After watching the TV version of Madonna's Sticky & Sweet, Live In Buenos Aires DVD, and with a little help from a forum discussions, I think I figured out what exactly the producers have done to Madonna's voice to make it acceptable to listen at. As you may have heard already, Madonna doesn't sound live at all anymore on the DVD, even though most of the actual show was live (most, not all).
At first, I thought she was just using a megadose of autotune, like she did on her I'm Going To Tell You A Secret CD (Re-Invention Tour) and the Confessions Tour DVD. Then, I figured parts of the Confessions Tour are actually studio version, autotuned to make them sound live. This definitely goes for Sorry, Lucky Star and Hung Up, but there could be more.
Anyway, I now think 90% or so of the Sticky & Sweet DVD is using studio vocals, instead of autotuned live vocals. The difference between Madonna screaming to the audience and they way she sings, makes it obvious it's not just one recording. The thing is, they've made the studio recordings sound like live recordings, but Madonna was hardly singing during the Sticky & Sweet Tour. Screaming would be a better way to describe the way she wrestled herself through her songs on this tour. So, even with autotune, the intonation should still stay the same, but it doesn't. The most absurd example of this is Borderline, where you can see Madonna screaming the words, except she sound crystal clear, and not off key at all.
The notable exception to this process is You Must Love Me/Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Sure, they used autotune on that song as well, but at least it sounds a little bit live, Same goes for Hung Up, although I'm not sure about that one.
How sad it is the biggest singer there is, needs to use studio versions of her songs to make a live DVD listenable. Madonna was singing horrible last year on tour, so they needed to resort to technical enhancements to cover it up. Pathetic.
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