Comments on: The World of Auto-Tune

By: Sparatic//Maniac

Sparatic//Maniac — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:19:09 +0000

Geeze. Is this really what the music world has been drained too? Is there no hip-hop artist with REAL talent these days? Cuz i’ve heard all the new shit by Drake, The New Boys, and others of that sort and that shit sucks like a vacuum. If artists like Tupac & Biggie were still around they’d be the first to diss on artists strung up on the overuse of auto-tune. Im glad a great lyricist like Jay-Z dissed the use of auto tune in “D.O.A.” and that the legendary Bone Thugs-n-Harmony dissed it as well in “D.O.A. Remix”. I myself have used autotune once but now regret it. http://www.myspace.com/maniaclocz

By: BlackMage

BlackMage — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:09:00 +0000

Auto-Tune should be reserved for making songs out of talking and for when T-Pain is on a boat.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:18:00 +0000

I never realized that was what that effect was, but man do I friggin hate it. I agree that if you can’t hit the right notes you probably shouldn’t be singing. I play instruments but realize I can’t carry a tune so I don’t sing in front of people.

“I couldn’t dance so I played guitar. I couldn’t sing so I played jazz guitar.” -Unknown.

By: ariela castro

ariela castro — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:39:00 +0000

wow i actually had never heard the whole MLK speech before and it’s really good. it made me tear up a little bit, and its also cool as a song

By: christine

christine — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:45:00 +0000

I believe Ben Folds predicted this whole thing.

I’m rockin’ the suburbs
Just like Quiet Riot did
I’m rockin’ the suburbs
Except that they were talented
I’m rockin’ the suburbs
I take the checks and face the facts
That some producer with computers
fixes all my shitty tracks

By: michele

michele — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:18:00 +0000

i don’t know, i kinda dig the auto-tune when it’s used on the news channels…haha. those are great videos…

By: Fruppi

Fruppi — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:07:00 +0000

Is it wrong that I think the MLK thing is kind of super-awesome? It definitely points out how ridiculous it is as a substitute for singing talent, but it’s kind of fun to over-emphasize the inflections of speech and see what can happen :)

By: bre

bre — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Auto Tune as it was designed to be used will never be passe, because the music industry will always be flooded with no-talent puppets who need technology to make them sound acceptable to the masses.

Hopefully the Auto Tune “effect,” (which is really a mistake, taking the settings too far) will go out of style soon. I’m tired of hearing it.