Sing sang sung
Jun 15, 2022
1 minute
While Cher’s was notably the first example of extreme digital Auto-Tune used in a chart-smash, vocal manipulation in the soundtrack, and by the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop in the ’70s. But, even back in the ’60s, groundbreakers like The Beatles pushed the vocal envelope in pop. On the fab four’s epic closer to 1966’s , John Lennon’s vocals were run through the Leslie speaker of a Hammond organ, creating a shimmering tremolo effect. Just one element that made so innovative. Slap delays, wrought from tape bouncing, were also common in this period, and added depth to a vocal’s timbre.
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