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In Reply to: RE: So how do you know when someone IS using it? posted by Todd Krieger on July 01, 2009 at 12:38:22
It is a tool for musicians to use in creating effects and maintaining a consistent pitch in a variety of situations, not a substitute for live performing.Yes, it can be abused, yes, it can be overused and yes, it can add an artificial "perfect" quality to live music that for some folks may seem a bit like cheating. But, and this is a very big BUT, it can be a powerful tool in the right musician's hands when applied in moderation to compensate for widely varying acoustics, poor sound mix, hearing impairment, bad monitors, etc.
I've seen Joe perform in dozens of venues, indoor and outdoor settings of varying acoustics, with all manner of sound mixes that sometimes made it difficult to hear him singing over his own instrument, so I'll cut him a lot of slack in using pitch correction software to consistently hit notes.
As for "auto-tune" entering mainstream music gradually over the past 20 years, it's even more recent than that apparently. According to the Wikipedia entry this kind of software was introduced around 1997.
I can't blame artists for using pitch correction in a live or studio setting based upon the competitiveness of the music industry. Heck, some producers may even employ it in mixing albums in the studio when the artist isn't fully aware of it! Would I prefer that no artificial vocal enhancements were used? Sure, but it's no biggy as long as it isn't sync'd willy-nilly or rather Milli Vanilli.
Heck, I never liked the idea of Karaoke either, but it's popular as well; now THERE is a great application for pitch correcting software! ;O)
AuPh
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