Hi!
My question is that before auto-tune was made available in 1997, what kind of things were available to correct/disguise the false notes during recordings?
I was born in the 80's so i have no clue. But i'm sure they used various things and tricks, especially from the late 70's on.
Before auto tune
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Re: Before auto tune
Tape edits, drop-in replacement segments, or hiring someone else to "ghost" the vocal are all tricks of the trade.moonandback wrote:Hi!
My question is that before auto-tune was made available in 1997, what kind of things were available to correct/disguise the false notes during recordings?
I was born in the 80's so i have no clue. But i'm sure they used various things and tricks, especially from the late 70's on.
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Re: Before auto tune
Or leaving the wrong notes in! Certainly not unheard of - there's a song on Sinatra's Strangers in the Night album where he trips himself up on a line and purposefully asked for it to be left in.
I never know where to stand on the autotune argument. People say it's cheating, and all that stuff. But I'm not sure it's cheating any more than tape edits or drop-ins. Whichever way you look at it, it's a manufactured performance whether the last note is cut in from a different take or whether it's autotuned.
I never know where to stand on the autotune argument. People say it's cheating, and all that stuff. But I'm not sure it's cheating any more than tape edits or drop-ins. Whichever way you look at it, it's a manufactured performance whether the last note is cut in from a different take or whether it's autotuned.
Re: Before auto tune
Except that autotune sounds like crap compared to the artists real voice dropped in. The problem is that autotune is rarely used as an occasional aid for the odd fluffed note, and entire songs are now tweaked from start to end. It's a case of, "Here's the microphone, sing what you want and we'll sort it out later."poormadpeter2 wrote:Or leaving the wrong notes in! Certainly not unheard of - there's a song on Sinatra's Strangers in the Night album where he trips himself up on a line and purposefully asked for it to be left in.
I never know where to stand on the autotune argument. People say it's cheating, and all that stuff. But I'm not sure it's cheating any more than tape edits or drop-ins. Whichever way you look at it, it's a manufactured performance whether the last note is cut in from a different take or whether it's autotuned.
Re: Before auto tune
The Pirate wrote:Except that autotune sounds like crap compared to the artists real voice dropped in. The problem is that autotune is rarely used as an occasional aid for the odd fluffed note, and entire songs are now tweaked from start to end. It's a case of, "Here's the microphone, sing what you want and we'll sort it out later."poormadpeter2 wrote:Or leaving the wrong notes in! Certainly not unheard of - there's a song on Sinatra's Strangers in the Night album where he trips himself up on a line and purposefully asked for it to be left in.
I never know where to stand on the autotune argument. People say it's cheating, and all that stuff. But I'm not sure it's cheating any more than tape edits or drop-ins. Whichever way you look at it, it's a manufactured performance whether the last note is cut in from a different take or whether it's autotuned.
Well, it's the same as everything, I guess. It gets abused. But then, very few people sing whole songs anymore in the studio, doing lines at a time - and is that "cheating" any less? And bands record their work a track at a time, rather than as a group. And on it goes. Technology comes along and it gets used - I'm sure people thought the same when microphones came along and people didn't have to fill entire halls with their voice alone. I don't object to any technical jiggery-pokery as long as it's invisible and I don't notice it. When it's noticeable, then it's used too much - rather like CGI.