Official Vocals thread (READ OP FIRST)

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On 10/23/2020 at 4:08 PM, MightyBee said:

Also, this doesn't seem live to me. Maybe they did sang it live but there was some post processing on it. 

On 10/23/2020 at 4:13 PM, jeong jaehyuns boyfriend said:

I think it was live and post-processed for the broadcast, or their microphones may have had some autotune or other filters built into the audio output.

With the fact that this was also 2007 in mind, I don't think there is significant post-processing or live auto-tune. What it may be however - although I'm not sure how important this performance was so they may not have done it - is that they could have gone back and recorded over any bad moments. That was done pretty often for important performances like DVD concerts and such, and is still done a fair bit now.

But I think it's also viable to give them the benefit of the doubt when they did practice this song for a whole year. I feel like you'd get pretty damn good at knowing how to control your breathing and get your part practically perfect.

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5 hours ago, jeong jaehyuns boyfriend said:

While I do think that some minor live audio processing is a possibility, I highly doubt that they would have retrospectively gone back to record over anything. This was a hole in the wall performance for a TV fundraiser and I doubt SM or anyone else cared even if one of the girls did crack. In 2007, I also don't really think that was a thing -  back then, it was definitely expected for groups to sing live and those that didn't were severely bashed for it for being "talentless". Nowadays, everyone gets away with lipsyncing to a prerecorded track, even at smaller off-broadcast events. There's definitely re-recording for concerts (i.e. that Lion Heart performance I posted was definitely post-processed and potentially re-recorded in some parts) but that 2007 ITNW performance was completely live, imo. 

I agree - I also think it was live. Essentially I was just saying that with the sound, it's unlikely there was post or live processing, and it would've had to be recorded over if there were any 'fixes' that needed to be done. But yeah, I did say that I doubted this would've been important enough for that anyway

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10 hours ago, Wysteria said:

*mezzo, alto is not a voice type but yeah question mark because it’s a grain of salt but it gives me hope lol

from the context it seems as if they meant contralto. hence why they said that they'd never heard of someone being called a contralto and actually being one, but rarely being a mezzo. also technically mezzo should be called mezzo-soprano so you could argue that's wrong too.

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19 hours ago, galhadineas said:

yeah yoon is much better with her enunciation than sieun lol the difference is so clear, sieun is 100% nasal, even seeun the others girls don't sound as nasal as her

1:03 vs 1:15

 

I saw this video before it was on the official Naver channel and seriously, it's actually shameful that they label this as 'live'. Not only is the backtrack ridiculously loud, but the pitch-correction makes them sound extremely tinny whenever it kicks in, which it seems to do a lot as they have managed to edit them to sound practically exactly like the official track. Also there are times where the voice keeps playing at the same volume while they're moving the mic away from their mouths, so I doubt whether this is live in ANY sense of the word. Reminded me of the video made by a sone where a lot of this 'live' stuff got called out.

 

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is it me??? Am I the one with broken ears?????? How does this sound good to anyone?

 

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On 3/27/2022 at 5:18 AM, BabyKBK said:

Is it a thing for heavy soprano voices to sing brighter in studio and be darker live? I've noticed Solji does this a lot in her comeback

Does this have any effect on technique or is it just mainly a change in placement? (the live is a semitone lower)

This is a super late response to this but I just wanted to say that a relatively minor change in the sound of their voice like this can also be attributed to the difference in microphones and mixing used in the studio vs. on stage.