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
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And like CGI in movies, you get the best results when the source material only needs slight enhancements.
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.
An odd source for related content, but you reminded me of this which I saw a few months ago: https://imgur.com/gallery/BdfNEko
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.