Members veracohr Posted June 25, 2011 Members Share Posted June 25, 2011 Does Auto Tune alter frequency content as an artifact of pitch shifting? I was just listening to a (really bad) pop song with Auto Tuned vocals and noticed that every once in a while a note would come out that was brighter, noticeably more harmonic content. Made me think that maybe those notes didn't need to be corrected, but the ones that did were noticeably darker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted June 25, 2011 Members Share Posted June 25, 2011 That's a good tip-off, yes. It's also lazy engineering; it's quite possible to go in and fix the formant and frequency content of a single note as needed. But things also happen during mastering that make pitch-adjusted tones pop out. Either way, you shouldn't be hearing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coaster Posted June 25, 2011 Members Share Posted June 25, 2011 Either way, you shouldn't be hearing it it may be intentional. i hear a lot of goopy stuff on katy perry songs that i am sure she could pull off on her own but i think they wanted a processed sound in certain spots. i'm pretty sure katy B's stuff is corrected as well but i cant really hear any affect of tuning on the song i am familiar with, lights on but there is one note that sticks out real bad that sounds like it was not a major third to start with but was corrected to be, i'm not sure though. my point is that often at this point in time the correction is a flavor. i just find it appalling that i hear spit on the 2010 fear factory album, i suspect in the uber fast kick quantize. there is some tearing there, and some spit at the tails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Part of pitch correction is (or at least, should be) formant correction to prevent this kind of thing. But as Jeff pointed out, some engineers are lazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted June 27, 2011 That's a good tip-off, yes. It's also lazy engineering; it's quite possible to go in and fix the formant and frequency content of a single note as needed. But things also happen during mastering that make pitch-adjusted tones pop out. Either way, you shouldn't be hearing it. I tell what's interesting to me regrading pitch correction. You can really hear it when the upper harmonics are attenuated. Meaning... when you're hearing the radio in the other room. It is incredible how apparent it is. I mean I hear it, on something like Hey Soul Sister, but once I leave the room, which I tend to do when that tune comes on, holy smoke... AT overkill!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 it may be intentional. Yup. There is that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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