This is about vocoders kinda. T-Pain signature vocal sound with basic his voice ran through a vocoder. Not auto-tune as a lot of people have though it was. I like vocoders. I think they are cool. But it is a dramatic effect and to me gets annoying after a while. It becomes gimmicky. Maybe a cover for poor or uninteresting vocal work. Especially after more than 2 years. What if the that Cher auto tune effect was on every other song and never went way? Or on every other song? What if Daft Punk was a guest vocalist on every 3rd song on the radio? Or if half the rock songs and Frampton talk box vocals. To me at least that is what it is like. I’m sure people will get sick of it and dispose of it like most pop music but it is amazing it has gone this far. I am not sure its lasting appeal says about the state of popular music but I do not think it is good.
It is nice when people use things a little different like vocoders creatively but sparingly. It really can and some wow without becoming a gimmick. Check the video below about the 5:50 mark. There is an amazing vocoder vocal part. I the song came out in 1975 and is great example of a dramatic adding a touch of brilliance.
> What if the that Cher auto tune effect was on every other song and never went way?
You’re definitely not listening to the radio – at least, not the stations I’ve been scanning through.
The robo-Cher auto-tune effect is heavily [ab-]used on many, many songs.
“You’re definitely not listening to the radio…”
You are right. The radio is pretty unappealing to me now. Maybe thats why the prevalence of the that vocoder effect was shocking to me. I did here it on a news program. I am kind of glad I am out of touch.
[...] I happen to like the vocoder but like Auto-Tune they have a huge potential for abuse. The rate higher on the list than Auto-Tune because they have less real practical value. You can use Auto-tune or a vocoder for similar effect so this is just a guilty. They can be an amazing effect like in the case of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn but are over abused and gimmicky (see T-Pain.) [...]
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