robot voice copy protection (1 Viewer)

[Franco]

Got a preview copy of roots manuva's new record and at least twice during every song, some loudmouth robot bint starts shouting "DO NOT COPY THIS ALBUM" or "BUY THIS ALBUM" over the track.

what a load of shite.

 

[the departed]

thats a great, simple idea.
fair play.

 

[Franco]

not if you're supposed to review it.

 

[nofunchee]

not if you're supposed to review it.

just go on about how revolutionary and ground-breaking the robot vocals are and ignore the rest of it almost entirely.

 

[the departed]

not if you're supposed to review it.

well surely having the voice doesnt interfere too much with the song but its just enough to stop people from leaking it and copying it.

labels are so desperate for their releases not to be hijacked that im surprised they arent sending out people to hold a gun to your head when you review it.

 

[Alan Remorse]

Maybe it's a concept album about how robots are going to enslave the human race.

 

[Franco]

well surely having the voice doesnt interfere too much with the song but its just enough to stop people from leaking it and copying it.

labels are so desperate for their releases not to be hijacked that im surprised they arent sending out people to hold a gun to your head when you review it.

It comes in a random times in every song, so it's a constant irritant. I don't even want to listen to it again.

I get that they're paranoid about leaks, but shit gets leaked regardless. That's just the way of the world these days.

 

[sweetoblivion]

By coincidence I was listening to my promo copy last night and was like WTF?!
Worst bit for me is it means you can't use it to DJ with or play on the radio - all radio stations are sent promos, I presume he doesn't care about radio play, maybe he'll sent an un-roboted version to the big stations. Great album besides all that though.

 

[Skrankio-X]

I had a Minilogue track like that but played it on the radio anyway. The robot voice was distant and sorta trippy and cool.

 

[sweetoblivion]

this robot voice definitely isn't distant! although really to the uninitiated, it might just sound like a 'quirky' comment on downloading.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Is it radio1 who bit beeps into sessions so you can't rip from their website?

 

[binky]

this robot voice definitely isn't distant! although really to the uninitiated, it might just sound like a 'quirky' comment on downloading.

It was on the promo of Aufully Deep as well. Very annoying indeed. Lots of hip hop promos in particular have it. You can no more pirate them than you can listen to them.

Job done.

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[ann post]

didnt radiohead do that on amnesiac?

 

[Jasper]

The promo for Benga's "Diary of an Afro Warrior" had one - "you're listening to Diary of an Afro Warrior by Benga" every few minutes. I nabbed it for free so i suppose i can't complain...

 

[maims bond]

it's really common no? A copy I have of Mr Lif's last album had it. Was still shit though. Seems a fair enough practice to me.