The autotuning in Mr. Rogers was better.

Tellingly on the auto-tune front @TheSluiceGate, @LukinStone, I asked on the youtube video of this whether it was used, and they have moderation turned on... well, they haven't put up my question or an answer, yet have put up others that have come through since.

Also, there's a fan who set up a page at 'ragtube' (never heard of it before), which seems to have his old youtube channel description on it:

Mike's setup:

Martin DC-16RGTE Aura 6-string guitar, Guild F-512 12-string guitar, into Yamaha 01x into HP laptop (via firewire) running Cubase 3. Mike's vocal mic is a Neumann KMS105.

Jeff's setup:

Fender 5 string Jazz Bass (Mexico) into Universal Audio LA-610 Pre amp/compressor
Jeff's vocal mic is a Neumann KMS104.

The audio is recorded dry, then mixed in Cubase 6, using mostly UAD-2 plug-ins. No Auto-Tune is used (since people occasionally ask). The audio mix is then synced to the video in Sony Vegas. The video camera is a Canon Vixia HF100 (for the more recent HD videos)

Meh, I agree that if it was autotuned, it wasn't very noticeable and it didn't ruin the song. I wouldn't say that it wasn't plausible that it was autotuned...just not likely. I only glanced, but there weren't any other covers I noticed on the YT channel that required that high of a vocal register. To me, that would be a plausible reason this song might use it while the others wouldn't.

In any event, I liked this version and upvoted.

This doesn't strike me as plausible given there's a ton of other material on his channel and it all sounds natural to my ears.

>> ^LukinStone:

>> ^spoco2:
>> ^TheSluiceGate:
GAHHH!!!! SOOOO MUCH LIVE AUTOTUNE!!!! MY FUCKING EARS!!!!

I didn't pick up anything, what's the tell-tale sound of it that you can hear? Or is it just one of those things that you can't really describe but just 'know' when you hear?
I hate to think that I'm being swindled by it not really being 'them' singing.

I was about to denounce TheSluiceGate for being a hater, but I think around 3:50 there's some vocal sliding around that sounds suspiciously autotuned. But, I will say that even with autotune it doesn't sound unlike the original, to me.
To their credit, those are notes not many men, who have gone through puberty, can hit.

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^TheSluiceGate:
GAHHH!!!! SOOOO MUCH LIVE AUTOTUNE!!!! MY FUCKING EARS!!!!

I didn't pick up anything, what's the tell-tale sound of it that you can hear? Or is it just one of those things that you can't really describe but just 'know' when you hear?
I hate to think that I'm being swindled by it not really being 'them' singing.


I was about to denounce TheSluiceGate for being a hater, but I think around 3:50 there's some vocal sliding around that sounds suspiciously autotuned. But, I will say that even with autotune it doesn't sound unlike the original, to me.

To their credit, those are notes not many men, who have gone through puberty, can hit.

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

GAHHH!!!! SOOOO MUCH LIVE AUTOTUNE!!!! MY FUCKING EARS!!!!


I didn't pick up anything, what's the tell-tale sound of it that you can hear? Or is it just one of those things that you can't really describe but just 'know' when you hear?

I hate to think that I'm being swindled by it not really being 'them' singing.

GAHHH!!!! SOOOO MUCH LIVE AUTOTUNE!!!! MY FUCKING EARS!!!!

Mad props to people who can't sing and refuse to be autotuned. FIGHT THE POWER!

Best use of autotune I have ever heard.

Ok going through all that shit with autotune was worth it for this video!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'mr rogers, pbs, icons, remixed, symphony of science' to 'mr rogers, pbs, icons, remixed, symphony of science, remix, autotune' - edited by calvados

In a sea of Disney Clones and Autotune, it's nice to see some of the new up-and-comers that can sing.

Thanks, AC!
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My daughter does a really great impression of Joby's owner, considering she's a 13 year old English lass, but my god it's getting old. Both of my kids quote parts of that video at least once a day, it seems there is always room for, "whatcha doin' dawg?" or "that's the nastiest thaaaang". They even sing the autotuned version, which drives me up the wall! But it's still hilarious and this is brilliant and deserves a *promote

My daughter does a really great impression of Joby's owner, considering she's a 13 year old English lass, but my god it's getting old. Both of my kids quote parts of that video at least once a day, it seems there is always room for, "whatcha doin' dawg?" or "that's the nastiest thaaaang". They even sing the autotuned version, which drives me up the wall! But it's still hilarious and this is brilliant and deserves a *promote

That was catchy as hell.

People are going to start talking to news crews at sites of events now purposely being wacky just to get autotuned.