Auto de-tuning. An idea whose time has come.

April 1, 2010 3:27 AM

Anecdotal evidence shows that you, the Metafilter reader, have had it up to here with autotuned vocals in pop music. Well, the good people over at the Moog company feel your pain, and have introduced, as part of their popular Moogerfooger line, a piece of studio gear designed to counter the trend toward artificial pitch correction. Ladies and gentlemen, the MF-401 Auto De-tune. Although, any studio considering the MF-401 might want to look into the all-purpose Turd Polisher Pro instead...

You'll note that Mrs. Miller and Florence Foster Jenkins are only two of the handy presets available on MF-401. Happy detuning!

posted by flapjax at midnite (21 comments total)

401?

Funny, that happens to be today's date.
posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 4:30 AM on April 1, 2010

Be quiet, Bathtub–this is really really real!
posted by Mister_A at 5:43 AM on April 1, 2010

I think April 1 is becoming my favorite holiday because of stuff like this.
posted by scrowdid at 5:43 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

I think April 1 is becoming my favorite holiday because of stuff like this.

Good one!
posted by DU at 5:46 AM on April 1, 2010

LOLed 4 realz.

It's actually an awesome idea for a ProTools plugin.
posted by fourcheesemac at 6:16 AM on April 1, 2010

I just came to adjust your anecdotal reference markers. I quite enjoy auto-tune. No foolin.
posted by dearsina at 6:27 AM on April 1, 2010

We should vote dearsina off the island.
posted by Mister_A at 6:30 AM on April 1, 2010

I've found it generally easy to get the drunken sailor sound. But then, I am a professional at it.
posted by Bovine Love at 6:38 AM on April 1, 2010

i have an advance review copy - i tried it on this and got this

bizarre
posted by pyramid termite at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2010

OK. I give them love for Florence Foster Jenkins. But grudgingly.
posted by sourwookie at 6:45 AM on April 1, 2010

I just came to adjust your anecdotal reference markers. I quite enjoy auto-tune. No foolin.

♫ AH-ie GEE-yusst KAE-MMM t00 AH'D-yuSSt YURR an-EHH-doe-TILL reff-ERR-enss-SUH mm-ARR-kurrrr-zzz... ♫
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:49 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Biz Markie has been using this device for years.
posted by burnmp3s at 6:57 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Stephen Hawking, is that you?

Do you still go by "MC Hawk"?
posted by Mister_A at 7:08 AM on April 1, 2010

And how come nobody uses "MC" in their stage name anymore? And what the hell is Pepsi? It looks like Coke but tastes like something Coke pooped out! And why are you still on my lawn?
posted by Mister_A at 7:11 AM on April 1, 2010

Haha! Both great links. I love the sfxmachine people...the before and after audio is priceless.
posted by nosila at 7:36 AM on April 1, 2010

Poisson d'Avril
posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey at 8:38 AM on April 1, 2010

Biz Markie has been using this device for years.

Nah, he's all real. Just like the whammy bar is for people who can't make a guitar play vibrato, the Auto-De-tuner is for folks who can't break notes naturally.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:51 AM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

I will never, ever, ever understand the appeal of auto-tuned music. It's like they took that one part of Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like I Do and made AN ENTIRE FUCKING GENRE OF MUSIC out of it.
posted by Afroblanco at 9:25 AM on April 1, 2010

It's like they took that one part of Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like I Do and made AN ENTIRE FUCKING GENRE OF MUSIC out of it.

It's like he took one guitar effect and made AN ENTIRE FUCKING CAREER OUT OF IT.

Not that it's a bad thing (see The Edge and his trusty Delay pedal)
posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 9:37 AM on April 1, 2010

I will never, ever, ever understand the appeal of auto-tuned music.

So, we can put you down for an MF-401 then, Afroblanco? It ships with a free copy of Roger Troutman's Greatest Hits.

Tell you what, though, if you don't think Stevie Wonder covering the Carpenters on the talkbox is totally awesome, your awesome meter needs recalibrating.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:26 AM on April 1, 2010

God, I fucking hate April 1st.
posted by e40 at 12:35 PM on April 1, 2010