In Praise Of Auto-Tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBoqPDtmDw Frieze Magazine has published a article that takes a contrarian look at the musicality of Auto-Tune. Author Jace Clayton first recognizes the fact that many musicians hate AutoTuned vocals: Vocal purists hate Auto-Tune. They hear in its robotic modulations some combination of sugar-rush novelty, bulldozed nuance, jejune synthetics, loss of ‘soul’, disdain for innate… Read More In Praise Of Auto-Tune

Does The World Need A T-Pain Auto-Tune App For The iPhone?

Time magazine published an article earlier this week that looks at Auto-Tune and its use in popular music.  Buried in the article, though, the mass-market future of Auto-Tune is revealed: T-Pain and Auto-Tune’s parent company are finishing work on an iPhone app. “It’s gonna be real cool,” says T-Pain. “Basically, you can add Auto-Tune to… Read More Does The World Need A T-Pain Auto-Tune App For The iPhone?

Auto-Tune EFX So Cheap That Now Everybody Can Sound Like T-Pain

Antares Audio Technologies and Guitar Center have announced Auto-Tune EFX, an entry-level version of its real-time pitch correction software.  For $129, everybody can now sound like T-Pain and Cher.  Do you believe in Pain? Get ready for an explosion of the Auto-Tune effect in YouTube videos! Designed to make almost everything automatic, Auto-Tune EFX provides two… Read More Auto-Tune EFX So Cheap That Now Everybody Can Sound Like T-Pain

Britney Spears Is Why They Invented Auto-Tune

This is just plain scary – this video shows Britney Spears performing at a Las Vegas concert with just her voice track – none of the backing tracks or vocal tracks she’s lip syncing too. View it all the way through, if you can bear it – and you’ll understand why they invented Auto-Tune.

Auto-Tune Evo Pitch Correction Software

Antares Audio Technologies has released Auto-Tune Evo, the latest version of the company’s pitch-correction software. Like previous versions of Auto-Tune, Auto-Tune Evo provides the ability to correct the pitch of a voice or solo instrument in real time, without distortion or artifacts, while preserving expressive nuance. Auto-Tune Evo includes an Automatic Mode for real-time pitch… Read More Auto-Tune Evo Pitch Correction Software