Sometimes I hear singers on CDs and on the radio & they sound really good but when I hear them live they are all off key and sounds bad. I'm wondering if there's some "fudging" of their voice in the recording studio - now that all music is digitally produced it probably wouldn't be that difficult. If this is true, do you consider that "cheating"?
2006-08-01 16:38:19 · 6 answers · asked by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Sure, that's what the producer does.
2006-08-01 16:41:52 · answer #1 · answered by Sir J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet they do. Brittney, Jessica, Paris, the list goes on and on. Sinead O' Connor was really the first artist to blatantly use studio magic to make the song sould better. She was highly criticized because her singing on an album was so different than when she performed live. They had digitally made things sound a whole lot better than what it was. Her live performance was horrid.
That is why many artists who rely heavily on the digital clean up use recordings when they sing live. It helps give their voices a lift so the don't sound so bad. Like Ashley Simpson on SNL. She really was singing live, they used a recording to make it sound better. Unfortunately, they goofed big time and she got busted. It is used more frequently than people like to admit. It is cheating to a certain degree. But in order to make money, it has become acceptable.
2006-08-01 16:57:40 · answer #2 · answered by Shanan D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's cheating, but since my husband owns a small studio it's good money, too. There are pitch correctors and preamps and special mics, not to mention all the stuff the computer can do after it's recorded. If you listen closely, tons of songs have the vocalist layered (same track played simultaneously 3 or 4 times, and I'm not talking about harmonizing) to add emphasis to the chorus.
2006-08-01 16:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The engineer can 'eq out' some clinkers. The CD is a finished work, like a painting. If you enjoy it, then it doesn't matter how it was made.
Personally, I think a band should be able to reproduce live what its selling on CD.
2006-08-01 16:45:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
before MTV, they didn't need to - they just had good singers. now they have pretty little girly men with dance moves and no voices.
2006-08-01 21:51:16 · answer #5 · answered by Sleepy Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would be shocked if you knew how many "Stars" have had to have every one of their vocal tracks digitally corected.
2006-08-01 16:45:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋