When first introduced, AutoTune mainly served as a secret weapon in recording studios, quietly ensuring perfect pitch in final audio outputs. Its significant impact on the music industry was subtle yet substantial. It became an indispensable tool for music producers and sound engineers, enabling them...
This song is what many consider the most iconic example of what vocoders can do. The robotic voice in this song seems to be repeating what the artist is saying, but the voice doesn’t really sound like what a normal person would sing. <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ID/hqdefault....
“I think most people quite like Auto-Tune if it’s used purposefully and creatively, but not when it’s all about making every talent-show boyband sound mysteriously the same.”
"I've always loved country music," Starr shared in a statement. "When I asked T-Bone to write me a song, I didn't even think at the time that it would be a country song — but of course it was, and it was so beautiful." Burnett described the project as "the r...
The term came from the informal practice of artists communicating the sound they wanted by referring to a style that would fit a specific artist. (“Hey, gimme some Drake beats.”) These days they’re part of a beat-making economy with multiple marketplaces specializing in connecting producers...
MIDIcan be used as a tool for live recording virtual instruments, or for constructing layers of a song meticulously and specifically, much like you would when scoring a composition. I used my digital keyboard to record its native piano sound and then converted and used that same notation with...
When the key is lower, the drums almost sound gated - somewhat similar to an 80’s Phil Collins sound.But when shifted higher the harmonies sound much more melodic- almost like a synth triggered by the drums. Instead of playing the midi controller as you would with a melodic instrument, ...
Perhaps it’s the confirmation that I’m in some way connected to people who lived thousands of miles away from me before I was even born. Perhaps it’s the idiosyncrasies of music played by real people on real instruments, not autotuned and compressed to sound like last week’s chart su...
and autotune was dominating. I immediately turned to online editorKazeem Famuyideand wanted him to stop what he was doing so he could hear it. I remember being upset that he wouldn’t listen to me and I would like to take credit for putting him on to you even though he won’t ever ...
would bother me when he told me that. I didn’t think I’d care about that stuff. Four years ago, I probably wouldn’t have cared if he told me: ‘Oh, that was good you was drinking.’ Now it’s like, ‘Oh shit.’ How many other sixth-graders did I influence to drink lean?