For the 2nd half of the semester, I will be concentrating on Auto-Tunes in the classroom and Auto-Tune the News. These are two separate topics that align with one another
Auto-Tune
Antares Autotune 4
Auto-Tune is a proprietary[2] audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies. Auto-Tune uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform perfectly tuned vocal tracks without the need of singing in tune. While its main purpose is to slightly bend sung pitches to the nearest true semitone (to the exact pitch of the nearest tone in traditional equal temperament), Auto-Tune can be used as an effect to distort the human voice when pitch is raised/lowered significantly.[3]
Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune
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The Gregory Brothers
The Gregory Brothers first became well known for a series of YouTube videos, Auto-Tune the News, in which recorded voices of politicians, news anchors, and political pundits were digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing.
Although they had been featured on national television as early as 2009 for these political satires, the Gregory Brothers experienced a surge of recognition in the summer of 2010 with the release of episode 12b of the series, titled "Bed Intruder Song", which had little connection to American politics. Following the mainstream success of that music video, the Gregory Brothers have focused less on political satire in their works, but they still source most of the footage they use from American news organizations. Reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gregory_Brothers
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An example of Auto-Tune in the classroom is Winston Churchill speech, "Lift Up Your Heart"
Students could do any of the following:
Rhetorical anaylsis of the speech
Historical/contextual anaylsis of the speech
Comparison/contrast with another speech during the same time period
Biographical study of Churchll and the significance of the speech
Aja, Auto-tuning is very interesting and the only reason I know about auto-tuning is from the singer T-Pain because he does that with all his songs to his voice and it's starting to become more common because Kanye West has recently done that to one of his songs. I think auto-tuning is very interesting and now you can even get it as an app on your ipod/ipad/iphone. T-Pain came out with you and you can auto-tune your own voice with just a click of a button on your apple technology. It's very interesting, my friend has it.
While listening to the example you provided I immediately thought about Kayne because it sounds like one of his songs. I got lost in the beat and music and had to really focus in order to understand what the words were saying. I think this could pose a problem for students as well. I have only heard of Auto-tuning in regards to making instruments sound correct so I am curious to read your blog and see how it applies to teaching and learning.
Thanks for sharing, Aja. After listening to the Winston Churchill speech auto-tune, I'm not sure I like this specific tool as it would apply to teaching and learning. I couldn't understand the words. The creative element didn't seem to align with the specific learning objectives around a historical speech. So at this point I'm a bit confused about this technology and its application to education but I'll keep an open mind and I look forward to learning more about this in your upcoming blogs.
Thank you for the return commentary. various Web 2.0 technologies are making resources such as auto-tuning more accessible to the general public. I was first introduced to auto-tuning via the musical group Def Punk. I am familiar with T-Pain; however, I did know he had his own auto-tuning ipod/ipad/iphone line. Thanks for sharing. ~Aja
Thank you for your return feedback. In terms of helping students to focus on the speech, I think a way around this issue would be to occur students a hard copy of the speech to follow along with the video.
This is a really interesting idea for blog posts! I am vaguely familiar with Daft Punk (the viral video for "Daft Hands" for "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" on YouTube has over 43 million hits), and also saw the Bed Intruder song on YouTube. I agree that it can be difficult to understand the words sometimes, but if kids can make something musical with a speech, it might get them more interested in it. I'm looking forward to more about these topics!
Aja,
ReplyDeleteAuto-tuning is very interesting and the only reason I know about auto-tuning is from the singer T-Pain because he does that with all his songs to his voice and it's starting to become more common because Kanye West has recently done that to one of his songs. I think auto-tuning is very interesting and now you can even get it as an app on your ipod/ipad/iphone. T-Pain came out with you and you can auto-tune your own voice with just a click of a button on your apple technology. It's very interesting, my friend has it.
While listening to the example you provided I immediately thought about Kayne because it sounds like one of his songs. I got lost in the beat and music and had to really focus in order to understand what the words were saying. I think this could pose a problem for students as well. I have only heard of Auto-tuning in regards to making instruments sound correct so I am curious to read your blog and see how it applies to teaching and learning.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Aja. After listening to the Winston Churchill speech auto-tune, I'm not sure I like this specific tool as it would apply to teaching and learning. I couldn't understand the words. The creative element didn't seem to align with the specific learning objectives around a historical speech. So at this point I'm a bit confused about this technology and its application to education but I'll keep an open mind and I look forward to learning more about this in your upcoming blogs.
ReplyDeleteHi Leah:
ReplyDeleteThank you for the return commentary. various Web 2.0 technologies are making resources such as auto-tuning more accessible to the general public. I was first introduced to auto-tuning via the musical group Def Punk. I am familiar with T-Pain; however, I did know he had his own auto-tuning ipod/ipad/iphone line. Thanks for sharing.
~Aja
Hi Greg:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your return feedback. In terms of helping students to focus on the speech, I think a way around this issue would be to occur students a hard copy of the speech to follow along with the video.
~Aja
Hi Sue:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your return feedback and commentary.
~Aja
This is a really interesting idea for blog posts! I am vaguely familiar with Daft Punk (the viral video for "Daft Hands" for "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" on YouTube has over 43 million hits), and also saw the Bed Intruder song on YouTube. I agree that it can be difficult to understand the words sometimes, but if kids can make something musical with a speech, it might get them more interested in it. I'm looking forward to more about these topics!
ReplyDeleteJust thought of another, older use of Auto-Tune- Cher's song "Believe" used it in a few places.
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