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It was just the Mike claims about "autotune" (vocal processing) when he seemed to be the primary recipient on the C50 work, were what I found hypocritical. I've heard the recent YouTube "live" videos of his shows. Give me a break! Thank heavens Steve Desper confirmed my opinion, so that I didn't have to wonder if it was delusional on my part, or the work of the person posting the video. It was a recording of the show.
I know exactly what you mean...and I know Brian had a few dates where tuning was audible on the c50 tour as well. For what it's worth, though, it seems like that ended in mid to late May 2012. May have been a default plug-in on the mixing board*, because I didn't hear tuning at all on *anybody* after that period.
*- I've heard of some promoters and/or venues that actually *insist* on it being on by default...and it could've been present on others besides Brian and Mike.
I wasn't aware of those C50 shows. Thanks for the info. It helps. All the times I've heard Brian perform he wasn't "tuned," so this is new info for me. It seems, when he's performing as Brian Wilson and band, this isn't the case. Obviously, I haven't attended every show, but I've not heard of it. Those YouTube videos of Mike's band, frankly shocked me. I can't imagine why anyone would process Foskett's or Ike's vocals. They were spot on when I heard them with Brian (or the Four Freshmen) in the past nearly all the time. Maybe they had an off night?