1. Jul 21, 2010  Is their any program to fix a singing voice,like auto-tune or something? All singers edit their voices and stuff,but how?? I need a lot of programs to let me edit my voice.
2. Feb 11, 2018 'keywords':'kz,KZ tandingan,Jessie J,Jessie vs kz,KZ vs Jessie,Singer 2018,Singer 2018 HD,Singer 2018 china,Jessie Singer 2018,KZ Singer 2018,KZ Tandingan Singer 2018' SUBSCRIBE for more videos.

Cher continued to use Auto-Tune on the albums Living Proof (2001), Closer to the Truth (2013), and Dancing Queen (2018). In an interview in 2013, Cher reflected on how her voice had evolved over her career, becoming stronger and suppler over the years.

'How It Is (Wap Bap …)' is a song by the German web video producer Bianca Heinicke, better known as 'Bibi' from the YouTube channel 'BibisBeautyPalace'. The song is in English and was released on May 5, 2017 by the record label Warner Music. The corresponding music video is the most disliked video on any German YouTube channel.^[1] For some time this video was ranked 6th in the international most disliked YouTube videos. At the moment it is on place 14.

Background[edit]

'How It Is (Wap Bap …)' was written by Dave Knight and Sam Sommer and composed by the latter. The production was undertaken by the film production company Chinzilla Films.^[2]

On December 10, 2016, Heinicke published a video on her YouTube channel, reporting to be interested in a music career.^[3] After that, she contacted the songwriter Sam Sommer in order to produce her own song. He sent her the demo version of a song he had written years ago. Heinicke recorded the vocals of this demo version afterwards. Concerning the release as well as the promotion campaign, she worked together with Warner Music and additionally took singing lessons.

Musical notation and content[edit]

The song is composed in four-four time and starts with a melody, played on a ukulele. The tempo is at 73 beats per minute. The rhythm is set by high-pitched piano sounds.^[4] After four beats, Heinicke sets in with the first stanza. In the chorus, a kick starts to accompany the song. After another two stanzas and a chorus, the song comes to a breakdown before the chorus sets in for a second time.

In the song, the narrator says to remain optimistic although pursued by misfortune, and that this proves to be the right way in the end. Heinicke summarized the content of the song in her announcement video, saying that it was about the story of a person who, in spite of many negative events, should not give up.

Music video[edit]

The official music video was shot in the house 'Huize Herbosch' in Antwerp in two days. The editing took two months.

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Upon its release, 'How It Is (Wap, Bap ...)' was met with generally negative reviews from contemporary music critics. The main points of criticism were the lyrics, the voice and pronunciation of the singer, as well as the use of Auto-Tune. Nicolas Heine, writing for German online magazine Dance-Charts, criticized the song as flat and childish, while comparing it to advertising jingles. Heine concluded that the song's success was the only positive aspect, mostly attributed to it being unoffensive.^[5] Carsten Heidböhmer from Stern similarly gave a negative review of the song, pointing out the chorus as obtrusive and the concept of the lyrics trite. Heidböhmer jokingly noted that 'How It Is (Wap, Bap ...)' has 'the potential to become the most unpopular song of all time.'.^[4] Beyond the widely negative feedback from critics, 'How It Is (Wap, Bap ...)' was also accused of plagiarizing 'The Show' (2008) by Australian singer Lenka. Multiple publications have noted the rhythm, melody and notes as being very similar.^[6][7][8]

The promotional campaign of the song also aroused criticism. While critics believed the announcement that additional CDs would only be produced if there was a high number of pre-orders was untrue, it was also assumed to be an agenda for higher profit.^[9] Additionally, the reason for the release of the song was questioned due to the lack of Heinicke's singing abilities.^[10] Two days after the release, Heinicke prominently responded to the reproaches and the criticism, appearing surprised by the massive attention in one of her vlogs. She further emphasized that not everybody had to like the song and that everybody should judge it for themselves.^[11][12]

Further reaction[edit]

With over 3 million dislikes, the music video is the most disliked video on any German YouTube channel, more than twice as much as the former record holder. ^[1]

The music video became one of the most disliked videos on YouTube only a few days after being uploaded.^[13] Later, the video reached more than 2 million dislikes.^[14] Currently, it is the fourteenth most disliked video on YouTube, with over 3 million dislikes.

The song and the video also attracted mockery by other content creators who satirized it.^[15]

A few days after the original was published, the rapper Jonas Platin uploaded a version of the original with edited acoustics which he claimed to be a recording of the song without pitch correction. His video spread quickly across various social networks and attracted a lot of attention.^[16][17] Platin later revealed the video to be fake.^[18]

Charts[edit]

'How It Is (Wap Bap …)' entered the Official German Charts at number nine, with Heinicke registering her first single ranking position. The track also reached number five and 52 in Austria and Switzerland, respectively.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Most Disliked YouTube Videos - YouTube'. YouTube. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
2. ^BibisBeautyPalace: Bibi H – How It Is (Wap Bap …) [Official Video] on YouTube
3. ^Juliane: Das auch noch! Bibi Heinicke träumt von Gesangskarriere. In: Promiflash
4. ^ ^abCarsten Heidböhmer: Youtube-Star Bibi: Hat sie den unbeliebtesten Song aller Zeiten gemacht? In: Stern
5. ^Nicolas Heine: Top oder Flop? Musikvideo » Bibi H - How It Is (Wap Bap). In: Dance-Charts
6. ^Alles nur geklaut? Bibis Song klingt wie Lenka. In: N-Joy
7. ^Schwere Vorwüfe gegen Bibi von BibisBeautyPalace. In: TZ
8. ^Vorwürfe: Bibis Song ist geklaut. In: Kronehit
9. ^BibisBeautyPalace versetzt Popmusik den Todesstoß und das Internet sendet Flüche aus auf Noisey
10. ^Ein Kommentar zu #bibissong: Achtung! Bibi singt. In: Kreiszeitung
11. ^Bibis Song: „Ich hätt' gerne noch mehr Geld“. In: Frankfurter Rundschau
12. ^YouTube-Star Bibi: 'Mein Song muss nicht jedem gefallen'. In: RP Online
13. ^Leonie Feuerbach (2017-05-09), 'Negativrekord für Youtube-Star: Bibis Musikvideo gefällt 1,7 Millionen Menschen – nicht', Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German), ISSN0174-4909, retrieved 2017-05-15
14. ^'Alphonso Williams ist der DSDS-Sieger mit dem schlechtesten Chart-Einstieg ever'. Focus Online (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-16.
15. ^Christin Lempfert, Corinna Berghahn. 'Reaktionen zu 'How it is (wap bap …)': Bibi zieht Spott und Häme für ihren ersten Song auf sich'. shz.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-05-16.
16. ^Hörsturzgefahr: Kein Autotune: So schief klingt Bibis 'How it is' ohne Effekte auf „Männersache“
17. ^So Hört sich Bibis Musikvideo (Wap Bap …) ohne Autotune an. In: Big.fm
18. ^Bibi-Song 'How It Is': Rapper trollt das Internet mit Fake-Leak. In: HipHop
19. ^'Bibi H.' (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
20. ^'Bibi H.' (in German). Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
21. ^'Bibi H.' (in German). Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2017-05-06.

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• Music video on YouTube

• By David Levin
• Posted 04.01.09
• NOVA scienceNOW

Learning to sing like Aretha Franklin isn't something you can do overnight. But over the past decade, recording studios have been fudging things a bit with software called Auto-Tune, which enables them to change the pitch of sour notes. In this interactive, find out how it works and see if it can make even hopeless singers, like some on the NOVA staff, sound tolerable.

Learn what pitch is, then listen in as Auto-Tune corrects the bad pitch of several NOVA staffers.

Transcript

Pitch Perfect

(SECTION 1: THE BASICS)

DAVID LEVIN: Before we start, let's take a step back to the basics. To understand what Auto-Tune software can do for, well, untrained singers, you need to understand how the sound of a musical note is made.

It all starts with something vibrating – It could be the metal of a bell,

[bell rings]

or the skin of a drum,

[drum sound]

or a string on a guitar.

[guitar sound]

ANDY HILDEBRAND: With the human voice, it's the vocal cords vibrating over and over.

DAVID LEVIN: That's Andy Hildebrand – He invented the Auto-tune software.

ANDY HILDEBRAND: When you hear an 'A', you're hearing 440 vibrations per second.

[Singer singing A440]

DAVID LEVIN: A 'B' is about 492 vibrations per second,

[singer singing B492]

DAVID LEVIN: And a 'C' is around 587.

[Singer singing C587]

ANDY HILDEBRAND: That's about right.

DAVID LEVIN: So the faster the vibration, the higher the pitch. Simple enough. But pitch isn't the only thing that determines the way a musical note sounds. The shape of an instrument plays a role, too. That's why a bass…

[acoustic bass note]

…sounds different from a banjo,

[banjo note]

…even when they're playing the exact same note.

[acoustic bass and banjo together]

In humans, the size and contours of the spaces inside our heads and throats color the way our voices sound.

ANDY HILDEBRAND: The human voice resonates based on the shape of the throat, the nasal passages, and the speaker's mouth.

DAVID LEVIN: So no matter what note someone is singing, their voice is still unique and recognizable. Jonathan here…

JONATHAN: Hello.

DAVID LEVIN: …will always sound like Jonathan, and Cass…

CASS: Hey there.

DAVID LEVIN: …will always sound like Cass. Even if they sing at the same time.

[Jonathan and Cass singing together]

DAVID LEVIN: But what if they want to improve their singing voices? What can Auto-Tune do for them?

(SECTION 2: AUTO-TUNE AT WORK)

('DETECTING PITCH' BUTTON:)

DAVID LEVIN: The first thing that Auto-Tune does is figure out the pitch of a note that is sung or played into the computer. It's recorded as a red line on this grid.

An 'A', for example, would fall on this line. A B-flat would fall on the line above it, and a G-sharp would be on the line below. But singing those exact notes is hard, especially if you don't have any training.

('TWEAKING NOTES' BUTTON:)

DAVID LEVIN: So let's say you're trying to hit an 'A', and you're a little off.

[bad singer with warbly voice]

Okay, a lot off. Your pitch—that's the red line—wavers back and forth around the right note. Auto-tune can tell which parts of the sound are higher or lower than they should be, and it's able to nudge them back into tune.

[singer's voice corrected in Auto-Tune]

It can even help out if you sing the wrong note entirely. For example, if you hit an 'A' when you should have been singing a 'high G'—Auto-Tune can bump your voice up to the right note.

Here's a slightly better singer. Those red lines are the original pitch of her notes. The blue blocks show where it's been corrected.

[singer's voice in Auto-Tune]

It takes some serious mathematical processing for Auto-tune to make these corrections sound natural, though. If it only altered the pitch of someone's voice, it might sound like this:

[chipmunk voice]

ANDY HILDEBRAND: You get a chipmunk effect. It's not their voice anymore.

DAVID LEVIN: So Andy Hildebrand designed Auto-tune to avoid this problem. Rather than just shifting a singer's pitch, the software also models the shape of the singer's mouth and throat.

Tz Tandingan Is That Her Voice Or Auto Tune Youtube

Tz Tandingan Is That Her Voice Or Auto Tune Full

ANDY HILDEBRAND: So we, like, cut their neck off, listen to their vocal cords, change the pitch, and then glue their head back on. (Laughs) And we do that mathematically in real time. And that's how we can change the pitch of a singer without creating the chipmunk effect.

DAVID LEVIN: Auto-Tune can't make dramatic changes in pitch—say, going from 'middle C' to a 'high A' without sounding mechanical and robotic. But some musicians and record producers actually seek out these effects. They're using Auto-Tune to make new sounds.

('TO THE EXTREME' BUTTON:)

Tz Tandingan Is That Her Voice Or Auto Tune Lyrics

DAVID LEVIN: Auto-Tune creates an unnatural, robotic effect when its settings are pushed to the extremes. But that can sometimes be a creative tool. Musicians from Cher to T-Pain are using it on top-40 albums.

By shifting a note too high in Auto-Tune, you can give it a thin, ghostly effect:

Tz Tandingan Is That Her Voice Or Auto Tune Online

[singer's voice processed into high, ghostly sound]

DAVID LEVIN: And by making rapid adjustments in a singer's pitch, you can make the voice sound robotic. You might recognize this one.

[Singer's voice processed into robotic sound]

DAVID LEVIN: Andy Hildebrand never meant for Auto-Tune to be used this way. But right now, Auto-Tunes signature effects are all over the radio.

AH: This effect is found in every music genre from Dollywood, to Reggae, to Country, Pop, Hip-Hop… everywhere.

DAVID LEVIN: That's great for top-40. But what about the NOVA staff? Can Auto-Tune help our amateur vocalists sound like the pros?

(SECTION 3: THE GRAND FINALE)

('ARETHA FRANKLIN' BUTTON:)

[Aretha Franklin singing My Country 'Tis Of Thee' at inauguration of President Obama]

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('NOVA STAFF' BUTTON:)

Tz Tandingan Is That Her Voice Or Auto Tune Video

[NOVA staff singing 'My Country 'Tis Of Thee' out of tune]

'NOVA STAFF AUTO-TUNED' BUTTON

[NOVA staff singing 'My Country 'Tis Of Thee'; Auto-Tuned version]

('THE FINAL VERDICT' BUTTON:)

ANDY HILDEBRAND: Generally, a bad-sounding singer using Auto-tune is going to sound like a bad-sounding singer who happens to be in tune. We can't fix that. If they've got a poor tone quality, or a poor style, or don't support their diaphragm and get an even volume, we can't fix those things. (laughs)

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