Although I liked Nick's semi-badness.

I loved that he gave it his all, and really worked the dance routine.

Alyson did say afterward that she wished she'd sung more once she heard how SMG's performances were changed in post-production.

Right, but SMG put it on the line, risking sounding bad before she could hear the final fixed up version. She's the one who took the chance, and a pretty big one for the star of a TV show watched by millions.

She wasn't THAT bad. She sounded like a regular non-professional-singer person, singing. Which I thought was fine, because that's what Buffy was, anyway.

She wasn't THAT bad. She sounded like a regular non-professional-singer person, singing.

I am assuming that she must have been actually bad in order for the autotune to only make her sound like a regular person, but maybe I am misunderstanding autotune. Does it actually fix your pitch (which to me means she is "bad") or does it also make your voice sound more pleasant? I am coming at this as a regular person singer who is always on key, but I don't really have the prettiest voice.

autotune can't work miracles, or I would be on the pop charts right now.

Does it actually fix your pitch (which to me means she is "bad") or does it also make your voice sound more pleasant?

Autotune can fix issues with pitch (and punch up weak or breathy sounding voices, IIRC), but it can't add warmth or other things that make "pretty" voices.

I loved SMG's performance in OMWF. That took real guts and she pulled it off just fine. There was no need to be a perfect singer in the context of the story. She did great!

By her not thinking she had to be, I meant more that signing on as "Buffy", who would think that would happen?

So the complaint about Autotune is that it makes bad singers marketable? I've been kind of baffled by the hatred of Autotune, because I hear the songs that are apparently Autotuned, and I can't hear the complaints. They don't sound fake or computer generated, just competently sung.

I am generally bad at "hearing" things, but I can hear some of the autotune artifacts, and at least some people are overdoing it, because it's a weird metallic sensation in my ears. Drives me nuts.

I am generally bad at "hearing" things, but I can hear some of the autotune artifacts, and at least some people are overdoing it, because it's a weird metallic sensation in my ears. Drives me nuts.

Autotune, in the hands of someone VERY GOOD, can be made "invisible". But that's not the effect that a lot of singers/producers are using it for - they want that weird metallic sound.

Even when it's not overdone like that, it still can be pretty obvious. It's one of the reasons I was never able to get into the show Glee. The obvious autotune made me grind my teeth.