"Lollipop" is an insinuating electronic concoction, ticking and blipping, with Static Major (who died earlier this year) crooning the chorus and Lil Wayne's brief bits of rapping turned into a melody by computer tuning.
Even a car straight from the factory will run differently with computer tuning — especially if it is a performance-oriented model like the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution or the Subaru Impreza WRX STi, equipped with beefy hardware like a turbocharger.
His own albums reveal a high, thin tenor voice bolstered by computer tuning and clever arrangements; although he sang Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana" onstage, he's no Michael Jackson as a singer or dancer.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Last month, I lay in bed in Sweden with my computer tuned to the inaugural championship game of the National Women's Soccer League.
As the Internet came into being, another new sense was applied: "adept at the use of the computer, tuned into the culture of the Internet".
He would follow us around and say things like, 'I can picture Mom in bed, dying,' or 'I remember when she had the IV dripping into her arm — it was such a torturous few years,' or 'Make sure you don't leave your key with the doorman because my mother had a lot of things disappear.' He would have his computer tuned to a porn site, so you would walk by and see the most vile photos.
Here's what we know: Come March 31st, all Sprint retail employees will be huddled around their computers, tuning into a meeting we've heard called "top secret", "mandatory", and "company-wide".
The memo has led to a gaggle of giggle-worthy headlines like: "Did Porn Cause the Financial Crisis?," "SEC Staffers Watched Porn, Not Wall Street," "SEC Was Wanking Off While The Economy Crumbled," etc.— conjuring images of rows upon rows of SEC computers tuned into porn while homeowners received foreclosure notices and Madoff victims wept.
They play versions of C64 game music using real instruments, adding drums, bass and distorted guitars to the synthesiser and techno sounds of those classic computer tunes.
For these customers, Dell will offer online technical support and data back-up for up to 10 gigabytes for a small fee, as well as conducting computer tune-ups online.
The Longhorns were ready, with electronic music resources at the School of Music, including the renown UT Electronic Music Studios (UTEMS) and coursework in how to make those fancy computer tunes.
