I can't distinguish any hints of autotune. Which part of the video is it allegedly at?
The entire thing. Except it's not autotune, it's post production pitch correction. And it's very subtle and well done. I believe what people are mostly noticing and calling out on, are the parts of the chorus that have backup harmonies, considering the pre-recorded harmonies are studio samples and are already pitch corrected, they're gonna sound less 'live' than the lead vocal performance.
Fortunately, for me, I've never been able to hear auto-tuning, unless it's at obvious Cher levels and done intentionally. In fact, couple my inability to hear it with my natural skepticism and I come away thinking that people just like to say they can hear auto-tuning to come off as experts.
I'm sure I'm wrong, of course. There are so many trained and expert level listeners on DTF.
I think the song sounds great and I'm very happy that I pre-ordered the Blu-ray!
Nah, it's definitely possible to hear it if you know what you're listening out for and have a trained ear. JLB's vocals are so good lately that it's not applied heavily, and doesn't detract in the slightest from his performance here imo.
If you want to hear obvious overdone pitch correction, check out any Toto live album/DVD from the past decade. They're painful to me.
If it is def used why would it allow a whole song to be sung flat and out of tune. Spaced Dyed Vest he kind of butchers at a few shows I've seen on you tube or is it only used when they are making a DVD?
Only used when making the DVD. Live autotune can be a risky game unless the singer already has generally pretty awesome pitch control, because they have to be within a half step of the note, or their pitch is gonna get dragged to the nearest half step above or below the pitch they're going for (James wouldn't dare use it live because his vibrato style would confuse the autotuner). The irony of using live auto-tune professionally is that if you can use it effectively, then you probably don't need it. Of course you can tune it to a particular mode, like say; the scale of the key a song is in. Then you'll get tuned to the the nearest tone instead of the nearest semitone, but then you're eliminating half the notes in the octave and by this point it becomes difficult to make it sound subtle live. Not to mention if the composition develops in any of the ways that the average DT piece does, then you're gonna have to prepare to tune your key changes and it just gets way to complicated. Most, if not all artists will use subtle pitch correction in post production if releasing a live show though.