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What's with nearly every song using a vocoder?

AARRRGH · 2009-12-08 13:05:55

This is for the very commerical hip-hop stuff, e.g. Kanye, Timbaland, etc. I'm sitting at home today with my TV showing the Kiss music channel. Nearly every song is using a vocoder when the artist sings. They aren't trying to hide it as it seems a feature of each song. Seems rather repetitive...

08-12-2009 02:05PM

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AARRRGH

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This is for the very commerical hip-hop stuff, e.g. Kanye, Timbaland, etc.

I'm sitting at home today with my TV showing the Kiss music channel. Nearly every song is using a vocoder when the artist sings. They aren't trying to hide it as it seems a feature of each song.

Seems rather repetitive...

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#2 08-12-2009 03:28PM

Boom_Bap

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unfortunatley it's just one of those fads that is after taking off in the charts/mainstream. In some places it is used well, in others it's a downright disgrace.

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#3 09-12-2009 07:30PM

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Yes, it depends on how it's applied. As I see it T-Pain seems to be the only one who gets it consistently right.

Worst example I've heard so far was Kano's new tune. Defies description.

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