Why the heck does Cher sound like that?

Serendipity
Serendipity Posts: 6,975
edited February 2008 in Music & Movies
You know, the robotic / electronic / processed sound in Cher's "Believe," what the heck is that?
It sounds awful!

I've noticed the same thing with Hellogoodbye and T-Pain, is this sound acceptable? It's like super compression or something like that...
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited February 2008
    It's an intentional digital effect. Madonna, Akon, and a lot of newer R&B/hip-hop producers are using it now. Cher was the first big name that used it as far as I know. It's been used in electronic music since the 90's, although then I think vocoders were used and it wasn't exactly the same.

    It was also used in some of the Matrix movies, and in some horror/scary movies. It's just an effect.

    I kinda like it on some tracks. It's the artist that annoys me, not the effects.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2008
    So much hip-hop and rap music has this, it's sooooo annoying!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2008
    I suspect it's a way of hiding an artist true talent level. Case in point: the actual voice of ****-**** Amy Winehouse at the recent Grammy's.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited February 2008
    If you like Cher, you'll love Lionel Ritchie!
    Seriously, this is most amusing; Lionel's clearly a good sport.

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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2008
    you never heard Ted Nugent do that crap did you??
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited February 2008
    terrible ted ASFAIK never played or sang in an altered state!;)
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited February 2008
    There is a scene in The 5th Element, where this tall, blue lady sings an incredible Opera song. I used to love it, but as my HT gets better and better, you can tell more and more the digital effect they use for her voice. Now that same song, isnt as great anymore.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited February 2008
    Mike Kozak wrote: »
    you never heard Ted Nugent do that crap did you??

    And he would put an arrow into anybody that says he did :cool:
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited February 2008
    Mike Kozak wrote: »
    you never heard Ted Nugent do that crap did you??


    Nope, but sometimes he needed to.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited February 2008
    Terrible Ted was a member of the testicles caught in a Vice-Grip school of rock vocalism.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2008
    appadv wrote: »
    You know, the robotic / electronic / processed sound in Cher's "Believe," what the heck is that?
    It sounds awful!

    I've noticed the same thing with Hellogoodbye and T-Pain, is this sound acceptable? It's like super compression or something like that...

    That's what you get for listening to that crap.
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  • Music Joe
    Music Joe Posts: 459
    edited February 2008
    Autotune uses and abuses

    I hate it like the disco handclap, Autotune use is legion!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2008
    Don't be talking bad about Cher ;)
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