• Jay@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      Cher has been around decades before auto-tune even existed.

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        11 months ago

        Sure but the article specifically mentions autotune being a Cher first thing.

        The ubiquitous robotic Auto-Tune effect? Cher did that first.

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          11 months ago

          Motherfuckers never heard of a vocoder before.

          Also it’s hilarious that other motherfuckers think that auto tune effect was supposed to hide imperfections in her singing and not be a blatant and intentional vocal effect.

          “Believe” is a cheesy ass tune, tho

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            11 months ago

            It wasn’t a vocoder in Believe but they did lie and say it was initially to keep it a trade secret.

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      11 months ago

      My friend auto tune did not exist in 1965 yet she still topped the 100 billard chart. She can more then carry a tune. Don’t diminish skill because you don’t like her style.

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          11 months ago

          I did. Did I miss something specifically? This posturing is not helpful to your point. No wants to believe a jackass even if they are right.

          • sik0fewl@kbin.social
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            11 months ago

            The ubiquitous robotic Auto-Tune effect? Cher did that first

            “I changed music forever with ‘Believe.'”

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            11 months ago

            Hey - me again.

            I didn’t mean to be a jackass, I was just skimming through and yours was the second comment I saw along the same line of thought within minutes, which is why I gave a curt response. I realize now that the comments were so close together that you probably didn’t even see the first one.

            All that to say - sorry for being a dick, I just wanted to highlight that OC was arguing the autotune thing, not the whole article (or the headline).

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Cher wasn’t the first to use Auto-tune; she was the first to use it to intentionally distort vocals as an artistic choice rather than for minor pitch corrections.