Dysfunco Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Well, it's not a theory or a guess. It's autotune, plain and simple. That doesn't mean his vocal performance overall wasn't good overall, or couldn't have sounded fine without this applied. But somewhere in process, whether it was approved by Green Day or out of their control, autotune has been applied. As people here and elsewhere prove, though, it's not much of a risk of causing a backlash since the majority won't even notice it to begin with. To my ears it couldn't be much more obvious. I create and mix music myself, it's difficult to mistake this for something else. It's not due to reverb or any other effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dysfunco said: Well, it's not a theory or a guess. It's autotune, plain and simple. That doesn't mean his vocal performance overall wasn't good overall, or couldn't have sounded fine without this applied. But somewhere in process, whether it was approved by Green Day or out of their control, autotune has been applied. As people here and elsewhere prove, though, it's not much of a risk of causing a backlash since the majority won't even notice it to begin with. To my ears it couldn't be much more obvious. I create and mix music myself, it's difficult to mistake this for something else. It's not due to reverb or any other effect. How can you tell the difference between autotune and pitch correction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysfunco Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said: How can you tell the difference between autotune and pitch correction? Mainly the artifacts caused, most apparant during the word "about". Whatever method used the purpose is the same: to correct a vocal that's off pitch, either automatically (probably the case here since it's not better implemented) or more manually by hand. Edited February 10, 2021 by Dysfunco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Boy Named Booze Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, Dysfunco said: Well, it's not a theory or a guess. It's autotune, plain and simple. That doesn't mean his vocal performance overall wasn't good overall, or couldn't have sounded fine without this applied. But somewhere in process, whether it was approved by Green Day or out of their control, autotune has been applied. As people here and elsewhere prove, though, it's not much of a risk of causing a backlash since the majority won't even notice it to begin with. To my ears it couldn't be much more obvious. I create and mix music myself, it's difficult to mistake this for something else. It's not due to reverb or any other effect. Well I wasn't THAT wrong at least. I knew something was up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie, get your gun Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I watched it again when GD officially posted it on their yt channel, and I forgot to say that in Basket Case when he sings "Sometimes I give myself the creeps" and Mike is supposed to do the backing vocals but he didn't and it was just Billie, I liked that a lot. I mean, I prefer the traditional BC but this was also great, I don't think I've heard him sing alone before, it's a nice way to switch it a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Flashback Posted February 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2021 I don't get why pitch correction should be that dramatic. That was no live performance, it was recorded and shown to a really big audience on TV. I think that in such situations it is completely normal to eq and pitch-correct the vocals. Nobody would ever complain about compressing the drums either. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Honestly, I don’t mind. Artists are allowed to use anything that can help them to achieve their goal, including post production software. I don’t like it when they use samples in Oh Yeah, but that’s because it looks dumb so it’s a whole another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Boy Named Booze Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, Flashback said: I don't get why pitch correction should be that dramatic. That was no live performance, it was recorded and shown to a really big audience on TV. I think that in such situations it is completely normal to eq and pitch-correct the vocals. Nobody would ever complain about compressing the drums either. Oh I really don't care if they used pitch correction. I was just saying that there was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashback Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Beerjeezus said: Honestly, I don’t mind. Artists are allowed to use anything that can help them to achieve their goal, including post production software. I don’t like it when they use samples in Oh Yeah, but that’s because it looks dumb so it’s a whole another story. Same. I don‘t like the backing tracks in Oh Yeah or FRA too 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just watched the performance. Great performance of Still Breathing and Holiday which I otherwise find Billie tends to struggle with. Finally the backup vocals were loud and clear, which always makes it so much better! Too bad the songs were cut short, but I get why they did that. So good to see the boys in action, and they all look great. I love Billies more natural look and Jason do be cute as fuck with his lil dance moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hermione Posted February 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2021 I also just got to watching this. I enjoyed it, it's really nice to see them perform again and I don't know what the nitpicking was about . It's not a regular live performance, it's something between that and a promo put together with clips, so I see no problem with it having some tweaks. All seems fine to me. And Billie's DIY styled quarantine hair is cute 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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