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I don't think anyone thinks autotune sounds normal, especially when used heavily. They just think it sounds good. Sounding like a natural human is not a requi
by dec0dedab0de 5y ago
I don't think anyone thinks autotune sounds normal, especially when used heavily. They just think it sounds good. Sounding like a natural human is not a requirement, or even a goal for most music. Just as guitar players have been using a myriad of effects pedals for decades, some of which create sounds barely recognizable as guitar. Which reminds me of the MXR talk box which combines vocals and guitar, perhaps most famously used by Peter Frampton and Bon Jovi.
This also reminded me of an older musician I knew that lamented all use of amplification in music. He thought that if the musicians were not moving the air themselves with their own bodies or instruments, then they were giving up some level of purity. I can understand that perspective, and to me overusing auto tune has the same problem, but I don't think the uncanny valley applies here.
- charcircuit 5y agoI think it sounds normal provided the singer is already close to the correct pitch. The only difference I hear is that now the singing sounds better.
- bckr 5y agoThere are at least two uses for autotune: 1) making a voice sound artificial, like that Cher song[] 2) Making a voice sound correct. The GP is talking about 1,while you're talking about 2. [] https://youtu.be/nZXRV4MezEw https://youtu.be/nZXRV4MezEw
- charcircuit 5y agoI'm not so sure. Heavily can either mean that they had to correct the pitch from a long distance or it could mean that a lot of the song had to be pitch corrected.
- jiaaro 5y agoUsually “heavy” autotune refers to using a very fast pitch correction speed, which is what creates the pitch snapping effect
- dec0dedab0de 5y agoI guess I was talking about both. My real point is that humans are much more forgiving about music than we are about human faces, so the whole idea of the uncanny valley doesn't really apply. Though as I say that I think it may apply if autotune were used on the speaking voices in a film or tv show.
- smrtinsert 5y agoEmma Watson in Beauty in the Beast doesn't sound less uncanny to me even after years of liking autotune in music.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> Sounding like a natural human is not a requirement, or even a goal for most music. You should hear what Chinese operatic singing sounds like.