Question about "Cher" auto-tuning.

[BentRabbit]

Jinx on the keyboard post

 

[TeyshaBlue]

Even though the effect on the Cher song wasn't auto-tune (it was a vocorder), if you set auto-tune to its fastest, hardest settings it will produce that effect. Another way that this is done is by hooking a keyboard up to Auto-tune and playing the vocal part. That is the way that this is done when someone is doing the effect on purpose.

Yeah, I could do that to that old Vocalist, too. Midi into it and walk the vocal around like a pissed off cat on a leash!

 

[MMensch]

Since I don't play live and can sing reasonably well, I've never used autotune for pitch correction, though I will say that I've come to think I could use it at times - I inadvertently got used to the kind of perfect-pitch singing you hear on new pop/rock stuff and it's beginning to feel weird.

But anyway, I wanted to say that I've always liked the pitch correctors for vocal transposition. I'm notoriously lazy when it comes to vocal recording (I do everything else with synths) and I never could be bothered to do harmonies and overdubs. So when I had the chance to use the TC Helicon Voice One, I loved how I could do smooth harmonies by re-pitching leftover takes of the main vocal via MIDI, or even go totally wild and create a whole new vocal melody. I couldn't afford it back then and though it came down in price I never could really justify the cost, but I really think I'm going to get it one of these days.

 

[Seafroggys]

Even though the effect on the Cher song wasn't auto-tune (it was a vocorder), if you set auto-tune to its fastest, hardest settings it will produce that effect. Another way that this is done is by hooking a keyboard up to Auto-tune and playing the vocal part. That is the way that this is done when someone is doing the effect on purpose.

my understanding is that for years the engineer said it was a vocodor, but recently he admitted that he used autotune, because he wanted to keep the trick a secret (until T-Pain found out about it).

 

[OneWerd]

I'm sure this makes me an open target...

...and I've said it on here before, but I kinda like that Autotune sound.....(Please don't hurt me.)

There's a guy named Wallpaper out of the SF East bay who uses it on almost all his songs (and live), and although it's pretty gimmicky, I think it works for him. Most of the time (like when I use it) it seems to get pretty warbly, but some folks seem to manage to control its shifts a bit better.

 

[RAMI]

Thanx guys (for the insight and the humor in this thread ).

 

[Farview]

my understanding is that for years the engineer said it was a vocodor, but recently he admitted that he used autotune, because he wanted to keep the trick a secret (until T-Pain found out about it).

That could be true, but Auto-tune really does work like a vocorder. It just uses the sound of your own voice as a carrier. Auto-tune is just more convienient for this sort of thing.