god, now im depressed.

Of course the auto-tune technology has been around for a while, making it possible to correct "bad" notes in a recording. But until now, it hasn't been possible to, for example, correct a mistake when a guitarist is playing a minor chord instead of a major chord in a take.
But now the guitarist doesn't have to record the track again nor does he have to "punch in" the right note. Now there is software coming out that enables you to isolate each note in a polyphonic soundwave (=chord) and change it to taste. In the video link below they even show how they change the scale in a classical guitar song from a minor to a major and then to some exotic scale!

My question is: how will this affect the already lazy young bands and singers that already rely too heavily on click-tracks and auto-tune?
Video demonstration here: http://www.celemony.com/c...id=dna&L=0
[Edited 3/16/08 17:06pm]

purplehippieonthe1 said:

You're late. That software was out almost 2 years ago.

fuck this, i need this shit now i can get in the industry and get so much pussy, i wouldn't know wut to do with myself.

yo when this shit drop

So instead of correcting a single singer, they can go back and correct those Total albums.

Too bad there's nothing on the horizon that'll auto-tune the cynicism.

TonyVanDam said:

The current version only corrects single notes, not notes within chords. The polyphonic version will be released next Autumn. This is at least the first time I've ever heard of this kind of feature in any audio software. Of course there might be some other software company with this technology already, but like I said, I haven't heard of it. Do you know of any plugin on the market NOW that has this feature to extract notes from RECORDED chords (not MIDI) and manipulate them?

Great, now there's no reason for talentless hacks to learn how to play a musical instrument; they can just cut, paste, and program a song instead of composing one.

Actually, while I could see this being used heavily in musical scores for film and television, I don't think it would necessarily catch on in all forms of popular music. Some of the whole rawness and edginess in rock, metal, and some forms of hip-hop come from the deliberate distortion in the recorded tracks.

In Star Trek TNG, there is an episode where the crew visits a planet with a civilization that has evolved enough to be able to make music just by tuning in to their heart. There is a scene in this episode where a child puts his hands on a dome-like object, and concentrates on what melody is in his heart.

Why I'm bringing this up is that no matter what, each time music comes up, some kind of instrument is getting played. Why should it matter if the instrument is a computer or even one's intuition? Just like any instrument, a loop click computer program requires skill - it's just a different kind.

The benefit I see from it, is you could do cool chords that would be otherwise impossible to finger on guitar, like an Am but with an 8th fret on the D string

TANKAEFC said:

Because if one can't PLAY music, one will never WRITE good songs.

Also, if one can't PLAY music, the concert industry will die.

Well, before we get all philosophical (too late?), there is still a fact that remains to be dealt with. Learning to play an instrument, a PHYSICAL instrument, builds motor skills, hand-eye cordination and stimulates a part of the brain that using a computer does not. In this day and age, lots of music is made on computers but computers have been a crutch in the industry as well. Software like DNA is more of a tool than it is an instrument. As a matter of fact, its NOT an instrument at all. I don't have it but I assume its plug-in for recording systems or stand-alone editing software independent of Melodyne. Either way, its not going to change anything that much.
Now the area in which I can foresee a problem would be when someone has someone to play a part(s) in a song, changes notes in what they played and writes them out of the song altogether. That could get ugly until someone addresses it in court.
[Edited 3/17/08 16:39pm]

BlaqueKnight said:

It would be the same as sampling something and changing the pitch... you're still liable for using the "performance" or "recording", even if you put your spin on it.

Cinnie said:

Only if the original player of the instrument on the track can prove that they actually did that rendition of it and that the variation is just that - a variation and not a whole new musical idea. Someone like Prince could steal from a musical "guest" who is not under his employ in this manner.
Example: Steve Vai comes in, fucks around in the studio and hits a cool ass guitar riff. Prince records everything, changes a couple of notes - its not Steve's riff anymore. Prince says "Mike Scott played it". Vai says "I played it". In court, it gets ugly. That was an off the top of the dome example but there can be many scenerios.