The Autotune Thread

[Wirestone]

Totally forgot I did this 2 years ago

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSongsAutoTuned

You made those songs all sound awesome!

[seltaeb1012002]

Totally forgot I did this 2 years ago

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSongsAutoTuned

You made those songs all sound awesome!

I know.    

[Phoenix]

Totally forgot I did this 2 years ago

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreatSongsAutoTuned

Awesome.  Especially the Nirvana clip. It almost sounds like he could actually sing.
Well done!

[Sea Devil]

I wont ruin my future posting career on this forum by jumping straight into this mine field on my first post...

oh go on then..

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

[Mark H]

It's a shame, you would think that after hearing the first few shows they would have changed it.

I can't see how, especially in the recent video above, people can't hear it.

It just doesn't work and it's not needed

[Iron Horse-Apples]

I wont ruin my future posting career on this forum by jumping straight into this mine field on my first post...

oh go on then..

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

Well, I've held out on joining this argument, and I didn't hear it on the first few recordings.

This has definitely been pitch corrected, without any shadow of a doubt, unequivocally, 100%.

But I don't care really. If they come to the UK I'll happily part with my money. I'll be paying to see my favourite band together onstage.

However, given the choice, I'd rather they ditched the pitch correction.

[Cam Mott]

Update please, do we have confirmation or denial from anyone directly involved?

[seltaeb1012002]

Update please, do we have confirmation or denial from anyone directly involved?

Denial from everyone affiliated with The Beach Boys who's said anything.

Which is typical for something like this.

Even Ashlee Simpson's people tried to say she wasn't lip syncing during that SNL fiasco.

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

I wont ruin my future posting career on this forum by jumping straight into this mine field on my first post...

oh go on then..

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

Well, I've held out on joining this argument, and I didn't hear it on the first few recordings.

This has definitely been pitch corrected, without any shadow of a doubt, unequivocally, 100%.

But I don't care really. If they come to the UK I'll happily part with my money. I'll be paying to see my favourite band together onstage.

However, given the choice, I'd rather they ditched the pitch correction.

I've held off too, and really don't care either way, but in this last clip, I can think of no other reason that Brian would be singing that wrong of a note periodically.

[Zach95]

That clip is "old" and before the Fallon show. Since that performance, based on numerous videos/witnesses at the Beacon shows, the Autotune has been dialed down and/or turned off. Check out some of those Beacon show videos.  It's MUCH different than the video posted from the Hollywood show.

[ontor pertawst]

Nah, it's there too in the vids from the Beacon show on Brian's voice and what sounds like Mike on Do It again. Two friends who hit both Beacon shows said they could hear it live but, one fella added: "wasn't as bad as the youtube of Sail on Sailor" and went on to make me massively jealous about how fun and overwhelming the shows were. So I'm in the same "I don't even care, can't wait to see em!" boat. JUNE! JUNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (emits high pitched squeal only dogs can hear)

[Zach95]

Nah, it's there too in the vids from the Beacon show on Brian's voice and what sounds like Mike on Do It again. Two friends who hit both Beacon shows said they could hear it live but, one fella added: "wasn't as bad as the youtube of Sail on Sailor" and went on to make me massively jealous about how fun and overwhelming the shows were. So I'm in the same "I don't even care, can't wait to see em!" boat. JUNE! JUNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (emits high pitched squeal only dogs can hear)

Yeah, but check out some of those videos from the Beacon show. I'm not saying its gone, but it's no where near the level it was.

[ontor pertawst]

Yeah, I just said I saw some of them. It's not off and I guess someone twiddled the knobs a bit better. Is there a version of "Sail on Sailor" from the NYC stint to compare? He seems to not have too much fun doing that one and all the artifacting is especially evident.

I kind of like it on "Heroes and Villains," especially the choruses and Bicycle Rider. Adds a nice creepy edge to it.

[Zach95]

Yeah, I just said I saw some of them. It's not off and I guess someone twiddled the knobs a bit better. Is there a version of "Sail on Sailor" from the NYC stint to compare? He seems to not have too much fun doing that one and all the artifacting is especially evident.

I kind of like it on "Heroes and Villains," especially the choruses and Bicycle Rider. Adds a nice creepy edge to it.

Sorry about that. I didn't read your post carefully enough! 

[Aegir]

I kind of like it on "Heroes and Villains," especially the choruses and Bicycle Rider. Adds a nice creepy edge to it.

Don McLean was wrong. this is the day the music died.

[ontor pertawst]

I'd like to apologize on behalf of humanity for contributing to the death of music. In my defense, I had a mean piano teacher who once "accidentally" dropped a bench on my foot and snapped a big toenail in half. Do the math.

[runnersdialzero]

I wont ruin my future posting career on this forum by jumping straight into this mine field on my first post...

oh go on then..

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

+1000000000000000

[Autotune]

There's less activity in this thread since some of the proponents have attended the shows. Their verdict is the same as everybody's: "if it's there, it's mitigated 'cause I can't hear it... and Brian sounds pretty good." The exact same thing people who went to the shows have been saying since the tour started. Once everybody attends, or most people anyway, this thread will fall into oblivion.

[I. Spaceman]

Then when the DVD and TV special happen, and the vocals are overdubbed and processed, it'll go on forever whenever those releases are discussed.

[Mark H]

There's less activity in this thread since some of the proponents have attended the shows. Their verdict is the same as everybody's: "if it's there, it's mitigated 'cause I can't hear it... and Brian sounds pretty good." The exact same thing people who went to the shows have been saying since the tour started. Once everybody attends, or most people anyway, this thread will fall into oblivion.

Can you hear it in the videos above?

[Autotune]

There's less activity in this thread since some of the proponents have attended the shows. Their verdict is the same as everybody's: "if it's there, it's mitigated 'cause I can't hear it... and Brian sounds pretty good." The exact same thing people who went to the shows have been saying since the tour started. Once everybody attends, or most people anyway, this thread will fall into oblivion.

Can you hear it in the videos above?

Oh, plenty of wobbling and crazy note-shifting for sure! Specially Do You Wanna Dance, which I'd heard previously. But you don't get to hear any of that in the venue. So, who knows...

[Zach95]

There's less activity in this thread since some of the proponents have attended the shows. Their verdict is the same as everybody's: "if it's there, it's mitigated 'cause I can't hear it... and Brian sounds pretty good." The exact same thing people who went to the shows have been saying since the tour started. Once everybody attends, or most people anyway, this thread will fall into oblivion.

Can you hear it in the videos above?

Like I said, that was May 5. We've heard audio since then, and it's nothing quite that bad.

i.e. Take a look at this. Anyone who says it is as blatant as that DYWD video is simply exaggerating.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7zFvqsTv5sU

[Wirestone]

The worst clips come from the show or two right before Fallon.

Then we had the untuned TV appearance.

The shows since then seem to have had the effect turned down. For a lot of us, that counts as a triumph -- simply because the excessive turning sounded terrible. Right now, it seems like the effect is mainly in place to bolster high notes, and when properly mixed, is much less audible than before.

There are still aesthetic quibbles to be had, and some people will be unhappy no matter what (I, for example, have never quite heard the tuning on Knebworth, although I'm sure it's there). But if it must be there, the middle ground is appreciated.

[Zach95]

The worst clips come from the show or two right before Fallon.

Then we had the untuned TV appearance.

The shows since then seem to have had the effect turned down. For a lot of us, that counts as a triumph -- simply because the excessive turning sounded terrible. Right now, it seems like the effect is mainly in place to bolster high notes, and when properly mixed, is much less audible than before.

There are still aesthetic quibbles to be had, and some people will be unhappy no matter what (I, for example, have never quite heard the tuning on Knebworth, although I'm sure it's there). But if it must be there, the middle ground is appreciated.

+1, hit the nail on the head.

[humanoidboogie]

Good lord... Haven't really paid much attention to the Live at Knebworth 1980 CD but listened to "Do It Again" yesterday. What a complete mess of auto tune wankery... Is this also on the DVD? I guess the answer is somewhere in this thread but I don't feel like looking for it.