Re: What do you use for pitch correction?
Originally Posted by
Ian Alexander
I don't disagree with you from an idealistic perspective, but practically we have to recognize where we are on the food chain. Until we have some sort of professional certification and licensing for audio engineers and the "board" crafts rules about acceptable practices, anyone who denies their clients' wants is simply out of a job. If you are in a situation, financially or professionally, where you can turn those clients away, great. Otherwise, you're making a symbolic but unnoticed self sacrifice.
I just don't see a growing tide of engineers who buck the trend until it's considered uncool to use AT, etc., eventually forcing substandard musicians to find other meaningful pursuits.
Autotune isn't all bad though. I just got done with a project for a family I know. They're not, and don't want to be, professionals, but they have a lot of friends around who like their music (bluegrass gospel stuff). They weren't aware of the tuning issues until the first proof set, and I was able to correct a lot of it transparently for them and improve the performance.
It also gives me the ability to threaten to "Brittney" people when they get out of tune, just for laughs (they wouldn't get a Kanye reference).
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