long discussion about the topic which seemed outdated 30 years ago. Björk already put it perfectly:
Plus, if you can’t hear pure emotion and see soul in such songs with autotune as yet another instrument, it’s probably your lack of perception, not the artist’s fault:
Tabooki@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Enjoying audio quality is elitist now? That’s sad. When I was young every young person wanted a great stereo. 😞
Btw Bjork puts tremendous effort into the audio quality of her music.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I firmly believe that high-res bluetooth codecs have way more fidelity than my ears have left after years of enjoying music
Tabooki@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Possibly but I’m not there yet. Huge difference with good headphones when you plug them in. Bluetooth can’t even handle the bandwidth of high end audio without compressing the crap out of it. For example the HD version of pink Floyd wish you were here is over 700mb per song.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Im likely the only one who will agree with you, except in my mind there’s nothing wrong with electronic drums when used in the right context. Otherwise, youre right but the pop music lovers are getting offended haha. Very very few artists today have the skill of the 60s and 70s artists recording to tape, that shit is HARD and kids have no clue the talent it took then. Now its all samples and easy as shit to make a song (and why the market is oversaturated and very difficult to find authentic good music that isnt completely quantized). However i will say if you look very hard you find amazing music now but it takes effort.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
2008 ass take 😂
Tabooki@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Said the kid who doesn’t understand what imaging is.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
2008 ass response 😂
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Your brain must be wired wrong, you’re repeating yourself.