[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

It really is such a travesty the way they continue to butcher her vocals in post like that. I watched Untitled 〜for her〜 the other day on youtube and then booted up A BEST LIVE and the difference is staggering. I couldn't watch it. You can't feel anything at all coming from her when they process her so much that she becomes flat and the sound emotionless.

Actually A BEST LIVE wasn't THAT bad, it was only the beginning when they switched to different software/settings. My guess they were using Melodyne or similar program before and then started using Auto-tune. The real nightmare began starting from CDL 2013-2014. They ruined Premium showcase, A-nation 2014. Then for some unknown reason they returned to an old editing technique, so A-nation 2015, CDL 2014-2015 and Arena Tour 2015 were nicely edited. And then the nightmare continued with CDL Made in Tokyo and TA Tour 2015. Oddly enough there was 1 song in CDL Made in Tokyo that was edited the old, normal way - WARNING.
I'm so happy that I didn' pay for TA Tour DVD. The moment Ayu opened her mouth in the first song I knew they f**ed up her voice again. I tried watching different parts, but couldn't stand it and deleted the file. I enjoyed her human voice in MS Flower performance thinking that it most likely will be insanely robotic in upcoming AT 2016 broadcast.