"Death of Auto-Tune"

[gg.gamble]

Came across this article on Newsweek. I'm sure there's more than a few people here who will finally be able to sleep at night now that it's "offically" over.
[this might be old news in the US but i didn't know, obviously hadn't seen the advert either]

Pop Vox: Newsweek's Daily Arts and Culture Blog : Auto-Tune Jumps the Shark -- Thanks, Wendy's!

[TonyB]

Unfortunately it's not officially over. While it's good to see some backtracking ( Is Auto-Tune Killing The Music Industry? | Tha Good Life Reviews - WE DO MUSIC.), there are still CDs coming out with Auto-Tune as an effect, but ever so slightly.

Case in Point: . Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" (2009)

Courtesy A&M Records -- When the Black Eyed Peas decided to revisit the futuristic sounds of electro, they brought Auto-Tune along to drench their vocals in a mechanistic, robotic wash. The result is a smash chart-topping pop single.


IMHO, it's been so over-used as an effect that it got to be cheesy, kind of like those disco tom drums in the last 70's. The icing on the cake that killed that trend was probably Bad Company's "Rock N Roll Fantasy" with those disco drums, or KISS' "I Was Made for Loving You."

[drgamble]

It seems like everybody is using this crap. Heck even Avenged Sevenfold uses it now. I can't stand it. I just always thought it was for people who can't sing. Anyway, a lot of today's music just sounds artificial. I guess that doesn't matter if your just going to lip sync live.

[TonyB]

My sons' band continues to use it (they're 16 years old in a regionally popular original metal christian band), but I keep telling them they'll regret it come next year.

One or two songs is probably fine, but every other song is just heading down the road of cheeze!

[haveigonemental]

omg, autotune in the news is the greatest thing ever....

[gg.gamble]

Originally Posted by haveigonemental

omg, autotune in the news is the greatest thing ever....

okay this must be a snide sarcastic comment, which i don't really appreciate. I don't think i overly hyped this topic, i mearly thought it was quite interesting and thought some people would like to see it.
There's no need to belittle me for contributing to the site

[richiebee]

Who is Jay-Z to comment on autotune at all, in any sense whatsoever?

[mindundermatter]

I thought the Wendys commercial was hilarious. The auto tune followed by a Vocoder? That's just brilliant. And i'm sure the general public is eating it up (pun intended).

[haveigonemental]

Originally Posted by gg.gamble

okay this must be a snide sarcastic comment, which i don't really appreciate. I don't think i overly hyped this topic, i mearly thought it was quite interesting and thought some people would like to see it.
There's no need to belittle me for contributing to the site

No no, There's a link on the site you pointed to that has a spoof of the news where they use autotune on news casters and put it to music(along with stuff they put in). It was the funniest thing I've seen all week at least.

[gg.gamble]

hah, woops my bad. sorry about that haveigonemental.