<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/20 spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:</span> </div>
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<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Have we experts among us on electronic voice enhancement?  Does autotune allow any voice to be brought to nearly perfect in-tune? </p>
</div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A quote from time magazine: " <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Auto-Tune doesn't make it possible for just anyone to sing like a pro, but used as its creator intended, it can transform a wavering performance into something technically flawless. "</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Full article here. </span><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1877372,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1877372,00.html</a></div>
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<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>If so, how can we, or can we, distinguish a terrific new talent from an ordinary nobody who has been autotuned? </p></div></div></blockquote></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Phrasing. Vocal range. Timing. Interpretation.  And my particular favorite though perhaps not relevant to this discussion: song-writing ability. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> For instance this one:<u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOu0DuxFAT0&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOu0DuxFAT0&feature=player_embedded</a><u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Real?  Or computer enhanced? </p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No clue. Personally I hated it. But that's just a matter of taste.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Darren</div></div>