I’m not talking about the mid-atlantic accent which has been asked about on this sub. I mean how the actual recordings of voices have a distinct sound quality where you can tell they’re…. old timey. Not the graininess, not background-noisiness, but the actual timbre/character of the voices has some sort of… idk, almost slightly electronicky sound to it. And modern artists use it as an artificial effect. But modern recording technology recreates voices much more true-to-life. What is this?
If this makes no sense feel free to roast me and remove my post >_>
edit: someone suggested to link an example. This was on my mind when watching this clip of the Jordannaires singing at the Grand Ol Opry in the 50s: [https://youtu.be/qkJU8BS-jDU?t=337](https://youtu.be/qkJU8BS-jDU?t=337) I listen to a fair amount of barbershop, and lots of the old recordings have this vocal quality to it, but modern recordings are much more accurate to the person’s real-life voice.
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techniques were different, because the mainstream style of song/singing was different.
that is a huge part of it. there wasn’t much emphasis on power belting like you see praised now for example. People sung more classically based (raised soft pallet, more head mix, overall healthier tone imho)
PLUS recording quality and lack of the less limited, diverse EQ like we have today. It is a combo of both. Even Frank, if he was recorded back then with the technology we have now, you would still get that vintagey sound a bit, clearer and richer, but it is still a thing.
Source: I am a singer who went to conservatory and won awards. I know my shit lol.
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