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Rhodri Marsden
Journalist and musician Rhodri Marsden has been addressing common technology problems by stripping away the jargon and enlisting the help of readers in his Cyberclinic column in The Independent for the past two years.
Today's UK release of the new Kanye West album, 808s & Heartbreak, has prompted this frankly stunning piece by, er, me in today's paper concerning the role in modern music of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. But while Mr West's insistence to his producer that the sound of the 808 should be liberally strewn across the record like mozzarella on a pizza, the technological dough that forms the, um, pizza base of the record (stop me if this is getting too convoluted) is Antares AutoTune.
Antares Audio Technologies have essentially developed an entire business model out of making sure that rubbish singers sound vaguely acceptable to the average ear. ( Read more... )
Antares Audio Technologies have essentially developed an entire business model out of making sure that rubbish singers sound vaguely acceptable to the average ear. ( Read more... )
