The use of digital pitch correction software on vocal recordings

The OP is Ahab and digital pitch correction is...  We know how that story ends.

And there is auto tune.

If auto tune were to disappear tomorrow, an entire genre of todays popular music would disappear with it.

Perhaps a topic for another thread?

Two YTbers I follow, Rick Beato and Fil of Wings of Pegasus, have videos talking about auto tune ( others too ). Very enlightening and educational, if so interested. Our recordings that we listen to, are vastly manipulated by the folks involved who are making the recordings. To name the many characteristics I am speaking of, would be another area to examine and research, on the net. For those who have spent time in a recording studio, know of what I am speaking. But the point of it all.....if you enjoy the end result, this is all that matters. So, Enjoy ! My best, MrD.

@frogman

Here is a result of a 5-second use of the Google search engine:
Definitions from Oxford Languages.
adjective: pompous
- affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.

I consider someone introducing themself to a conversation with this,
“Let’s bring this discussion ‘down to earth.’ A little reality check, if you will,”
to be assuming a somewhat pompous tone.
It’s not like this conversation became so grossly off-topic as to be silly and worthless or anything like that.
Thusly, that intro was unnecessary and, to me, sounded kinda pompous.
I see that introduction to insinuate that the speaker (introducing themself with a self-important tone) has knowledge of “reality,” and the other participants in the conversation are babbling glib nonsense.

Here’s my comment that you scrutinized the way a child when chastised by an adult authority figure (‘bUt…bUt…I wAsN’t bEiNg MeAn!! HEEEE - pointing finger at the other kid - wAs bEiNg MeAn FIRST!!!’):

“I have perfect pitch. I know what off-pitch sounds like. I’m a singer.
I sing on pitch.”

I am a singer who sings on pitch (an innocuous statement akin to a mechanic saying, ‘I’m a mechanic who knows how to use a wrench’) and have perfect pitch.
I certainly don’t wish to be patronizing or didactic, but, if I may, “perfect pitch” is a commonly used term to describe the ability to recognize tones by hearing.
A bit of genetic “luck” (nature) and long-term commitment (nurture).

My dissemination of this, aside from merely being a statement of fact, was to show that I’m not talkin’ out my rear end when I say, “I know what off-pitch tones sound like.”

You have, thusly, incorrectly accused me of showing pomposity with those statements.

You are correct that, as a matter of course, I find the use of digital pitch “correction” software to be objectionable in all instances, for the reasons I stated.

Perhaps I’m ignorant, but my impression is that one is most likely to encounter this in contemporary Pop. As such music is heavily processed to begin with, why would this be a concern to its fans?

I have difficulty envisioning Classical or Jazz vocalists going this route but given the accelerating pace of technology, who knows?