sidewinder

I don't hear it often at all and I think it's crap.

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sidewinder

I used to like Muse but I really can't stand the singer's voice anymore. I don't EVER feel like listening to them.

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What do you think of the use of vocoders and talk-boxes? I kind of see autotune in the same category.

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Freebase Dali

I'm the same way.. not so much because of the voice though... They just became less interesting to me, which was probably 50% my fault and 50% theirs... maybe more like 70% theirs with the advent of their latest album.

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scottsy

Thirteen minute prog rock epics are the most awesome thing to ever hit my ears...

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OctaneHugo

Autotune and associated acts are just another symbol of musical decline

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scottsy

It's definitely a technique that you can hear WAY too much of in current top forty crap anyways...

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sidewinder

I agree it really is the same category. I used to be ok with it, particularly in industrial music that I listened to in the early and mid 90s (much of it being recorded in the 80s), but it wasn't used quite in the same way. I still like some vocal effects here and there, distortion and what not, I just can't stand the way autotune is used in today's pop music. It's like I heard that shit in way cooler music long ago, I don't need crappy pop stars making it trendy and worse. It seemed like it had a purpose back then, especially in industrial music. It was to make the voices sound otherworldly, demonic, robotic, scary or what have you. It fit the music. Today's pop? Hey listen to this cool effect! I can make my voice sound weird, cool! I dunno man, I just don't like it. But I don't listen to that kind of pop music anyway, like I said I rarely hear it, so it doesn't really affect me.

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I wouldn't argue with anyone regarding it's new found popularity and abuse. I am aware of it, but like you, I don't really listen to the music it's been adopted by lately. When I hear it used successfully in a genre of music I like, I can still find some enjoyment in it as I'm not totally desensitized to the effect. It is a shame how cookie cutter it is being used and tossed on far too many tracks.

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