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Undertoad · 03-01-2004, 09:21 AM

In these modern days of recording, it's possible to create a flawless performance from any musician. Just record it and... FIX it.

They invented a way to "fix" vocals by locking them into a pitch. If the singer is flat, it just raises the pitch until the singer is exactly on the note.

Cher's "Believe" was the first single to really use it hard; they turned it into an effect, as if her voice went from natural to synthesized in mid-note, doing things a voice can't do.

Now they use it on a lot of things, and sometimes I can tell. I was listening to some band called Maroon 5 on Rhapsody, and I thought their single was pretty good, and then I got to the second song in the Rhapsody sampler and it had little hints of correction.

Well I just turned the song right off! I can't stand it when they fix every little thing, and if the singer needs correction it makes me wonder why he's the singer in the first place. Especially if the act is supposed to be a little edgy. Edgy doesn't require correction! Edgy should be off on purpose!

Do you hear vocal correction? If so, does it piss you off?

03-01-2004, 09:21 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Can you hear pitch correction? In these modern days of recording, it's possible to create a flawless performance from any musician. Just record it and... FIX it. They invented a way to "fix" vocals by locking them into a pitch. If the singer is flat, it just raises the pitch until the singer is exactly on the note. Cher's "Believe" was the first single to really use it hard; they turned it into an effect, as if her voice went from natural to synthesized in mid-note, doing things a voice can't do. Now they use it on a lot of things, and sometimes I can tell. I was listening to some band called Maroon 5 on Rhapsody, and I thought their single was pretty good, and then I got to the second song in the Rhapsody sampler and it had little hints of correction. Well I just turned the song right off! I can't stand it when they fix every little thing, and if the singer needs correction it makes me wonder why he's the singer in the first place. Especially if the act is supposed to be a little edgy. Edgy doesn't require correction! Edgy should be off on purpose! Do you hear vocal correction? If so, does it piss you off?