I think people who don't use Melydone on a regular basis are more likely to hear false positives than those who actually know what it sounds like.
But you know what: to hell with it. I hear what I hear, you guys hear what you hear. This has probably been discussed enough.
It's blindingly obvious in March of the Black Queen - listen to how garbled it sounds on the 'I' in 'I rule[sic] with my left hand'.
What's really confounding is that they felt the need to correct those marginally flat notes, but then used the take from the night where his voice cracked on 'QUEEN of the night'.
Good point! I personally feel that that little
crack just adds some personality to the performance. :)
I agree, it's a nice touch. It just seems to contradict the philosophy of perfection behind the cases of pitch meddling.
After carefully listening to the CD's a few times, I've come to the conclusion that almost all supected cases of pitch correction mentioned here are due to Freddie's use of falsetto in places where he thought he wasn't going to make it in his chest voice. Freddie hardly ever did that in later years and moslty opted for a lower vocal line in those spots, so especially for those of us who have heard many live versions of these songs it may sound like there's something fishy going on. I still haven't heard any definite use of pitch correction, which is just as well beacuse my being able to hear that would mean it was done badly.
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[b]Fireplace wrote: [/b] After carefully listening to the CD's a few times, I've come to the conclusion that almost all supected cases of pitch correction mentioned here are due to Freddie's use of falsetto in places where he thought he wasn't going to make it in his chest voice. Freddie hardly ever did that in later years and moslty opted for a lower vocal line in those spots, so especially for those of us who have heard many live versions of these songs it may sound like there's something fishy going on. I still haven't heard any definite use of pitch correction, which is just as well beacuse my being able to hear that would mean it was done badly.[/QUOTE]
What? None of out examples are in falsetto.
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[b]Fireplace wrote: [/b] After carefully listening to the CD's a few times, I've come to the conclusion that almost all supected cases of pitch correction mentioned here are due to Freddie's use of falsetto in places where he thought he wasn't going to make it in his chest voice. Freddie hardly ever did that in later years and moslty opted for a lower vocal line in those spots, so especially for those of us who have heard many live versions of these songs it may sound like there's something fishy going on. I still haven't heard any definite use of pitch correction, which is just as well beacuse my being able to hear that would mean it was done badly.[/QUOTE]
What? None of out examples are in falsetto.[/QUOTE]
Yup, and I've heard a huge amount of recordings from that period. If anything, that's the reason it stands out to me when something sounds different.
