are vocoders back in style?

they're back aren't they?

They were, but have very quicky gone out of fashion again though, almost at the speed of light.

vocoders, like air, never goes out of style

kanye killed them for good

fuck i have a headache just thinking about that asshole

Jack dangers + vocoder= magic

  kaen said:

kanye killed them for good

 

fuck i have a headache just thinking about that asshole

i thought he used autotune -- not vocoders -- on his latest abortion?

Isn't autotune technically a vocoder?

nope

  Laughable Butane Bob said:

Isn't autotune technically a vocoder?

no

I stand corrected, thanks!

But Autotune does use a vocoder.

  OneToThirtySix said:

But Autotune does use a vocoder.

no, it doesn't...

it's a realtime granular pitch adjustment

a vocoder splits an incoming signal (saaaay a voice..) into volumes across a set amount of frequency bands then applies those band specific volumes to a secondary input/built in synthesizer

autotune simply re-pitches incoming audio, granularly

pitchfork gave darkstars "need you" the "best dubstep single" award last year

i'd say vocoders are a go

autotune is hated on....for now...people also hated flangers when they came out

give it time

Autotune = Cher - Believe in Love

  pantsonmyhead said:

  OneToThirtySix said:

But Autotune does use a vocoder.

no, it doesn't...

it's a realtime granular pitch adjustment

 

a vocoder splits an incoming signal (saaaay a voice..) into volumes across a set amount of frequency bands then applies those band specific volumes to a secondary input/built in synthesizer

 

 

autotune simply re-pitches incoming audio, granularly

 

 

 

pitchfork gave darkstars "need you" the "best dubstep single" award last year

i'd say vocoders are a go

autotune is hated on....for now...people also hated flangers when they came out

give it time

i quite like the sound of autotune when it's used as an effect, but i've only heard it used a few times the way i like it, eg. skinny puppy's album 'the greater wrong of the right' is a good use of autotune.

as for vocoders, in my opinion they were never uncool.

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  modey said:

  pantsonmyhead said:

  OneToThirtySix said:

But Autotune does use a vocoder.

yadadadadadada

i quite like the sound of autotune when it's used as an effect, but i've only heard it used a few times the way i like it, eg. skinny puppy's album 'the greater wrong of the right' is a good use of autotune.

 

as for vocoders, in my opinion they were never uncool.

i love the sound of autotune

especially running things other than voices through it

giving musical qualities to "unmusical" sounds

and it's all over that burial untrue album...just used very tastefully..."flipped proper" as it were

i was just kinda sayin it's kind of a fear of new technology thing

grog no like autotune

grog prefer rock and stick

  Squee said:

Autotune = Cher - Believe in Love

also autotune, probably the first example of extreme overuse as an effect in popular music

everything should be used in moderation

and as pointed out in this thread, autotune usually isn't nowadays

so if you're going to use a vocoder, don't think its going to make every track perfect and therefore overuse it on every track; don't let it become a gimmick

Personally, I LOVE vocoder. It can sometimes make a shit track much better. I remember my first listen of vocoder... herbie hancock... i forget the song name... Brilliant... Ed DMX knows how to use it better than most of his peers also.

i like this very much

went out of favor for awhile, but never out of style.

Autotune was used well by Daft Punk, but probably because it was used in a semi ironic way.

I am a big fan of the vocoder, and not just for vocals.

  kaini said:

  Squee said:

Autotune = Cher - Believe in Love

 

also autotune, probably the first example of extreme overuse as an effect in popular music

*cough* every guitar track for 40 fuckin years *cough*

  analogue wings said:

  kaini said:

  Squee said:

Autotune = Cher - Believe in Love

 

also autotune, probably the first example of extreme overuse as an effect in popular music

 

*cough* every guitar track for 40 fuckin years *cough*

 

i wouldn't consider distorted guitar to be an overused effect, it's just a tone really. but i freakin' love distorted guitar, so i'm a bit biased.

  analogue wings said:

  kaini said:

  Squee said:

Autotune = Cher - Believe in Love

 

also autotune, probably the first example of extreme overuse as an effect in popular music

 

*cough* every guitar track for 40 fuckin years *cough*

 

i am talking specifically autotune.

cher's believe was the first time someone had the bright idea to set it to 1000%