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NRaleighLiberal

(61,908 posts) Sun Feb 12, 2012, 09:32 PM Feb 2012

Ack. Autotune hits the Grammies. My ears! Time to change the channel....

Worst thing to happen to music, that damn autotune crap....oh well - Downton Abbey is on soon!

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Ack. Autotune hits the Grammies. My ears! Time to change the channel.... (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 OP

Don't know what pipi_k Feb 2012 #1

I hate auto tune LynneSin Feb 2012 #2

Find something (on the radio anyway) that isn't autotuned these days JCMach1 Feb 2012 #3

You gotta listen to better radio stations geardaddy Feb 2012 #4

Even the Arabic and Indian channels use an insane amount of autotune here... JCMach1 Feb 2012 #6

Probably why I don't listen to the radio that much anymore LynneSin Feb 2012 #5

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

1. Don't know what

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 10:10 PM

Feb 2012

autotune is, but I changed the channel when Foo Fighters came on.

Noisy and un-melodic trash.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

2. I hate auto tune

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 10:21 PM

Feb 2012

Sure it's a fun tool to use on occasion but entire albums are autotuned- ugh!

JCMach1

(29,242 posts)

3. Find something (on the radio anyway) that isn't autotuned these days

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:27 AM

Feb 2012

It's pretty hard...

geardaddy

(25,392 posts)

4. You gotta listen to better radio stations

Reply to JCMach1 (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:30 AM

Feb 2012

Like this one: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/streams.shtml

JCMach1

(29,242 posts)

6. Even the Arabic and Indian channels use an insane amount of autotune here...

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:59 AM

Feb 2012

And yes, the choice of western channels suck...

Stuff like Virgin radio...

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

5. Probably why I don't listen to the radio that much anymore

Reply to JCMach1 (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:32 AM

Feb 2012

I think Auto-tune can be fun when used as a gimmick - like when Jimmy Page used a violin bow to play parts of 'Dazed and Confused'. But if Jimmy did that with every Led Zeppelin song it would get real old real quickly.

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