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Anyone else really dislike the sound of auto-tune? It seems like so many songs nowadays (and in the past however many years) have this sound, where it switches back and forth like a tremolo between a voice and an electronic version of the voice. That grates on my nerves*.
Yet I watched a few videos now comparing some artists singing, with and without autotune. Surprisingly, they didn't sound much different to me. In some cases the singer was made a high-pitched tremolo with their voice even without the autotune, so I guess I just don't like those songs period. In some cases, the autotune didn't bother me, and I couldn't easily say whether I prefer the songs with or without autotune. So I guess it depends on how the autotune effect is done, as well as the song in the first place.
*I'm not sure why. I've always loved the electronic voices of the cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, and similar voice effects in 80s songs (electro funk? not sure of the genre name). I guess none of them did that switching back-and-forth effect like they do nowadays.
But anyway, I came across this which is pretty neat in spite of also having that sound that grates on my nerves:
Auto-tuned Baby Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMNCNyn_s7E
Yet I watched a few videos now comparing some artists singing, with and without autotune. Surprisingly, they didn't sound much different to me. In some cases the singer was made a high-pitched tremolo with their voice even without the autotune, so I guess I just don't like those songs period. In some cases, the autotune didn't bother me, and I couldn't easily say whether I prefer the songs with or without autotune. So I guess it depends on how the autotune effect is done, as well as the song in the first place.
*I'm not sure why. I've always loved the electronic voices of the cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, and similar voice effects in 80s songs (electro funk? not sure of the genre name). I guess none of them did that switching back-and-forth effect like they do nowadays.
But anyway, I came across this which is pretty neat in spite of also having that sound that grates on my nerves:
Auto-tuned Baby Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMNCNyn_s7E