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On 4/19/25 7:57 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
> On 4/11/2025 12:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 2025 at 2:05:52 AM PDT, "shawn" 
>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:13:40 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDJF4lR3_eg
>>>
>>> He's done a number of those analysis that shows just how modern music
>>> gets modified all the time. Either pitch correction or compression of
>>> the audio happens all the time.
>>
>> I've noticed this on recordings going back to the 80s. When I play 
>> along with
>> film soundtracks, I often have to push the tuning slide in and make my 
>> trumpet
>> almost an inch shorter than it normally is because the recording is so 
>> sharp,
>> indicating it's been sped up from how it actually sounded in the 
>> studio when
>> it was recorded.
>>
>>
> 
> I grew up watching, a 1982 musical called "The Pirate Movie" starring 
> Kristy McNichol.  I think I saw an interview with her once where she 
> commented she couldn't sing and it was all done with computers.  I never 
> noticed it at the time, but now I can kind of tell there's some auto 
> tune happening.  But until I heard her say that, it never crossed my 
> mind they had auto-tune in the 80s.
> 
> Another favorite musical is "Josie and the Pussycats."  I love the movie 
> and I love the soundtrack.  I very recently got to meet Rachael Leigh 
> Cook at a convention, and I asked her about her singing in the movie. 
> She said she can't sing at all, and it was all done with computers. That 
> one sort of surprised me, since I never noticed the auto tune in her voice.


That could just mean they didn't sing the song, someone else
sung it.