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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!border-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:57:30 +0000 Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:57:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Why pitch-corrected vocals sound so mechanical Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: Content-Language: en-US From: Pluted Pup In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <0VadnebFELPXIpv1nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> Lines: 45 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-OFK+mDZ+xxwwhRTm9sIbsakHM1BE5ElDHjOMCNvPEhQ8ucPqnm0i57aj4CvVndlzle69dZQpsnrAmKj!o6Spo1gernD0WA2Jdu6iElqOk616+uUHJmNfvX665z9URPQ0l8W+4uag2KQr4+pv6+DSpSoM7g== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 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" >> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:13:40 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" >>> 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.