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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
The difference for me is that auto tune is done by computer, and I think takes less talent and work than the talk box used in the past. In the studio one may get the ability to get it right, but in person at the time, a vocoder or talk box had to be on point for a live performance. Hell, people don't even need auto tune, they can just lip sync and have less of a chance of being caught than Rob & Fab and C&C Music Factory stealing from Martha Wash.
K-shadon't you know it's true, no one wants a computer love virus from you!
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Nah, I think it just so happens that the artists who used vocoder and talk box were vocally and instrumentally talented. Chicken and egg kinda thing.
Also, the vocoder is a machine (computerized thingie?):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder
And the talk box is a device that's more "primitive" than a computer but it was still a device. As much as I love me some Peter Frampton, I laughed at wiki's photo of his talk box:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box