Celemony Software Intros Melodyne Assistant & Melodyne Essential 2.0

Celemony has announced two new products: Melodyne assistant, which offers the Melodyne technology for the editing of vocals and monophonic instruments in a more affordable format, and Version 2 of the bundle edition Melodyne essential, which now runs directly as a plug-in in the Pro Tools environment and brings with it numerous improvements over the… Read More Celemony Software Intros Melodyne Assistant & Melodyne Essential 2.0

I Am T-Pain iPhone App AutoTunes Anybody For $2.99

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btN5yuVcRes Now you, too, can sing like T-Pain on monster classics like, I’m Sprung, and the immortal I’m N Luv (Wit A Sripper). Better yet – you can share your T-Pain with the world via MySpace, FaceBook or email. WTF? They missed Twitter! Maybe that’ll be in the “pro” version! Lulz. The I Am T-Pain… Read More I Am T-Pain iPhone App AutoTunes Anybody For $2.99

The Boss VE-20 Vocal Performer

BOSS has introduced a twin-pedal stompbox for performing vocalists, the VE-20 Vocal Performer. Features: Specialized effects for vocalists, including Harmony, Double-Track, Dynamics, Reverb, Delay, and more Create the total of 3-part harmonies and layers Realtime pitch-correction tools Special FX, including Distortion, Radio and Strobe Phrase Looper with 38 seconds (mono) of recording time Phantom power… Read More The Boss VE-20 Vocal Performer

In Praise Of Auto-Tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBoqPDtmDw Frieze Magazine has published a article that takes a contrarian look at the musicality of Auto-Tune. Author Jace Clayton first recognizes the fact that many musicians hate AutoTuned vocals: Vocal purists hate Auto-Tune. They hear in its robotic modulations some combination of sugar-rush novelty, bulldozed nuance, jejune synthetics, loss of ‘soul’, disdain for innate… Read More In Praise Of Auto-Tune