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Jamie Dubs examines the phenomenon of Auto-Tune with help from special guest Professor "Weird Al" Yankovic. For links to all of the videos featured in this episode, visit rocketboom.com/know-your-meme-auto-tune

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  • Laurel Randolph 2 years ago
    pitch perfect robot!

    lurve it.
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  • Matt Schwarz staff 2 years ago
    I spy a Vimeo original in there!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    Nym ftw!
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 2 years ago
    Nailed it guys. Seriously entertaining and smart.
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  • Amit Elisha 2 years ago
    In 93, the band Cynic (death metal..) used hardware auto-tune all over their album Focus. That's 5 years before Cher :)
  • Jamie Dubs pro 2 years ago
    Auto-Tune wasn't released until 1997. Maybe it was a vocoder or talkbox?
  • Amit Elisha 2 years ago
    Looked around, you're right, it was a modded vocoder.
  • Maybe but, yes, Paul Masvidal was already doing the "T-PAIN" before t-pain even knew he was t-pain. I'm confused...
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  • Davis 2 years ago
    there's nothing i don't love about this episode.
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  • Hunter Boone plus 2 years ago
    It's great how the history comes out about this. I remember watching a doc on auto-tune on PBS but this episode is much much easier and entertaining to watch.
  • Hunter Boone plus 2 years ago
    I love you Al :)
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  • Emrah Gunduz plus 2 years ago
    your backgrounds are getting stranger every episode rocketboom :)
  • Jamie Dubs pro 2 years ago
    practice makes perfect
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  • Haridas Stewart 2 years ago
    over 9000
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  • Salem Wazaki 2 years ago
    ... lmao ...
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  • Dreamartist Films 2 years ago
    love this discussion on auto tune especially when you see how people make a monotone voice sing
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  • Adrian Olaru 2 years ago
    nice
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  • Mark Ty-Wharton 2 years ago
    Interesting but factually incorrect - the Cher's track didn't use Auto-tune it used Digitech technology.
  • Jamie Dubs pro 2 years ago
    The DigiTech Talker claim was actually Mark Taylor trying to cover up his off-label use of Auto-Tune. 1999 interview: soundonsound.com/sos/feb99/articles/tracks661.htm
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  • tosin 2 years ago
    very intersting...but tpain is from FL not ATL...
  • yatta 2 years ago
    Right -- T-Pain was born in Florida but now lives in Atlanta. That's why we said 'Atlanta-based'. ;-)
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  • Andrzej Sosnowski 2 years ago
    amazingly wonderful!
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  • Brennan L. 2 years ago
    I like the background guy's smile when he plays with the mudkip.
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  • Saleh Eyadah 2 years ago
    so nice :)
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  • Edmis 2 years ago
    epic
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  • adonis 2 years ago
    Autotune is the mullet of the 00s
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  • Caleb Casey 2 years ago
    Cash Cash reveals an amazing way to utilize autotune!
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  • Christopher Knight 2 years ago
    "pshh, obviously photoshopped."
    hehe good stuff...

    hammerhead (freeware) + auto-tune = modern hip hop.
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  • James Ha 2 years ago
    daft punk is not autotunes... i'm pretty sure it's a talkbox
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  • Diane 1 year ago
    this was very informative, thank you!
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  • Ariane Violet 1 year ago
    Hehe. The finishing "shoe on head" was wonderful!
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  • DJ Stranger 1 year ago
    Churchill with auto-tune )))))))))))))))))))))))))))
    Very creative ))
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  • Anja Allison 1 year ago
    Auto Tune = Cheap Music :)
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  • kingyatta 1 year ago
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  • jamie shepherd 2 months ago
    For fans of this video... search: twantard!
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