The use of autotune

MC Chronic · 12-08-2009, 02:23 PM

Hi Guys/Girls,

Im a fairly new MC and i have no trouble in writing what i think are quality lyrics. I have some home recording gear which captures good vocals but i just feel my voice isnt right for the type of music i like.

I write kinda grime/hip-hop lyrics but my voice just doesnt sound right. I would love a kinda urban voice like DJ Ironik or Tinchy Stryder. Is there anyway i could ever get this kind of effect on my vocals. I have began using autotune software but this only gets a kind of T-PAIN effect.

I guess i am destined to fail?
Any advice comments appreciated.

MC Chronic.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-08-2009, 02:37 PM

Are your vocals sounding a bit flat in the mix? If so your not alone - rapping is one of the hardest things to properly produce. A lot of guys just throw auto-tune over it because they don't know what to do with it, but it's frustrating because a lot of them don't like sounding like T-Pain.

My advice is to use a vocal compressor and a very light chorus effect. Then copying your vocals to several other tracks and play around with the pan, volume and FX on each one. You'll get it sounding right eventually.

A light distorted track in the background can work nicely.

mr dave · 12-08-2009, 02:47 PM

reverb or some mild phaser/flanger on a voice also makes for interesting end results.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-08-2009, 02:53 PM

^ Nice but I think he wanted to avoid that. lol

mr dave · 12-08-2009, 02:54 PM

my bad hehe i saw the grime angle and that's what it sounds like to me hehe

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 12-08-2009, 02:55 PM

Whoops, wasn't responding to you. Was saying something to Proto-Punk but he deleted the post.

MC Chronic · 12-08-2009, 03:19 PM

are any of these settings available in audacity/autotune/FL? Maybe if i could email a recording someone could have a fiddle? Im such a noob to all this but i will keep playing and hope i get a better sound soon

thanks ppl.

Bane of your existence · 12-09-2009, 05:53 AM

Straight up, you're going to look back on your stuff ten years from now like you were in fucking Devo if you start auto-tuning your stuff. Keep playing with the production and try to do it right, is my advice.

TheBig3 · 12-09-2009, 08:16 AM

This is anti-autotune, death of the ringtone
This ain’t for Itunes, this ain’t for sing-along
This is Sinatra at the opera, bring a blonde
Preferably with a fat ass who can sing a song
Wrong, this ain’t politically correct
This might offend my political connects
My rap’s don’t have melodies
This **** make n*****s wanna go n commit felonies
Ah, get your chain tooken
I may do it myself, I’m so Brooklyn
I know we facin a recession
But the music yall makin gonna make it the great depression
Ah, or your lack of aggression
Pull your skirt back down, grow a set men
Ah, ah.. nigga this just violent
This is death of autotune, ah moment of silence
la da da da… hey hey hey goodbye
Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen
No I.D. on the track let the story begin…
begin….begin
Holdup, this ain’t a number 1 record
This is practically assault with a deadly weapon
I made this just for Flex n Mrs. C,
I want people to feel threatened
Stop your blood clot crying
The kid the dog everybody dying
No lyin, yourboy’ jeans too tight
Your colors too bright, your voice too light
I might wear black four years straight,
I might bring back Versace shades,
This ain’t for Z100
Ye told me to kill yall to keep it 100
This is for Hot 9-7
This for clue for Khaled, for we the best n’
yeah this is just violent
This is death of auto tune, moment of silence…

Holdup, this might need a verse from Jeezy… ay!
I might send this to the mixtape Weezy
Get somebody from BMF to talk on this
Give this to a Blood, let a Crip walk on it
Get me foul to style on this
I just don’t need nobody to smile on this
You rappers singin too much,
Get back to rap you T-Pain’n too much
Ah, I’m a multi-millionaire
So how is it I’m still the hardest nigga here?
I don’t be in the project hallway
Talkin’ bout how I be in the project all day
I sounds stupid to me,
If you a gangsta, this is how you prove it to me
Yeah, just get violent
This is death of autotune, moment of silence
la da da da… hey hey hey goodbye
Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen
No I.D. on the track let the story begin…

MC Chronic · 12-09-2009, 11:03 AM

i know this is DOA lyrics by Jayz lol. I just wanna change my vocals slightly to fit the more urban grimey kinda sound that lyrics have as mine is kinda plain and flat and doesnt sound rude enough lol. ill be happy to email across some vocals if anyone wants to help. Thanks for the comments above thought ill have a play around.

Cheers.

12-08-2009, 02:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
MC Chronic Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	The use of autotune Hi Guys/Girls, Im a fairly new MC and i have no trouble in writing what i think are quality lyrics. I have some home recording gear which captures good vocals but i just feel my voice isnt right for the type of music i like. I write kinda grime/hip-hop lyrics but my voice just doesnt sound right. I would love a kinda urban voice like DJ Ironik or Tinchy Stryder. Is there anyway i could ever get this kind of effect on my vocals. I have began using autotune software but this only gets a kind of T-PAIN effect. I guess i am destined to fail? Any advice comments appreciated. MC Chronic.

12-09-2009, 08:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	This is anti-autotune, death of the ringtone This ain’t for Itunes, this ain’t for sing-along This is Sinatra at the opera, bring a blonde Preferably with a fat ass who can sing a song Wrong, this ain’t politically correct This might offend my political connects My rap’s don’t have melodies This ** make n***s wanna go n commit felonies Ah, get your chain tooken I may do it myself, I’m so Brooklyn I know we facin a recession But the music yall makin gonna make it the great depression Ah, or your lack of aggression Pull your skirt back down, grow a set men Ah, ah.. nigga this just violent This is death of autotune, ah moment of silence la da da da… hey hey hey goodbye Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen No I.D. on the track let the story begin… begin….begin Holdup, this ain’t a number 1 record This is practically assault with a deadly weapon I made this just for Flex n Mrs. C, I want people to feel threatened Stop your blood clot crying The kid the dog everybody dying No lyin, yourboy’ jeans too tight Your colors too bright, your voice too light I might wear black four years straight, I might bring back Versace shades, This ain’t for Z100 Ye told me to kill yall to keep it 100 This is for Hot 9-7 This for clue for Khaled, for we the best n’ yeah this is just violent This is death of auto tune, moment of silence… Holdup, this might need a verse from Jeezy… ay! I might send this to the mixtape Weezy Get somebody from BMF to talk on this Give this to a Blood, let a Crip walk on it Get me foul to style on this I just don’t need nobody to smile on this You rappers singin too much, Get back to rap you T-Pain’n too much Ah, I’m a multi-millionaire So how is it I’m still the hardest nigga here? I don’t be in the project hallway Talkin’ bout how I be in the project all day I sounds stupid to me, If you a gangsta, this is how you prove it to me Yeah, just get violent This is death of autotune, moment of silence la da da da… hey hey hey goodbye Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen No I.D. on the track let the story begin… __________________ I've moved to a new address

12-08-2009, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Are your vocals sounding a bit flat in the mix? If so your not alone - rapping is one of the hardest things to properly produce. A lot of guys just throw auto-tune over it because they don't know what to do with it, but it's frustrating because a lot of them don't like sounding like T-Pain. My advice is to use a vocal compressor and a very light chorus effect. Then copying your vocals to several other tracks and play around with the pan, volume and FX on each one. You'll get it sounding right eventually. A light distorted track in the background can work nicely.

12-08-2009, 02:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	^ Nice but I think he wanted to avoid that. lol

12-08-2009, 02:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Whoops, wasn't responding to you. Was saying something to Proto-Punk but he deleted the post.

12-08-2009, 03:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
MC Chronic Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	are any of these settings available in audacity/autotune/FL? Maybe if i could email a recording someone could have a fiddle? Im such a noob to all this but i will keep playing and hope i get a better sound soon thanks ppl.

12-09-2009, 05:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
Bane of your existence Such That Join Date: May 2007 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,197	Straight up, you're going to look back on your stuff ten years from now like you were in fucking Devo if you start auto-tuning your stuff. Keep playing with the production and try to do it right, is my advice.

12-09-2009, 11:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
MC Chronic Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	i know this is DOA lyrics by Jayz lol. I just wanna change my vocals slightly to fit the more urban grimey kinda sound that lyrics have as mine is kinda plain and flat and doesnt sound rude enough lol. ill be happy to email across some vocals if anyone wants to help. Thanks for the comments above thought ill have a play around. Cheers.