MJ Fans: Has anyone ever noticed that the vocals in "Break of Dawn" are autotuned?

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I noticed this when I was listening to it really loud in my car.  And its only autotuned a little bit, like when artists just to clean up pitch and whatnot.  Did Michael really need this?

Here is a link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIhJViO8Bwk (I recommend headphones if you can't turn it up really loud.)

This song is from "Invincible" which came out in 2001 ... back when using autotune was still kept secret, unless you did it to sound "cool," like Cher.  I'd really like to believe that this was just meant to be a subtle effect, but in all of the articles I've read about autotuning, Micheal Jackson is never mentioned among the lists of artists who use the technique ... asking this question almost seems like a musical blasphemy as it is.

Have you ever noticed it before?  If not, listen to the song again.  Does it sound like he was using it for corrective reasons or for effect?

lilshyraiderchick · Accepted Answer

The song technically is not autotuned the only part that sounds autotuned is when he sings break of dawn a couple of times before going back into the next verse. That part of the song really is not truly autotuned its more of a muffled sound in his voice if you listen to songs that are autotuned you should be able to tell that this song did not have autotuning. There are other types of sound distortion that is used rather than autotune. The video below shows what autotuning sounds like, and if in fact he did use autotune it was for an effect not corrective reasons he had no need to correct his voice.

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MJ Fans: Has anyone ever noticed that the vocals in "Break of Dawn" are autotuned?

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