Not a vocoder (Daft Punk, Kraftwerk) or talkbox (Peter Frampton), but auto-tune on a vocal.

For me, it was "Believe" by Cher in 1999.

11/3/2009 4:53:11 AM

That's the earliest memory of it I have, too. Thought of it before clicking on the thread and seeing that you'd posted it.

11/3/2009 4:57:42 AM

CALIIIIFORNIA LOOOUUUUVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

11/3/2009 5:12:51 AM

^ that's a talkbox

11/3/2009 5:19:26 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_correction

and cher

[Edited on November 3, 2009 at 8:19 AM. Reason : Ø]

11/3/2009 8:17:13 AM

So, are you trying to figure out the year you need to program your recently built time machine to go back to so you can administer a well deserved throat punch? Have you done this before? Is safety guaranteed?

11/3/2009 8:20:13 AM

"Believe" was definitely the first conspicuous use of auto-tune that I can think of hearing.

11/3/2009 8:24:20 AM

JAY Z SAYS AUTO TUNE IS DEAD

11/3/2009 9:53:58 AM

who cares?

11/3/2009 9:59:54 AM

I, too, know how to read the auto-tune wiki page.

11/3/2009 10:02:51 AM

come in

11/3/2009 10:15:30 AM

"Believe" here as well.

11/3/2009 10:19:03 AM

in my nightmares

11/3/2009 10:22:06 AM

Quote :

"Auto-Tune was also used to produce the prominent altered vocal effect on Cher's "Believe," recorded in 1998. When first interviewed about this, the sound engineers claimed that they had used a vocoder, in what Sound on Sound perceives as an attempt to preserve a trade secret."

11/3/2009 10:22:45 AM

i still don't know what this is

i still don't care what this is

11/3/2009 10:23:01 AM

quagmire02 cares

11/3/2009 10:23:47 AM

autotune was invented to analyze seismic waves.

11/3/2009 10:26:22 AM

If quagmire02 and I are the same person, he has to like autotune

11/3/2009 7:44:59 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PamKkK2V5sk

11/3/2009 7:47:18 PM

My uncle god rest his soul was racist as hell. So one time we walk into the Kountry Korner the gas station just up the street from his house in Walnut Cove and the song holler at your bar tender by T-Pain was playing.

So my uncle looks at the black cashier as say," Sounds like a niggers got a god damned electrical cord stuck up his ass." To say the least I was a little embarrassed.

11/3/2009 7:52:10 PM

Carl Sagan - Cosmos auto-tuned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

11/3/2009 8:46:36 PM

akon? idk, i'll think about it

11/3/2009 9:02:38 PM

^^^ You won't see no white boys roll up into the Kountry Korner in the 252 like that. Get yo ass shot son.

11/3/2009 9:09:22 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzv-AVi78E

11/13/2009 9:06:16 PM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=562740

Quote :

"ViolentMAW All American 1616 Posts user info edit post Is this shit getting out of control? Its becoming so apparent nowadays in nearly every pop song on the radio. I thought it was ok for a guy like T-Pain to come along and use it to distort his voice but now all of 'em are doing it and its getting old. I guess its used a lot in country as well. I don't hear it a lot in the music I like but maybe I'm wrong . . . 4/2/2009 2:20:59 PM"

Quote :

"Grandmaster All American 7881 Posts user info edit post do you believe in life after love? what about melodyne? I grabbed the auto tune plugin and g-snap so i could fuck around like t-pain but i feel too much like an idiot doing it. [Edited on April 2, 2009 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .] 4/2/2009 2:25:42 PM"

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11/13/2009 9:16:07 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBIsp8mS-c

11/13/2009 9:27:32 PM