"Whoever producing and mixing his record: So, errh, Blaze, how hard should we pitch correct/auto tune your vocals?
Blaze: Yes. "
Another record rendered unlistenable. This is a great song, but the level of overdone pitch correction in War Within Me and obviously Circle of Stone is absolutely toxic.
It was the first song that stood out to me on the first listen when I hear the album a few weeks ago. I would argue it’s his best song since working with Absolva. It used to be stored between ‘The Dark Side of Black’ and ‘The World is Turning the Wrong Way’. Those are truly amazing songs. This belongs up there.The album is absolutely great. A Day Of Rackoning is a Masterpiece, the fact that a Song can be Epic without being 10 minutes plus long....... Yes the overproduced vocals are there and it's a pity because Blaze sounds incredible live , he doesn't Need that.
Absolutely, great stuffIt was the first song that stood out to me on the first listen when I hear the album a few weeks ago. I would argue it’s his best song since working with Absolva. It used to be stored between ‘The Dark Side of Black’ and ‘The World is Turning the Wrong Way’. Those are truly amazing songs. This belongs up there.
I would take some relatively mild autotune on Blaze’s vocals over Bruce’s thinking/pretending he still has the same range that he did when he was younger.Just checked a few tracks out on Spotify, jaysus it was like listening to Cher at some parts
It's not relatively mild though. It's crazy excessive. Mild autotune is what's on the BLAZE albums, as in, barely noticeable and in spots.I would take some relatively mild autotune on Blaze’s vocals over Bruce’s thinking/pretending he still has the same range that he did when he was younger.
I like the album so much that I Don't care. I think it's a production choice to obtain a certain sound with a low budget. Might be a mistake but I Don't care, Blaze's voice is fantastic live, so it's not and issue for me. He's not Ace Frehley or Ozzy that Need outotune or some magic in studio.It's not relatively mild though. It's crazy excessive. Mild autotune is what's on the BLAZE albums, as in, barely noticeable and in spots.
It's not. It's laziness (you can punch-in record over a bad note or line so the pitch correction doesn't have to work as hard...) and incompetence, and I suppose that incompetence could translate into an objectively shitty choice to overuse pitch correction in a poor way and have it work too much and all the time, and multiple vocal tracks demand that you're not off pitch, so that's a reason for pitch correction harder too, but it's better to not rely on layered vocals if you can't sing in pitch well enough to handle it - So it's a choice in that regard. Blaze doesn't go to a vocal studio and pays to record his takes. He records his takes at home, just like a bunch of other guys do. If you purchase a vocal take from Ripper Owens or Ralph Scheepers, that record from their home studios, you get a stem track with effects and processing. They do it from their homes, just like Blaze does, but they deliver takes that aren't crazy pitch corrected (that being said, both are objectively more proficient singers, but that's beside the case). Blaze didn't overuse it until War Within Me. It was perfectly ok during the Black trilogy.I think it's a production choice to obtain a certain sound with a low budget.
I agree on the points about autotune. I’m not a fan of it (except for early Autotune the news!) I think there is a financial aspect to why he doesn’t record in a professional studio. To be fair, the results would be better but maybe the difference is not worth the cost. It’s like when I gig on the bass. I like to have an amp but I actually love it when I don’t have to bring one and just go through a DI. Sure amps sound better but the difference in quality between an amp and DI is not enough for me to care.It's not. It's laziness (you can punch-in record over a bad note or line so the pitch correction doesn't have to work as hard...) and incompetence, and I suppose that incompetence could translate into an objectively shitty choice to overuse pitch correction in a poor way and have it work too much and all the time, and multiple vocal tracks demand that you're not off pitch, so that's a reason for pitch correction harder too, but it's better to not rely on layered vocals if you can't sing in pitch well enough to handle it - So it's a choice in that regard. Blaze doesn't go to a vocal studio and pays to record his takes. He records his takes at home, just like a bunch of other guys do. If you purchase a vocal take from Ripper Owens or Ralph Scheepers, that record from their home studios, you get a stem track with effects and processing. They do it from their homes, just like Blaze does, but they deliver takes that aren't crazy pitch corrected (that being said, both are objectively more proficient singers, but that's beside the case). Blaze didn't overuse it until War Within Me. It was perfectly ok during the Black trilogy.
Edit: Look, I really want to puchase everything Blaze puts out, because I really like his solo career, but he's making it very hard lately. I skipped out on War Within Me, I bought his last live album, but I haven't decided if I'm going to give him my money for this product. We'll see. I'm delighted to see him on tour again though, it has been far too long (2nd or 3rd William Black album).
His vocals on these two albums were not so bad.I wouldn’t mind getting a little autotune on his vocals from The X Factor and Virtual XI…
Yes. Tuning a smidge in spots is all well and good.Brave New World had some in places for the vocals, for sure. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate is an example. Would have been good for Blaze as well.
Yes…yes, they were so bad…His vocals on these two albums were not so bad.![]()