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?