In fact, one of his earliest musical memories is of his dad bringing home an old keyboard he’d found on the side of the road, only to find out the thing was crawling with ants. That level of obsession has been a defining characteristic of T-Pain’s journey to music. “Nobody had really heard the way I heard it,” he said, humbly clarifying, “Not to say that it hadn’t been done, it just hadn’t been done the way I did it.” He had a hunch that this vocal effect could help him do just that. I gotta be that one that stands out,'” he said.Ī Brief History of Auto-Tune Listen to this playlist and discover the roots of T-Pain's signature "sing-rap" style. I was like, 'Man, I’ll never be heard if I’m just that voice in the crowd. “I was getting drowned out by the sound of everyone wanting to be a rapper…. At the time, he was deep in the rap scene in Tallahassee and had been searching for something to set him apart. If it’s available, then I gotta find it,” T-Pain said.
#THE T PAIN ENGINE CRACKED#
“I’d get these cracked CDs of plugins from my friends, and I’d go through every preset, and go ‘One of these has got to be it. He first heard it in the Jennifer Lopez song “If You Had My Love,” produced by production legend Darkchild, spawning a two-year obsessive search for the effect he’d heard in a small section of the song.
Not to say that it hadn’t been done, it just hadn’t been done the way I did it. Nobody had really heard the way I heard it. While Auto-Tune had been commercially available since 1997 (most notably in Cher’s “Believe”), the effect had been somewhat of a studio secret, and definitely not something T-Pain was aware of as a teen in Tallahassee, Florida. Tom Baskett, assistant professor in the Voice Department-and self-declared fanboy of T-Pain-moderated the discussion, and asked the singer how he discovered his signature effect.
#THE T PAIN ENGINE SERIES#
In a recent Visiting Artist Series session, Berklee students saw the singular singer behind his public persona and got a rare look into what makes him tick, artistically. His signature vocal effect, achieved through the digital processor Auto-Tune, has become ubiquitous in contemporary hip-hop and pop, and is commonly referred to as “the T-Pain effect.” In response to criticism that he uses the tool as a vocal crutch, he’s parodied his own style with the viral song/video “I’m on a Boat” with comedic band the Lonely Island, and he's wowed audiences by doing select performances without Auto-Tune.
There are few artists who have found their voice the way T-Pain has.
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