I think an over abundance of folks are going for drawing the 'straight line' in
autotune, inducing a perfect note without considering the vocalists 'style'.
Can you imagine autotuning Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie or Ella Fitzgerald
for instance?

I think the ocassional scoop or the slightest of overshoot to the destination
note, with many singers, is a unique and appreciated style of delivery that's
overlooked in too many autotune cases. While big scoops that are obviously
intended must be left alone, there are plenty of other more minute fluctuations
that get far too much attention, IMHO and ears. It may get a near perfect
note, but perhaps at the sacrifice of the singer's actual intent.

Just because the bass and guitar happened to hit the root a beat before
the singer's stylistic scoop got to the correct pitch... why does this mean
there's something that needs autotuned, moved in time or otherwise 'fixed'?
Rather than singers making hits, engineers are making singers.

The first time I saw autotune work the engineer said, "Wanna' see the
'Cher effect' ?" No matter how it was really done (vocoder, etc.), he hit
the nail on the head with two setting adjustments on Antares AT.

--
David Morgan (MAMS)
http://www.m-a-m-s.com
http://www.artisan-recordingstudio.com


"Scott Reams" wrote in message .com...
True... in auto mode there are several preset scales of varying temperament
to choose from... and if you choose a scale and then switch to graphical
mode, it provides a grid to show where the absolute pitches are based on the
scale. The grid, however, is only there as a reference in graphical mode.
You can do anything you like, really, in that mode.

-S

"Les Cargill" wrote in message
...
Scott Reams wrote:

Autotune, if used correctly, does not force equal temperament. In
graphical
mode, the engineer/musician has full control over where a pitch lands.


Right - and I remember it also enforcing Just or possibly
Pythagorean temp. as menu options. Dunno from "graphical"
mode - this was using an ActiveX plug on a PC.

-S

"James Boyk" wrote in message
...
Fill X wrote:
I have a friend doing a lot of major label work where it's demanded
by
A&R
people etc that things be "just so".

If the A&R people think that "just so" means equal-temperament, they
are
amusical idiots.

James Boyk



--
Les Cargill