Singing with Harmony?

[audioguru]

I must be old fashioned. I hear a song playing on the radio and I visualize the singer recording it over and over, each time adding some more harmony.
No, it is done today with software. The singer sings a song only one time and the software "sings" the harmony in the singer's own voice.
I found links to the software. They explain how it works and how it is made "realistic" and musical.

Of course, today the software also fixes the pitch errors of a singer's voice which is why most singers live cannot sing worth a damn.

 

[Ian Rogers]

Of course, today the software also fixes the pitch errors of a singer's voice which is why most singers live cannot sing worth a damn.

I'm glad you said most!!

I have just seen Lionel Ritchie!!! What a performance, 65 and his voice is still exactly the same.. There is no software on his stage... Having said that, there were about 50 thousand harmony singers!!!

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Did anyone watch Live8 back in 2005? - where Dido sang duets with Youssou N'Dour she was no where near in tune, and sounded absolutely horrible - and Youssou kept looking at her like he couldn't believe it (neither could I, and I really like Dido).

 

[audioguru]

The pretty face (a girl or a guy) reads the lyrics and the software sings the various pitches in the song. I think the software causes a delay so it cannot be used in a live concert.