...The question of authenticity is relevant to writing about instrumental representations of the human voice. This chapter examines “modality theory,” an approach that asks how “authentic” voices have been represented and not whether they actually are “authentic.” It demonstrates that musical...

...Since the introduction of computer-based systems, there has been a radical transformation in the capture, processing, and placement of the human voice. Today, producers and engineers employ precise digital technology to select, separate, copy, and conjoin all the portions of their compositions...

...Voice has returned to both theoretical and artistic agendas. In the digital era, techniques and technologies of voice have provoked insistent questioning of the distinction between the human voice and the voice of the machine, between genuine and synthetic affect, between the uniqueness...