Fixing Led Zeppelin with Autotune

Using Melodyne to pitch-correct famous recordings!
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
2:52 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
6:05 Mama Neely interlude
7:49 Aretha Franklin - Respect
9:44 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
11:56 Bill Withers - Ain’t No Sunshine

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Adam

[NathanDowdyMedia]

Aretha: "All I'm askin', just a little respect"
Adam: "That's wrong, let's fix that"
-Adam Neely Out Of Context

[Emenut]

My psychologist: T-Plant is not real he cant hurt you .
T-Plant: Y0u n33d c00l111iiing

[Catefn]

For those of you wondering how I casually mention of my principle voice teachers was pre-med in college before she turned to voice. During her pre-med stint, she observed cadavers as part of her study, and witnessed one of her professors demonstrate this as part of a larger context. She was the one who connected the card-on-bicycle spokes sound through the headless body with the pharynx being responsible for timbre, color and vowel of the voice back in the 1960's. This was before she had studied vocal pedagogy and voice science, which confirm this in less, er, graphic ways.

[chrits]

The t-pain effect on "fly me to the moon" changes the premise of the song. It changes from romantic to an actual robot literally trying travel to Mars.

[sivansharma]

Adam: Wow, what a huge difference!

Me: Hmm yes, I too notice difference. Much difference, indeed. Everywhere. Yes

[DavidDiMuzio]

“Perfection is not very expressive” …great thought to think on. 💭

[AlexMoukalaMusic]

I wasn't ready for "T-Pain" Led Zeppelin. Wow. 😂

[NickGoorgN]

They do not need
Auto tune
Their voice is freaking

[SculptyWorks]

“To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.”
-Beethoven

[mewgiah]

With Sinatra, his breathiness actually gives a bassy thickness to his vocals. Whereas the fixed one sounds anemic. Its insane how something so small can make a big difference. Wow.

[GrimIkatsui]

This reminds me of what I learned about Indian singing traditions. Often how you get to the note matters more than the note itself because the little bends along the way can convey a lot.

[nateds]

It's amazing how a "better" vocal performance can sound alot worse than a more rough vocal.

[aidanlinden]

Losing Aretha's pitch slide on the word "for" in "for a little respect" was the most jarring uncanny valley moment for me. It needs that slide to work!

[paulfrench]

Adam's mum saying "imagine you had your head cut off". Real conversation starter

[jmsiener]

More Mama Neely!!!

I run a recording studio in Western Kentucky and I had a young vocalist (~13-14) who was recording her first album. She would add these little diatonic embellishments at the front of phrases. Instead of a scoop into the phrase it was an actual pitch. The performance struck me as strange and it wasn’t until about tune 5 that I realized she was mimicking auto tune. It got really obvious on her more modern cover tunes. Great topic to go deep on.

[MFE]

This is an absolute documentary of what it sounds like when the soul is removed from the music.

[EdTalenti]

Adam Neely f***ing around with Autotune for 17 minutes is a whole vibe.

[loganstrong]

"Let's see, the name of that vocal teacher is...?" "Let me guess, mama Neely?" "My name is Cate Frazier-Neely." Called it.

[joruffin]

So not only is the voice a naturally microtonal instrument, but that microtonality may be integral to many performances. Neat.

[DEtchells]

This was so interesting to me - I especially noticed with the Aretha clip how much her subtle bending of the notes added emotion and “humanity” to her singing. Really fascinating, thanks!