| The irony is that Cher is a fantastic singer. She used it as an effect. |
Music for complete idiots • Page 5
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jonsaan 27,052 posts
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quadfather 39,071 posts
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Registered 11 years agoRage_Quit_Rob wrote:
buggrit wrote:
Rage_Quit_Rob wrote:
When you say ska, do you mean actual proper ska, or that ska-punk stuff? Either way you're wrong, I'm just interested.
dogbot wrote:
santabakingapie wrote:
ska and reggae are shit though it's true.
Dismissing entire genres is shit.
No, ska is still shitter.
Ska.
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gang_of_bitches 5,707 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMr Sleep wrote:
gang_of_bitches wrote:
The distinct sound that made that track famous was achieved using the vocoder unless I'm massively mistaken, whether or not Auto-tune was used is almost entirely incidental.
You are massively mistaken
Twas Autotune, the producers spent time bragging about this secret new tool they have and then some other producers figured out pretty quickly that it was autotune.
Oh and as stated, autotune is fine when used properly. Someone may have nailed a really good take of something with all the right emotion and slipped out of tune a bit at one point and autotune can correct that fairly well. It is just massively abused for effect. Of course, in my opinion I'd rather have things going slightly out of tune but that's not how studio records work.
Ah well, its not the first time, thanks for putting me straight.
Though as it happens I think the term "vocoder" would provide a handy distinction between a deliberate and obvious effect and autotune as it is more commonly used to try and hide shortcomings in a singer's performance. -
dogbot 2,902 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThis is a vocoder, innit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblFQppJfyg
Euunngh. -
dogbot 2,902 posts
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Registered 11 years agoGah, bloody hypersensitive new Mac buttons. :s -
What's that thing Peter Frampton uses then? Is it similar in theory? -
LionheartDJH 20,303 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMatt_B wrote:
Donk
You obviously missed this masterpiece. -
dogbot 2,902 posts
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Registered 11 years agoAlso a vocoder. I think the point is autotune has a vocoder function, which is the Cher thing but also does other (ideally less-noticable) stuff, too.
Weren't the original vocoders sort of intended as an actual instrument, rather than a studio tool? -
buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSnakehips76 wrote:
Thats a talkbox - a guitar vocoder, basically.
What's that thing Peter Frampton uses then? Is it similar in theory?
Also heard on Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" -
gang_of_bitches wrote:
Though as it happens I think the term "vocoder" would provide a handy distinction between a deliberate and obvious effect and autotune as it is more commonly used to try and hide shortcomings in a singer's performance.
Yeah, it does pretty much sum it up well.
Autotune, from what I recall of my dabbling with it, basically has an intensity setting which when set very high will jump between one pitch and another. Hence the effect, it's not got a vocoder setting, or at least the version I messed with didn't. -
Futaba 3,636 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAnything that comes from X-Factor.
Cascada.
Almost all pop music (okay I'd say that's more for kids than idiots).
Lady Gaga
95% of chart music. -
Dr.Haggard 4,641 posts
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Registered 18 years agodogbot wrote:
Much better
This is a vocoder, innit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblFQppJfyg
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LionheartDJH 20,303 posts
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Registered 12 years ago5 pages and no mention of N-Dubz yet? Surprising. Also add the Blackout Crew, which I find quite funny as most of their awful songs seem to revolve around them shouting about how awesome and talented they are, when in fact none of them are very good at anything, other than looking like twats. -
I could never figure out if Goldie Looking Chain were serious or a piss-take (probably a mixture of both)
If 'serious', then them. -
dogbot 2,902 posts
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Registered 11 years agoDr.Haggard wrote:
dogbot wrote:
Much better
This is a vocoder, innit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblFQppJfyg
Euunngh.
Tbh, neither's really my cup of meat.
I like Neil Young, but Trans is my least favoured record of his. -
santabakingapie 353 posts
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Registered 11 years agotrans is really good, quite underrated but not a masterpiece or anything. at one point I owned every neil young record o_O that reminds me I've been meaning to flog my on the beach. -
dogbot 2,902 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI really like Computer Age (is that on Trans, or Re-Ac-Tor? :/ ) but I couldn't ever really get my head around the rest of it.
Much prefer his previous output, and Ragged Glory and the other later 80s noisenik stuff. -
gang_of_bitches 5,707 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSnakehips76 wrote:
I could never figure out if Goldie Looking Chain were serious or a piss-take (probably a mixture of both)
If 'serious', then them.
Goldie Lookin Chain always have/had their tongue very much in cheek. I thought they were brilliant, saw them support Super Furry Animals a few years back and they were really entertaining and produced better parodies than most of the people they were lampooning could manage. -
LionheartDJH 20,303 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYeah, heard a few GLC songs and they are pretty funny, don't think they're very serious to be honest, whereas a group like Blackout Crew are trying to be, and are so bad they're funny. -
Can we do a games for complete idiots thread? That will go off with a bang. -
santabakingapie 353 posts
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Registered 11 years agogo on, start it -
LionheartDJH 20,303 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYes do, and we can take bets on how long before it gets locked. -
I scared. -
Carlo 21,801 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWell I have no idea how, but I've ended up with Birds Of Tokyo on my iphone.
Are they shit? I've never heard of them before. Great cover graphic though! -
Didn't last long -
LionheartDJH 20,303 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIndeed, I was expecting more than 10 minutes at least. -
The mods round here are sharp shooters. -
nickthegun 87,712 posts
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Registered 16 years agojonsaan wrote:
The irony is that Cher is a fantastic singer. She used it as an effect.
Is this the same cher who blasts through every song she has ever recorded with a low, foghorn-esque shout? -
Bring Me The Horizon
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Rage_Quit_Rob wrote:
The mods round here are sharp shooters.
More like quick-shooters.......in bed.
Twas Autotune, the producers spent time bragging about this secret new tool they have and then some other producers figured out pretty quickly that it was autotune. 
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