[News] ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2015-2016 A ~II thread~

[rikku1994]

Her voice is just strained, you guys need to calm down it's not the end of the world lol. She needs a well deserved rest.

Honestly tho, I loved this year's CDL. She slayed.

[Chris85]

GREEN and born to be performances will be uploaded to Ayu's official channel in 20 min. Edited I'm sure.

[Zeke.]

Auto tune is bad. Can't feel Ayu's emotion when they cap it with that awful correction software.

Also, I really dislike GREEN's arrangement - I keep thinking RED LINE is coming in every time the instruments start up.

[SayukiChoco]

Omg the autotune on Born to be... is really terrible lol. I don't think that GREEN's autotune is bad though.

I still think that her vocals were quite alright considering the amount of singing in 2015. I hope she will rest her voice a little and comes back with better vocals. I don't think that she needs to retire or whatever, at most she needs a break, a longer one for all I care and that's all.

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Also, I really dislike GREEN's arrangement - I keep thinking RED LINE is coming in every time the instruments start up.

Ah, yes you're right! I was wondering the whole time of which song the new arrangement reminds me! yes, RED LINE indeed

[Ryusei]

[Chris85]

Welcome back, robotic-sounding Ayu...

[jiarongisme]

Ahaha they used the first version of the logo in the beginning of the video. COWNTDOWN.

But omg, the autotune on this is worse than the 2013 and 2014 DVDs.

[aliceshields]

Originally Posted by jiarongisme

Ahaha they used the first version of the logo in the beginning of the video. COWNTDOWN.

But omg, the autotune on this is worse than the 2013 and 2014 DVDs.

*thumb up* Very good eyes, I didn't notice that until you pointed it out.

[maxikot]

This live was weird in terms of sound. As i said in another post her live tv broadcasts have problem with instruments adjusting etc. Also as somebody noticed warning probably had pre-recorded vocals as in the 2nd verse Ayu started moving lips too early and sorry....if warning has pre-recorder vocals (aside from lalalai) and they really don't go that great with music background....something really is wrong. Also we have comments that tv-version sounded different compared to being there in arena. I hope that for dvd/br we will get better edited version (and let's face it - it's impossible to avoid here). I want to properly hear new/improved arrangements of songs. Will live with digitalised Ayu considering she was obviously tired after year of hard work.

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by jiarongisme

Ahaha they used the first version of the logo in the beginning of the video. COWNTDOWN.

But omg, the autotune on this is worse than the 2013 and 2014 DVDs.

oooops It's not just in the beginning, it's the wrong logo there in the corner the whole video haha

I'm not too worried about the vocals for Born To Be... on this digest, it's probably just some quick "fix" they did for this video, not necessarily how she's going to sound on the DVD...

[kaled kalil]

She sounds like a Vocaloid during Born to be..., wth.

[Chris85]

Maybe it's not too late if we complain about such editing through TeamAyu message form.
Can't help being disappointed. First Ayu keeps shouting all 3 dates as if her vocal improvement never happened, then AVEX switches back to 2013-2014 autotuning.
What the heck...

[attractive nausea]

I'd rather listen to over-edited vocals than horrible vocals

[love in music]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

I'd rather listen to over-edited vocals than horrible vocals

Agreed. I think they did a really good job editing her vocals this time. Miracle workers lol.

[andycruize]

She should take a rest for a half year and come back with a New single!

[Surreal17]

Love the new GREEN edit, sounds almost like a studio version.And the arrangement can be heard so clearly. As for Born to be, I have to agree, she does sound robotic.

[YukiUsagi]

They still keep that logo

[//ABEST]

don't really understand how avex can still use the wrong logo which was fixed already!!

you can hear her voice being almost gone when she counts and screams HAPPY NEW YEAR so i'm not that worry about horrible vocals in tv version really i was ready for her bad vocals again but this saves the situation pretty well for me

[Aderianu]

maybe good edition take too much time and that's why they did it in most simple way

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

maybe good edition take too much time and that's why they did it in most simple way

Movin' on without you（ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit）was uploaded less than 2 days after the show and was edited nicely, so I doubt it takes much time to edit.

Originally Posted by pimenta

I'm not too worried about the vocals for Born To Be... on this digest, it's probably just some quick "fix" they did for this video, not necessarily how she's going to sound on the DVD...

It's not only Born to be, GREEN suffers from the same problem. I personally sure that's the way DVD will sound like if AVEX doesn't receive negative feedback from fans.
By the way videos from TA tour that are in the intro video are heavily autotuned too, so I guess that was a first indication of this editing change.
Next they will ruin TA limited tour and A-nation 2016.