On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:56:14 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>>> So... apparently AutoTune makes you sound like frigging GLaDOS. :-P
>>
>> Which is quite ironic, because the singer who voice GLaDOS is an opera
>> singer and was able to get that autotune sound without actually using
>> it.  (She talks about this in the Portal 2 developer commentary IIRC)
> 
> For GLaDOS, they didn't just autotune it; they fiddled with the spectrum
> in a few other ways to make it sound more computerised.

Of course it was treated, I didn't say it wasn't.  Have you listened to 
the developer commentary?

> (And yes, she can sing in tune. However, no human can quantinise their
> vocal pitch as harshly and artificially as a machine can.)

I've heard people do pretty amazing things with their voices.  It takes a 
lot of training and practice, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't 
someone who could mimic the effect.

Jim

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