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Horrible song. And why does every pop song have voice resampling these days?

by mynameishere 18y ago

j2d2 18y ago
I suspect the answer is similar to the same reason everything is compressed about as much as possible.
- Prrometheus 18y ago
  It's aural MSG.
  - wmeredith 18y ago
    Would that I had but more than one upvote to give...
    - boredguy8 18y ago
      "Would that I had..." is better. Regardless, I wasn't thrilled, so I tossed a point their way for you!
      - wmeredith 18y ago
        fixed
nuclear_eclipse 18y ago
Since I don't really listen to pop, what are you meaning by 'voice resampling', and what does it do for/to the song?
- deleted 18y ago
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- mynameishere 18y ago
  It's "auto tune". The original idea was to correct mistakes, but it's now used as an effect, specifically the "cher effect". It's not too excessive in the above song, but it's still pretty bad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_(Cher_song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTREzJL83A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTREzJL83A
  - shiranaihito 18y ago
    It was extremely unfortunate how that (kind of) effect became a trend in soulless mainstream music for many years to come. A similar effect was used extensively on Blackstreet's album "Another Level", where it caused much less harm (being more restrained).
mrtron 18y ago
I heard a clip of the new girl from that 'reality' show the Hills and it sounded like the resampling was the whole voice. They have been doing it for years...they are just way more obvious about it now. Yes, I am ashamed of the above statement.
mechanical_fish 18y ago
When your competition consists of a big online jukebox containing free copies of every pop song ever recorded, it pays to encourage a popular taste for sounds that have never been recorded before.
apotheon 18y ago
I can't believe I let myself get tricked into watching that stupid video. Do the people who say the song is catchy, entertaining, et cetera, actually hear the lyrics? Are they just that devoid of an ear for quality, that they can't tell the lyrics are not only typical bland pop music fare, but actually more poorly composed than the usual by a wide margin? Can they not hear the droning repetitiveness of the instrumental "melody"? No wonder I don't like listening to the radio. . . .

Horrible song. And why does every pop song have voice resampling these days?

j2d2 18y ago

I suspect the answer is similar to the same reason everything is compressed about as much as possible.

Prrometheus 18y ago
It's aural MSG.
- wmeredith 18y ago
  Would that I had but more than one upvote to give...
  - boredguy8 18y ago
    "Would that I had..." is better. Regardless, I wasn't thrilled, so I tossed a point their way for you!
    - wmeredith 18y ago
      fixed

nuclear_eclipse 18y ago

Since I don't really listen to pop, what are you meaning by 'voice resampling', and what does it do for/to the song?

deleted 18y ago
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mynameishere 18y ago
It's "auto tune". The original idea was to correct mistakes, but it's now used as an effect, specifically the "cher effect". It's not too excessive in the above song, but it's still pretty bad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_(Cher_song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTREzJL83A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTREzJL83A
- shiranaihito 18y ago
  It was extremely unfortunate how that (kind of) effect became a trend in soulless mainstream music for many years to come. A similar effect was used extensively on Blackstreet's album "Another Level", where it caused much less harm (being more restrained).

mrtron 18y ago

I heard a clip of the new girl from that 'reality' show the Hills and it sounded like the resampling was the whole voice. They have been doing it for years...they are just way more obvious about it now. Yes, I am ashamed of the above statement.

mechanical_fish 18y ago

When your competition consists of a big online jukebox containing free copies of every pop song ever recorded, it pays to encourage a popular taste for sounds that have never been recorded before.

apotheon 18y ago

I can't believe I let myself get tricked into watching that stupid video. Do the people who say the song is catchy, entertaining, et cetera, actually hear the lyrics? Are they just that devoid of an ear for quality, that they can't tell the lyrics are not only typical bland pop music fare, but actually more poorly composed than the usual by a wide margin? Can they not hear the droning repetitiveness of the instrumental "melody"? No wonder I don't like listening to the radio. . . .