Hey Doods. Here's a link to a band who's disc I just mastered. They got a couple decent pop tunes like May 26 and Indie Souls.

I fail to see the link.

Whoops....

http://www.myspace.com/porcelainbandcanada

The mix is good, but I really think you should have autotuned the singer's voice in a lot of places.

That's funny cause I didn't think the mixes were good. Auto tune... never.

Uh, auto tune is a must if you want a good product. Learn how to do it well with envelopes and only use it in places it's needed. Makes all the difference, especially when the singer is super pitchy like that one.

Lol.. if the person can't do it with their voice, they shouldn't try to achieve it with auto tune. Makes you sound fucking retarded.

Auto-tune is used in every mix now, even if you can't really hear it.

I agree that people overusing it is fucking awful, but if it's used correctly just to correct a small pitch that could save a lot of time, then it's really useful.

Not one band I like or listen to uses auto tune. Second, no digital in my studio. Third, not too much auto tuning in mastering. Fourth, Just tossing this band out there. I'm not super proud or think this is awesome, just a couple tunes here you'll probably never hear but I think there's something in those two I mentioned to maybe get something from.

On a side note, yea, auto tune is for entertainers, not musicians.

This post was edited by Superchum on Jun 23 2010 12:06pm

While that's probably true, it doesn't change the fact that great music was being recorded decades before the technology even existed.


Well said.