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Re:The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune by superpope99 on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:57PM (#15485741)
I have a little experience with the recording process, having been involved in the production of a contemporary a cappella album, and I think most people wouldn't believe how much stuff is auto-tuned. To my ear, if you listen to something like the Pitch Perfect soundtrack, a lot of it sounds quite obviously pitch corrected, but I will play it to musical friends and they are often surprised when I tell them there's some serious auto-tune going on.

Outside of the a cappella domain, I believe it's pretty prominent in most pop music, but my understanding is that the technology's gotten to the point where 95% of the time you can't tell apart machine correction from good tuning of the vocalist.

Re:The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune by Splines on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:57PM (#15486176)
It's like CGI in movies - when it's done well you don't realize that it's being done at all.
Re:The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune by sliverstorm on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:29PM (#15486412)
And like CGI in movies, you get the best results when the source material only needs slight enhancements.
Re:The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune by copperx on Monday October 16, 2017 @08:35PM (#15487801)
True. Inserting anything that doesn't exist in the first place, like a plane, train, animal, or monster is incredibly jarring for even the most casual movie watcher. It's a bit sad that we can't create convincing things out of thin air using CGI in 2017.
Re:The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune by exikyut on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @01:15AM (#15488837)
An odd source for related content, but you reminded me of this which I saw a few months ago: https://imgur.com/gallery/BdfNEko