Yooo, another musikquestionn I need to understand and use in my work.

 

What's the difference between auto tune & vocoder (when used in musical recordings). I already know a bit about them and I've done research, but does anyone have any clear definitions as what I've typed already is pretty vague.

Anyone? :(

Basically, the vocoder intends to make the singer sound obviously robotic. It muffles their vocals. Autotune sort of does the opposite - it makes their vocals clearer and smoother, and tries to be more subtle about it. That's not especially technical though!

I always thought they were the same thing. :(

 

Or perhaps an auto-tune was to make people sound good, a vocoder was to add an effect to the song.

I always thought they were the same thing. :(

 

Or perhaps an auto-tune was to make people sound good, a vocoder was to add an effect to the song.

 

yeah that's right. You get auto-tuned to sound better - ie Paris Hilton uses ALOT of autotune so she sounds half decent where as Girls Aloud are using a Vocoder on their new single Untouchable to give the robotic effect. Basically with autotune almost anyone can sound in tune.

Edited March 26, 200916 yr by rossyboy88

But to make things difficult for you, to use a vocoder you must use Autone. Which is a voice programme.

Basically, the vocoder intends to make the singer sound obviously robotic. It muffles their vocals. Autotune sort of does the opposite - it makes their vocals clearer and smoother, and tries to be more subtle about it. That's not especially technical though!

Thanks, that's similar to the assumption I thought. Just that auto tune is to fix up and disguise "faults"(?) in the voice, where as the vocoder is a purpose effect [robotic].

Precisely. A lot of songs use autotune and we don't even realise, it just tidies the vocals up slightly. There are times it's obvious though (Hey there Paris)!