I don't care if people use it for pitch correction, but they seriously need to stop using it for that stupid gimmick vocoder effect.

Yes, it was very clever 10 years ago, now it's just a stupid gimmick that everyone will laugh at in 10 years.

Lupe's not entirely down with the auto-tuner either:

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I don't care if people use it for pitch correction, but they seriously need to stop using it for that stupid gimmick vocoder effect.

Yes, it was very clever 10 years ago, now it's just a stupid gimmick that everyone will laugh at in 10 years.

I don't know if it's the style you're talking about, but how about Cynic's vocoder use?

Either way, you get the same result at the end.

Not really, maybe it's just me and maybe I'm the only one who can tell when it's being used but to me auto tuner sounds freaking horrible.

I don't care if people use it for pitch correction, but they seriously need to stop using it for that stupid gimmick vocoder effect.

Yes, it was very clever 10 years ago, now it's just a stupid gimmick that everyone will laugh at in 10 years.

I don't know if it's the style you're talking about, but how about Cynic's vocoder use?

They did that in '93 too though. So that's beyond 10 years ago :p

Oh yeah, their first album was that long ago wasn't it? I dig the robo voice that Paul Masvidal uses though.

Either way, you get the same result at the end.

Not really, maybe it's just me and maybe I'm the only one who can tell when it's being used but to me auto tuner sounds freaking horrible.

Nope, I can hear it and thinks it sounds horrible too. It's like when tuning a guitar, you can here it go through all the wrong notes before it gets the right one. Is that what you get too?

Paul Masvidal's angel robot voice fits Cynic perfectly.

Paul Masvidal's angel robot voice fits Cynic perfectly.

Ditto.

Is that what all the bad pop-punk and "crabcore" band use? Where it sounds like they're a gay Dalek?

Is that what all the bad pop-punk and "crabcore" band use? Where it sounds like they're a gay Dalek?

Yeah, but they use it on a setting so its a much more extreme effect.

Is that what all the bad pop-punk and "crabcore" band use? Where it sounds like they're a gay Dalek?

Got me puzzled at "crabcore". Googled it, found some on youtube and bursted with laughter when band seamlessly changed metalcorish one-big-breakdown chug into cheery disco and started prancing around. These guys are comedy geniuses

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Thanks for turning my attention on this awesome phenomenon. Srsly.

Crabcore is getting everywhere now I see..... I thought the whole joke would have died already by now, but I was wrong...

On behalf of the midwest, I would like to apologize to everybody.

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The last part of that song gave me a huge 'WTF?'-moment.

When the use of Auto-Tune is that notable I'm no fan either, but it's perfect for small pitch corrections as was said earlier (also by me). If I listen to our auto-tuned (or adjusted with similar software) vocals they really don't sound any less natural to me. I think there's a difference between proper use and overuse.