Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Awful vocalists Celebrate With an Autotune Plugin

By Abigail Armstrong


Are you a awful lead singer with dreams of making it as a pop idol? Want to circumvent your meagerness of virtuosity? Now you can. Ever question why renowned singers sound great on their records but atrocious during a live performance. It is as simple as a little concept called autotune. An autotune plugin can help any person achieve musical greatness-even if your skills are not up to standard. Here is what an autotune plugin can do:

Perfects the pitch of sung or instrumental performances Corrects mistakes or inaccuracies so you do not have to sing in tune Fixes timing troubles in case you skip a word or a beat Distorts the human tone of voice to make you sound greater than you truly are Ability to switch between the time-shifted audio recording and the first recording Will record MIDI note information that is routed to it and can even register this on the Pitch Graph. Users can therefore make notes about changes in real-time.

It is straightforward for anyone to use, from the professionals to the amateurs. However, the debate remains: Is the software purely a tool for doctoring up imperfect music? Well, yes and no. While you can make use of it for a variety of "valid" reasons- like you recorded a almost impeccable track with one or two mistakes-it can also be used to completely distort an original soundtrack.

The initial major hit single this program was used on was Cher's "Believe." After that, other artistes followed suit, realizing their dreams of tricking people into thinking poor singers were good.

Other bands, however, have taken a standpoint hostile to it. Country performers such as Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Loretta Lynn have refused to utilize this plugin technology. At the Grammy Awards in 2009, Death Cab for Cutie appeared dressed in decorations that questioned the use of AutoTune. Additionally, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer released an album in 2002 that shed light on the row. The album came with a decal that said "Absolutely no vocal tweaking or pitch modification was used in the making of this disc."

One music reviewer went as far as to claim the autotune plugin was a "remarkably foreboding creation." For bad and good singers similarly, one thing is clear: No need for gargling sea water, working on your pitch, and resting your larynx. Thanks autotune!




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