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Angiyena umculi onekhono. Ngilamukele leli qiniso elidabukisayo futhi ngakhetha ukungabeki muntu ekuculeni kwami, ngaphandle kwekati lami lapho likhetha ukucasha endlini yangasese kuyilapho ngishawa (iphutha lakhe, hhayi elami). Uma nje ngingathola usizo oluthile oluvela ethuluzini elilungisa izwi lami...

Cishe uqagele ukuthi yilapho i-Auto-Tune ingena khona. Nakuba abaningi bekholelwa ukuthi i-Auto-Tune isenzakalo sakamuva, isofthiwe yokulungisa iphimbo empeleni iqale yavela Ishadi likaCher elithi “Believe” ngo-1998. Noma kunjalo, i-Auto-Tune ayilingani vala ukuze ube ngumphumela wezwi wokuqala osetshenziswa emculweni. Ngama-'70s kanye nama-'80s, amabhendi amaningi asebenzisa imithelela ye-synthesizer yezwi. Amaqembu e-Funk nawe-hip-hop asebenzise i-Vocoder, kuyilapho izihlabani ze-rock zamukela ibhokisi lengxoxo. Uma abaculi bebehlela amazwi abo iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40, kungani i-Auto-Tune iyinto enkulu kangaka, futhi liyini ikusasa lamathuluzi okulungisa izwi?

UJoe Albana, esihlokweni sakhe esithi “From Auto-Tune to Flex Pitch: The Highs & Lows of Pitch Correction Plug-Ins in the Modern Studio”, uyachaza kweyakhe. Buza Umsindo i-athikili ukuthi isoftware yokulungisa iphimbo efana ne-Auto-Tune isebenza kanjani. “Wonke ama-Pitch processors esimanje anamandla okulungisa ngokuzenzakalelayo ukuphinyiswa kwamanothi aphelelwe yisikhathi. Ama-plug-in okulungisa ngokuzenzakalela asebenzisa lokhu njengomsebenzi wesikhathi sangempela, ongonakali. Umane ufake i-plug-in yokulungisa iphimbo kuthrekhi yomsindo, wenze izilungiselelo ezimbalwa, bese ushaya okuthi dlala,” kuchaza yena. Ama-Pitch processors ayizingcezu zobuchwepheshe ezihlanzekile, kodwa abangele impikiswano emhlabeni womculo.

Okunye okukhathaza kakhulu nge-Auto-Tune ukuthi akuwona wonke amaculo acushwe ngendlela ethandwa u-T-Pain, ngakho ukunquma ukuthi ingoma oyilalelayo “iyiqiniso” noma i-Auto-Tuned kungaba inselele. I-Auto-Tune ingasetshenziswa ngezindlela ezicashile, njengokulungisa iphimbo nokushelela. U-Drew Waters weCapitol Records uyaphawula, “Ngizoba sestudio futhi ngizwe umculi ezansi nehholo futhi ngokusobala uphelelwe umculo, futhi uzokwenza okukodwa… Yilokho kuphela akudingayo. Ngoba bangakwazi ukuyilungisa kamuva ku-Auto-Tune.” Ngakho-ke i-Auto-Tune inamandla okuvumela abaculi abangenamakhono amancane ukuthi baphumelele kulo mkhakha, futhi ivumele abaculi abanekhono ukuba bavilapha futhi banyonyobe ngokuthatha okukodwa nje.

Ukushuna kahle nge-Auto-Tune ukuze wonge isikhathi nethalente akuyona into embi. UFilip Nikolic, umculi nomdidiyeli womculo, uyatshela I-Verge uLessley Anderson, “Wonke umuntu uyayisebenzisa.” Ingabe i-Auto-Tune isabalele kangaka ngoba isiza ngokuvumelana? Mhlawumbe. Kepha u-Nikolic uthi futhi "konga isikhathi esiningi." Amaciko aphinde asebenzise i-Auto-Tune ngoba bazizwa bengalondekile ngamazwi abo emvelo nokusebenzisa i-Auto-Tune kuvumela ingoma ukuthi izwakale njengenguqulo engcono kakhulu engaba yiyo. Singobani thina ukuba sicasuke othile ngokulungisa ukungavikeleki kwakhe?

Ukusebenzisa i-Auto-Tune ukuze ucule kahle amanothi lapha nalaphaya kungase kungabonakali kuwukungathembeki kakhulu, nakuba okufanayo kungase kungashiwo mayelana nokushuna ngokuzenzakalelayo ingoma ngokusobala kangangokuthi umculi azwakale njenge-Martian. Nokho, u-Lessley Anderson uyaphawula, “Phakathi kwalezo zimo ezimbili ezeqisayo, unendawo yokwenziwa, lapho i-Auto-Tune isetshenziselwa ukulungisa cishe wonke amanothi… inethoni ecacile, ye-synth-y ewumphumela wokulungiswa kwephimbo.” Ngokungangabazeki, i-Auto-Tune inamandla okwenza izwi elingaphansi kwenkanyezi lizwakale lizwakala kahle emsakazweni, ngakho-ke isiphi indima edlalwa ithalente langempela ekwenzeni umculo?

I-Auto-Tune, nanoma yimuphi umphumela wezwi, awukwazi ukuthatha indawo yokuhlakanipha nokudala okuhambisana nokubhala ingoma emnandi. URyan Bassill, umbhali we I-Vice's iwebhusayithi yomculo Umsindo, uyabhala, “I-Auto-Tune iwubuchwepheshe besimanje, iqotho kodwa ayinabo ubuntu, futhi iveza imizwa emikhulu ngezihlungi zedijithali - njenge-pedal yesiginci yezwi lakho. Kodwa angeke nje isetshenziswe yinoma ubani. Ngaphandle kwalapho unekhono elanele lokubhala izingoma, ngiyaqinisekisa ukuthi uzozwakala njengerobhothi elintule umoya-mpilo, kunengoma elungele umsakazo.”

U-Bassill wenza iphuzu eliphoqayo; ngokusobala, i-Auto-Tune ayithathi indawo yethalenta. Lokhu kusakushaya indiva ukuthi abaculi abaningi abaphumelele baqasha ababhali bezingoma ukuba babasize kulokho abakubiza ngethalente. Ngenxa yalokho, kungenzeka ngempela, ngokuhlela amazwi nemali, ukudala ingoma eshisa izikhotha enomzamo omncane, ubuhlakani, kanye nethalente.

Noma kunjalo, iqiniso liwukuthi abaculi abadume kakhulu—I-Auto-Tuned noma cha—banethalente elithile. Babedinga umdidiyeli noma i-ejenti ukuzwa izwi labo, bacabange ukuthi banethalente (futhi babukeka, kunjalo), futhi bathathe ithuba kubo ukuze baqale badume. Ngisho nabaculi be-Auto-Tuned. Thatha i-T-Pain's bukhoma, alukho uhlelo lwe-Auto-Tune lwengoma yakhe eshisa izikhotha ethi, “Buy U a Drank” – isibonelo esihle kakhulu sengoma kanye neciko elizwakala limnandi ngaphandle kwe-Auto-Tune, kodwa mhlawumbe elilungele umsakazo ngakho. Indoda iyayithanda i-Auto-Tune yayo, kodwa ngokungangabazeki inethalente.

Okwamanje, i-Auto-Tune ayikhawulelwe kubahlabeleli abadumile. Umakhalekhukhwini wakho ungaba idokodo lakho lokuqopha; izinhlelo zokusebenza ezimbalwa ze-Auto-Tune ziyatholakala ukuze zilandwe. Okunye okukhulunywe ngakho wuhlelo lokusebenza lweLaDiDa. U-Chloe Veltman uchaza ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza lusebenza kanjani I-ArtJournal: “I-LaDiDa ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bacule ngendlela engafanele njengoba bethanda emishinini yabo, futhi ngokucindezela inkinobho, uhlelo lokusebenza luzoguqula izwi elingahluziwe libe yingoma ekhiqiziwe ehambisana nokuvumelana nokusekelwa ngezinsimbi. " Kukhona ne-Soundhound, i-iPitchPipe, nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ezimbalwa ze-Auto-Tune ongakhetha kuzo.