live concert vocal autotuners?

[Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr.]

There's an article about "autotuners" on www.slashdot.com today. Does
anyone know what types of DSP algorithms are used by these autotuners
that some pop vocalists use at live concerts to do singing pitch
correction in real-time? Isn't processing latency a problem?

Thanks.

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Ron Nicholson rhn AT nicholson DOT com http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/
#include <canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.

[Jerry Avins]

Ronald, H., Nicholson, "Jr." wrote:
>
> There's an article about "autotuners" on www.slashdot.com today. Does
> anyone know what types of DSP algorithms are used by these autotuners
> that some pop vocalists use at live concerts to do singing pitch
> correction in real-time? Isn't processing latency a problem?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ron Nicholson rhn AT nicholson DOT com http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/
> #include <canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.

Hold on! I understand about capos, but do you mean to tell me that a
singer needs a machine to adjust vocal pitch? Please tell me that I
don't understand!

Jerry
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[robert bristow-johnson]

In article [email protected], Jerry Avins at [email protected] wrote on
08/26/2003 18:41:

> Ronald, H., Nicholson, "Jr." wrote:
>>
>> There's an article about "autotuners" on www.slashdot.com today. Does
>> anyone know what types of DSP algorithms are used by these autotuners
>> that some pop vocalists use at live concerts to do singing pitch
>> correction in real-time? Isn't processing latency a problem?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Ron Nicholson rhn AT nicholson DOT com http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/
>> #include <canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.
>
> Hold on! I understand about capos, but do you mean to tell me that a
> singer needs a machine to adjust vocal pitch? Please tell me that I
> don't understand!

i wish i could, Jerry, but it *is* what you think it is. a machine that
makes someone who couldn't sing her way out of a paper bag, sing right on
key.

sometimes, if you crank up the pitch quantization up to 100%, it's called
the "Cher Effect" after some song she did.

r b-j