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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 138319" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Behringer X32 Firmware v3.0 Feature RequestsI don&#039;t have the neurosis needed to be a &quot;studio guy&quot; (been there, tried that, didn&#039;t like it) but that&#039;s not why I dislike the entire concept of AutoTune as it is too often used - fixing the performance of a singer who hasn&#039;t got the chops to sing a single verse or chorus on pitch.&nbsp; Do that make it inherently bad?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; What it has done, though, is make it possible for those with less than the necessary talent have it shot at a career in entertainment.What artists would eschew AutoTune?&nbsp; 99.7% of the acts I mix.&nbsp; But as a band engineer, the touring guy who rides on the bus, if my act wants or needs it, I&#039;ll use it because I&#039;m hired to deliver a particular representation of the act.&nbsp; There&#039;s a difference between genuine art and the commercial representation of art, and I don&#039;t have a philosophical problem with either but I do have a preference to work with musicians of the requisite caliber to not *need* such device.As for artists wanting AutoTune used live...&nbsp; I can count on 1 hand the number of acts that I know have AT plugins running on the FOH console (or using the physical device) and for the most part their reliance on it is pretty well known in professional circles... those who need it, do, and those who do not, will not use it unless it&#039;s for the pseudo-vocoder effect that is easily created with AutoTune.Daniel, it&#039;s my *preference* to work with musicians who possess the skill, talent, craft and artistry to present themselves without artifice.&nbsp; I like my performances organic, not GMO/anti-biotic infused/hormone laden.&nbsp; I&#039;ll mix anybody who can pay my fee and to the best of my ability, give them what they want with the tools provided (even autotune), but that doesn&#039;t mean I&#039;ll like AutoTune.As for the public recognizing that fashion magazines are not real... I beg to differ.&nbsp; Unless something is labeled as being modified there is an innate human assumption that what you see is a genuine representation.&nbsp; This has led to a number of issues regarding body image and self esteem among young people who haven&#039;t figured out that they&#039;re being shown a falsehood. For the record (no pun intended) I&#039;ve never purchased a Creed recording and never will.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 138319, member: 67"] Re: Behringer X32 Firmware v3.0 Feature Requests I don't have the neurosis needed to be a "studio guy" (been there, tried that, didn't like it) but that's not why I dislike the entire concept of AutoTune as it is too often used - fixing the performance of a singer who hasn't got the chops to sing a single verse or chorus on pitch. Do that make it inherently bad? No. What it has done, though, is make it possible for those with less than the necessary talent have it shot at a career in entertainment. What artists would eschew AutoTune? 99.7% of the acts I mix. But as a band engineer, the touring guy who rides on the bus, if my act wants or needs it, I'll use it because I'm hired to deliver a particular representation of the act. There's a difference between genuine art and the commercial representation of art, and I don't have a philosophical problem with either but I do have a preference to work with musicians of the requisite caliber to not *need* such device. As for artists wanting AutoTune used live... I can count on 1 hand the number of acts that I know have AT plugins running on the FOH console (or using the physical device) and for the most part their reliance on it is pretty well known in professional circles... those who need it, do, and those who do not, will not use it unless it's for the pseudo-vocoder effect that is easily created with AutoTune. Daniel, it's my *preference* to work with musicians who possess the skill, talent, craft and artistry to present themselves without artifice. I like my performances organic, not GMO/anti-biotic infused/hormone laden. I'll mix anybody who can pay my fee and to the best of my ability, give them what they want with the tools provided (even autotune), but that doesn't mean I'll like AutoTune. As for the public recognizing that fashion magazines are not real... I beg to differ. Unless something is labeled as being modified there is an innate human assumption that what you see is a genuine representation. This has led to a number of issues regarding body image and self esteem among young people who haven't figured out that they're being shown a falsehood. For the record (no pun intended) I've never purchased a Creed recording and never will. [/QUOTE]

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