What do you think about songs/artists that use autotune?

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#1 darktx2005
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I'm sure everyone has noticed the massive use of autotune in music today. Just curious what everyone thinks about it. Personally, I think autotune sounds cool when rap/hip hop artists like Kanye West and T-Pain use it. Otherwise, it typically sounds like crap. Even Lil Wayne sounds terrible with autotune.

What do you guys think?

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#2 spazzx625
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Overused garbage. It's not even ironic anymore...It's just annoying.
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#3 3DayFinisher
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If they can't sing without auto tune they shouldn't be singing.
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#4 Bluestorm-Kalas
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I don't listen to crappy music, so autotune doesn't effect me.

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#6 whisperingmute
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I find Auto-tune songs to be pretty good actually. Though, it has to be done right though.

The group that does these two songs:

Micheal Jackson, Drugs, Palin

and

Dragons, Geese, Micheal Vick

Are probably the best I've seen done.

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#7 darkIink
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considering 100% of the pop and R&B genres depend on it, I wish for it to die off.

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#8 XilePrincess
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Nobody has talent anymore, so it's kind of necessary. Anybody who needs it is garbage at singing in the first place.
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#9 Big_Bad_Sad
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Could be good if used sparingly. In every other song is bad and those that rely on it should stop singing.
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#10 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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Overused garbage. It's not even ironic anymore...It's just annoying.spazzx625

I concur..

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#11 ScreamDream
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I find Auto-tune songs to be pretty good actually. Though, it has to be done right though.

The group that does these two songs:

Micheal Jackson, Drugs, Palin

and

Dragons, Geese, Micheal Vick

Are probably the best I've seen done.

whisperingmute

Wow, that was horrible and funny and good.

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#12 -Water-Wings-
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I rather listen to artists who can actually sing good naturally.

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#13 super_mario_128
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It is horrible. I cringe everytime I hear it.
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#14 escapeoftheape
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it should ahve stopped after kanye west released 808s and heartbreak. now im really sick of it and i cant stand songs where autotune is used.
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#15 Bluegreen17
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I find Auto-tune songs to be pretty good actually. Though, it has to be done right though.

The group that does these two songs:

Micheal Jackson, Drugs, Palin

and

Dragons, Geese, Micheal Vick

Are probably the best I've seen done.

whisperingmute

Oh my gosh, that was completely awesome! :lol: I'm going to have to watch all of those!

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#16 jrhawk42
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I like it... but I only listen to what I want so it's not like I hear it as much as everybody else.

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#17 ghoklebutter
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[QUOTE="spazzx625"]Overused garbage. It's not even ironic anymore...It's just annoying.

Took the words straight from my mouth.
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#18 Neon-Tiger
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Good if done properly, bad if not, like everything.
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#19 Curlyfrii87
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Untalented garbage.

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#20 vidplayer8
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I think it can produce some interesting effects.

But its getting pretty overused.

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#21 killerkool07
Member since 2007 • 1210 Posts

it depends why its used if you do a song and only one note is wrong then cool its easier then recording the whole song again

if agained as a song effect it depends sometimes its good sometimes its bad depends how its used and when its used

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#22 Darth-Caedus
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Annoying as hell. If you can't sing without it, you shouldn't be singing. Thankfully, I don't listen to music that uses it very much/at all.
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#23 69ANT69
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Doesn't bother me to be honest, some singers suit it, others just sound annoying.
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#24 chessmaster1989
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I automatically lose a lot of respect for artists that use autotune... then again I tend not to like them anyway, so yeah...
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#25 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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I can deal with a tiny bit of autotune here or there, though I don't welcome it, but I can't stand it when it's overused, which happens far too often these days.
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#26 montzag
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Catchy I suppose if I'm in a bar at 2 AM, but it's not good music by any means.
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#27 SpaceMoose
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It sucks but if someone paid me millions of dollars to sing crappy music and cheat at doing it then I can't say I wouldn't do it.
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#28 alphamale1989
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As long as their not using it to compensate for a bad voice.
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#29 LJS9502_basic
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If they can't sing without auto tune they shouldn't be singing.3DayFinisher
This is exactly how I feel. I don't listen to said individuals. I can't call them musicians nor artists.
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#30 horgen  Moderator
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They aren't artists in my eyes anymore when they use it.
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#31 Nifty_Shark
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Oddly enough those that use it religiously seem to suck. Autotune could have been cool but because it's been so frequent the last few years I have gotten almost allergic to it.

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#32 quijeros
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It has its places in some music, like Daft Punk. But the way it's being overused in mainstream hip-hop sounds like garbage.

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#33 mo0ksi
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They're untalented.
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#34 GTR2addict
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It is horrible. Unless the artist is truly talented and wants to experiment new sounds, that's fine, but untalented garbage like ALL of the pop generation? Someone kill it with fire.
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#35 PsychoRedFox666
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Artist don't use Autotune, Autotune uses artists. It's very annoying and overused. I didn't even like it the first time I heard it.

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#36 Dark_Knight6
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Used sparingly, it sounds good (that one Snoop Dog song, for example) but it's just become an annoying way for crappy artists to get radio play.