i thought it was a 2007-09 fad, but it still seems pretty common even now. think it has staying power?

It's still only the second year of the decade so to be honest I don't have a clue. I won't even give a guess until about 2013.

Is that the proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies?

No. Nothing stays and it has already jumped the shark

No. It will be passe by 2013.

I think its starting to get some backlash because of Rebecca Black and the like.

God forbid.

I'm ready for music to go back to a person's natural, non-computer assisted voice.

I hope not.

Rebecca Black has singlehandedly assured that autotune is here to stay.

How I long for a duet featuring Becky and Ke$ha...  8)

Rebecca Black has singlehandedly assured that autotune is here to stay.

How I long for a duet featuring Becky and Ke$ha...  8)
She's probebly going to kill it honestly. People are sick of it at this point

She's probebly going to kill it honestly. People are sick of it at this point



She's probably the most hated on youtube now.

Rebecca Black has singlehandedly assured that autotune is here to stay.

It was meant to be this way,
But she don't know why.
Autotune is here to stay,
Is that what you meant to say?

- With apologies to Danny and the Juniors, ca. 1958 and the 7" '45 single of Rock and Roll is Here to Stay I remember from my childhood forays into Mom's record collection.

She's probebly going to kill it honestly. People are sick of it at this point


nah, it would have been killed at least a year ago from overkill if that was the case.  :(

nah, it would have been killed at least a year ago from overkill if that was the case.  :(
Not really. Autotune has been popular since 2008. It's only been 3-4 years.

Not really. Autotune has been popular since 2008. It's only been 3-4 years.


autotune is the new synthesizer of the 80's.

autotune is the new synthesizer of the 80's.
It will probebly last until 2013. People aren't this bad

It will probebly last until 2013. People aren't this bad


But in almost every song people sing. ::)

God forbid.

I'm ready for music to go back to a person's natural, non-computer assisted voice.

Agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD32b_iA2uE  - This style of singing needs to come back.

Autotune has been around for a long time.  Perhaps you never heard 'The Reflex' by Duran Duran

Autotune has been around for a long time.  Perhaps you never heard 'The Reflex' by Duran Duran


...Where is the autotune in that song?

...Where is the autotune in that song?


There isn't any autotune in that song, the first song to use autotune in the robotic voice effect is Believe by Cher(1998).

I hope not because it sucks moosemeat.  I hope it goes the way of '80s Miami Vice electronic drum kits!
::)

I hope not because it sucks moosemeat.  I hope it goes the way of '80s Miami Vice electronic drum kits!
::)


yeaahhhh. and i prefer simple classic 80s synths to the ravey crap.

I hope not because it sucks moosemeat.  I hope it goes the way of '80s Miami Vice electronic drum kits!
::)


Sadly, I doubt it.  :-\\

Sadly, I doubt it.  :-\\


Maybe Ellie Goulding can bring them back?

Autotune has been around for a long time.  Perhaps you never heard 'The Reflex' by Duran Duran


Yeah of course.

I hope not because it sucks moosemeat.  I hope it goes the way of '80s Miami Vice electronic drum kits!
::)


the song that's memorable.

There isn't any autotune in that song, the first song to use autotune in the robotic voice effect is Believe by Cher(1998).


It wasn't called Autotune at the time, but it was a similar effect that paved the way for Autotune.

'Believe' by Cher was the first ever hit song to incorporate Auto Tune by Antares Audio Technologies

Is autotune the same as a Synclavier from back in the 80's?

auto tune seems kinda like the "bullet effect" used in The Matrix.  Because after it was in that movie then it was in every other commercial and movie for years.

Can't stand it. Good thing that its just a fad and it won't last long.

Autotune has been around for a long time.  Perhaps you never heard 'The Reflex' by Duran Duran
Yeah thats true I mean "Funkytown" by "Lipps Inc"(1980),  and "I Want To Be Your Man" by Roger(1987) there is autotone in those songs. I think New Jack Swing producer Teddy Riley used a little autotone in songs when he was a member and also a producer for the R&B Group "Guy" from 1989-1991.

"The Way You Love Me' by "Faith Hill"(2001) also makes use of autotone.

Yeah thats true I mean "Funkytown" by "Lipps Inc"(1980),  and "I Want To Be Your Man" by Roger(1987) there is autotone in those songs. I think New Jack Swing producer Teddy Riley used a little autotone in songs when he was a member and also a producer for the R&B Group "Guy" from 1989-1991.

"The Way You Love Me' by "Faith Hill"(2001) also makes use of autotone.


No that's not autotune, that's vocoder for Funkytown and Roger and Zapp used the voicebox alot in the 80s, the voicebox was also used for other intruments during the 70s(guitar, like in Tell Me Something Good by Chaka Khan and Rufus). Autotune didn't even exist in the 80s or most of the 90s, the vocoder, voicebox, and autotune are all different effects.

No that's not autotune, that's vocoder for Funkytown and Roger and Zapp used the voicebox alot in the 80s, the voicebox was also used for other intruments during the 70s(guitar, like in Tell Me Something Good by Chaka Khan and Rufus). Autotune didn't even exist in the 80s or most of the 90s, the vocoder, voicebox, and autotune are all different effects.


The voicebox and vocoder are 2 different instruments.

auto-tune is a SOFTWARE pitch correction program that can be used as a vocoder (ie, T-pain) or used to make crappy singers sound like they have pitch (Becky Black). of course similar voice-changing mechanisms have been around since the 70s if not even before that.

Didn't Herbie Hancock use autotune in the 80's? ???

If autotune makes a half-assed attempt of "singing" like this...

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

Sound like this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR_qa3Ohwls

Then autotune, along with Ke$ha, should be banned, beaten up, taken outside and shot. 8-P

If nothing else autotune shows what poor amounts of "talent" our supposed pop and recording stars actually have, or better yet what little is needed to be considered a po(o)p star nowadays.
Right off the street, I could pull 25 people off to the side, and at least 3 to 5 of them would sound better than Ke$hea's real voice on a good day.
That her voice, like so many other singers today, need so much computerized tinkering to make them palatable, is a very sad state of affairs for todays current crop of "music".

Vocoder and other voice-pitch modification/modifiers used in many songs past, actually added something to the song and uniqueness of the voice/talent that was already present, not for covering up what wasn't there to begin with...

So, yes, autotune is here to stay, as long as we accept this crap as music.