

This creates a whiny, high-pitched sound that resembles sounds and words from the singer.

As the song plays, the musician will mouth words and vocalize sounds with their vocal chords. This box plugs into the amplifier and the singer puts the tube in his or her mouth and begins to strum. How does it work? Well, a plastic tube connects to the talk box device at the foot of the guitarist. The first talk box was developed in 1939, and has been an influencer in rock, funk and pop music since. The talk box allows a singer to sing through an instrument to create a computerized sound that is completely unique. That digital voice heard in the very beginning is not auto-tune or some recording studio magic, it’s a talk box. But before that catchy beat starts, the song’s hypnotic introduction puts you in a trance.

When this track comes on, one cannot help but get down and groove it out. It combines electro-funk with modern beats to form a polished take on a sound popularized in the early ‘80s. 7, 2016, Bruno Mars debuted at number five with the single “24K Magic.” Coming from his third album of the same name, the funky song was destined to be a radio hit.
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As lightning cracked outside his window pane, he cracked the code. He sat alone on a stormy night with a long, plastic tube hanging from his mouth. These “artists” have searched high-and-low through studios, record shops and Guitar Centers to find some other way to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. By Mario Nicastro Bruno Mars’ use of the “talk box” in his recent releases has brought this classic technology back to the mainstream (Courtesy of Flickr).Įver since Jay-Z laid auto-tune to rest in 2009, talentless pop singers have been vying for a way to enhance their singing voices.
