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Auto-Tune is a proprietary^[2]audio processor made by Antares Audio Technologies. Auto-Tune uses a ph vocoder to fix pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to hide out of tune singing and mistakes. It lets singers perform perfectly tuned vocal tracks without needing to sing in tune. Its main purpose is to slightly bend sung pitches to the nearest true semitone. Auto-Tune can also be used as an effect to distort the human voice when pitch is raised/lowered a lot.^[3]

Sep 17, 2018  Auto-Tune works as a kind of safety net for vocal acrobatics—or perhaps the equivalent of the harness and pulley-ropes that enable stage performers to fly. Auto-Tune was created by the small music-processing software company Antares Audio Technologies, based in Scotts Valley, Calif. It debuted in 1997 as a plug-in for Pro Tools, the industry-standard recording software, and the device became infamous the following year when it was used in the creation.

Auto-Tune can be used as a plug-in for professional audio multi-tracking suites used in a studio setting, and as a stand-alone, rack-mounted unit for live performance processing.^[4] Auto-Tune has become standard equipment in professional recording studios.^[5]

Auto-Tune was first created by Andy Hildebrand, an engineer working for Exxon. Hildebrand developed methods for interpreting seismic data, and then realized that the technology could be used to detect, analyze, and modify pitch.^[3]

In popular music[change | change source]

Auto-Tune was used for vocal effects on Cher's 'Believe', recorded in 1998. This was the first major hit song to use the software for this purpose. At first the sound engineers claimed that they had used a vocoder, in what Sound on Sound said was an attempt to keep a trade secret.^[6] After the massive success of 'Believe', many artists copied the technique, which became known as the 'Cher Effect'. It can be heard in songs of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some notable examples are Gigi D'Agostino's 'La Passion' and Janet Jackson's US Number 1 hit 'All For You'. Auto-Tune became famous again in the mid-2000s when R&B singer T-Pain made active use of it in his songs.^[7] This technique has been copied by many other modern R&B and pop artists, including Usher, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Justin Bieber. T-Pain has even had an iPhoneApp named after him that copies the effect called 'I Am T-Pain'.^[8]

The Boston Herald revealed that country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have both said they are using Auto-Tune in performance. They said it is a safety net that guarantees a good performance.^[9]Sara Evans, John Michael Montgomery and Gary LeVox of the group Rascal Flatts also use Auto-Tune to fix pitch problems. However, other country music singers, such as Loretta Lynn, Allison Moorer, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, and Patty Loveless, have refused to use Auto-Tune.^[10]

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YouTube musical group The Gregory Brothers have joined their original music tracks with Auto-Tuned versions of mundane evening news video clips, making fun of everyone from President Barack Obama to Antoine Dodson. The popularity of their YouTube channel led the Gregory Brothers to release many of their songs on iTunes.

Artist backlash[change | change source]

In 2002, the CD Miss Fortune by singer-songwriter Allison Moorer was released with a sticker stating that 'Absolutely no vocal tuning or pitch correction was used in the making of this record'.^[11] At the 51st Grammy Awards in early 2009, the band Death Cab for Cutie wore blue ribbons to protest the use of Auto-Tune in the music industry.^[12] Later that spring, Jay-Z named the lead single of his album The Blueprint 3 as 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)'. Jay-Z said that far too many people had jumped on the Auto-Tune bandwagon and that the trend had become a gimmick.^[13][14]Christina Aguilera appeared in public in Los Angeles on August 10, 2009 wearing a T-shirt that read, 'Auto Tune is for Pussies'.^[15] However, when interviewed by Sirius/XM, she said that Auto-Tune wasn't bad if used '..in a creative way'. She said her album Bionic uses the technology and highlighted 'Elastic Love' being a product of it.^[16]

Criticism[change | change source]

Opponents of the plug-in argue Auto-Tune people will not treat musicians with respect in they need help to stay in tune. A Chicago Tribune report from 2003 states that 'many successful mainstream artists in most genres of music—perhaps a majority of artists—are using pitch correction'.^[11]

In 2004, The Daily Telegraph music critic Neil McCormick called Auto-Tune a 'particularly sinister invention that has been putting extra shine on pop vocals since the 1990s' by taking 'a poorly sung note and transpos[ing] it, placing it dead center of where it was meant to be'.^[17]

In 2009, Time magazine quoted an unnamed Grammy-winning recording engineer as saying, 'Let's just say I've had Auto-Tune save vocals on everything from Britney Spears to Bollywood cast albums. And every singer now presumes that you'll just run their voice through the box.' The same article hoped 'that pop's fetish for uniform perfect pitch will fade', commenting that pop-music songs are sounding the same, as 'track after track has perfect pitch.'^[18][19] Timothy Powell, a producer/engineer stated in 2003 that he is 'even starting to see vocal tuning devices show up in concert settings'; he states that 'That's more of an ethical dilemma—people pay a premium dollar to see artists and artists want people to see them at their best.'^[11]

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The American television series Glee uses Auto-Tune in its songs. E! Online's Joal Ryan criticized the show for its 'overproduced soundtrack', in particular, complaining that many songs rely too heavily on the software.^[20]

In 2010, there was controversy when British television reality TV show, The X Factor had been accused of using Auto-Tune to improve the voices of contestants, especially Gamu Nhengu.^[21][22]Simon Cowell ordered a ban on Auto-Tune for future episodes.^[23]

References[change | change source]

1. ↑Antares history page
2. ↑Harold A. Hildebrand, 'Pitch detection and intonation correction apparatus and method', US patent 5973252, published 1999-10-26, issued 1999-10-26
3. ↑ ^3.03.1Frere Jones, Sasha. 'The Gerbil's Revenge', The New Yorker, June 9, 2008
4. ↑Antares product page
5. ↑Everett-Green, Robert. 'Ruled by Frankenmusic,' The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2006, p. R1.
6. ↑'Recording Cher's 'Believe'
7. ↑Singers do better with T-Pain relief
8. ↑I Am T-Pain at Smule.com
9. ↑Treacy, Christopher John. 'Pitch-adjusting software brings studio tricks,' The Boston Herald, February 19, 2007, Monday, 'The Edge' p. 32.
10. ↑McCall, Michael. Pro Tools: A number of leading country artists sing off key. But a magical piece of software-Pro Tools-makes them sound as good as gold.'
11. ↑ ^11.011.111.2Ryan, Maureen (27 April 2003). 'What, no pitch correction?'(PDF). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
12. ↑'Death Cab for Cutie protests Auto-Tune'. Idiomag.com. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
13. ↑Reid, Shaheem (2009-06-06). 'Jay-Z Premiers New Song, 'D.O.A.': 'Death Of Auto-Tune''. MTV. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
14. ↑Reid, Shaheem (2009-06-10). 'Jay-Z Blames Wendy's Commercial—Partially—For His 'Death Of Auto-Tune''. MTV. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
15. ↑DIRRTYHONEY (2009-08-11). 'Christina Aguilera Joins Jay Z's Anti-Autotune Movement'. Popsugar. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
16. ↑Christina Aguilera Talks Use of Auto-Tune on SIRIUS XM June 17, 2010
17. ↑McCormick, Neil (2004-10-13). 'The truth about lip-synching'. The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
18. ↑Tyrangiel, Josh, 'Singer's Little Helper,' Time, February 5, 2009
19. ↑Note that the phrase perfect pitch is used here in an erroneous manner, as it refers to a very rare ability, not the mere ability to sing in tune; in general a skilled singer can be expected not to sound off-key.
20. ↑Ryan, Joal (October 23, 2009). 'Glee's Great, but the Music Ain't'. E! Online. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
21. ↑X Factor admits tweaking vocals
22. ↑'X Factor 2010: Outraged viewers take to Twitter to complain 'auto-tune' technology was used on first episode'. Daily Mail. London. 2010-08-22.
23. ↑Sam-Daliri, Nadia (2010-08-26). 'Angry Simon Cowell bans Auto-tuning'. The Sun. London.

Other websites[change | change source]

• TuneWorx - a pitch correcting module from SpectrumWorx
• Antares Auto-Tune EVO Pitch Correcting Plug-In – product home page
• Pitchfork: Neko Case Interview – artistic integrity and Auto-Tune
• CBC Radio OneQ: The Podcast for Thursday June 25, 2009MP3 – NPR's Tom Moon on the takeover of the Autotune.
• 'Auto-Tune', NOVA scienceNOW, PBS TV, June 30, 2009
• KnowYourMeme: Auto-Tune, the history of Auto-Tune and current use in popular media

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• A device or facility for tuning something automatically, especially a piece of computer software that enables the correction of an out-of-tune vocal performance.

  • ‘Turn on the radio and without turning the dial you find one-hit wonders, wanna-be gangsters, lying fools, and most importantly autotune.’
  • ‘Just the plain 'uncoolness' of some artists killed their autotune experiences.’
  • ‘Still, one in the eye for all the music traditionalists who go on about how unnatural electronic manipulation such as Autotune is.’
  • ‘Katie Price's song sounds okay, but Autotune, or whatever it's called, is a wonderful invention.’
  • ‘He revealed: 'Everybody uses AutoTune these days.'’
  • ‘More deliciously dirty beats, and a vocoder: no, not your AutoTune nonsense, a proper 80s style job that makes robot voices.’
  • ‘I get a big kick out of the I Am T-Pain app, which applies the AutoTune effect to your voice as you sing along with beats (or not).’
  • ‘Existing digital radio owners in the above areas should carry out an 'autotune' to scan and store the BBC services in their radio set's station list.’
  • ‘I wonder if Kordyback can even really sing without all the AutoTune.’
  • ‘If people want to take the risk on a genuine artist, they go and see someone like Whitney (who I always thought was talented, shame she overdid the melisma, but at least she didn't need autotune).’
  • ‘His prints are all over the wreckage of a pop culture that didn't need an autocue on TV, or an autotune in the studio.’
  • ‘While some people hated the Autotune, no one could deny that it was his most focused album yet.’
  • ‘'And Then So Clear' is basic but true, though it will alienate some because Eno pitches his voice up an octave with what may be the same robotic AutoTune Cher used on 'Believe'.’
  • ‘He needed to take advantage of the autotune craze and to take a chance at making an album that, because of the timing of the industry and his life events, had a short window for recording and release.’
  • ‘GQradio features a slick graphical interface, autotune, station presets and more.’
  • ‘The pop heartthrob admits he uses vocal-enhancing programme AutoTune in the studio to improve his songs - but claims all other singers do as well.’

transitive verb

• 1Tune (something) automatically.

  ‘there's also an FM radio which can autotune stations and has a ‘record’ option’

  • ‘You can autotune up to 10 programmes at a time.’
  • ‘It's like a roadtrip to hell where the radio autotunes to whatever's heaviest.’
  • ‘Switch the box to 'game' when you're using it, switch to the TV/Cable input manually, and don't let your TV try to autotune its way to a signal.’
  • ‘A kid should be taught how to auto-tune channels on the set.’
  • ‘Also new in the latest update: a new channel info bar, and a setting to let you auto-tune to HD channels!’
  • ‘DRM technology is more or less like 'a smart radio' that auto-tunes itself during emergency and natural disasters.’
  • ‘However when I autotune the TV it only picks up the standard 5 terrestrial channels.’
  • ‘Once your TV stops receiving signal from your current networks, head into your menu and start auto-tuning.’

  1. 1.1Alter the pitch of (a voice recording) by means of a computer program.
     • ‘She sounds so good she almost sounds autotuned.’
     • ‘While we may cringe at the autotuned quality of her voice, we can't help but agree with the lyrics.’
     • ‘The only music available was the lute and your natural voice, so that ruled out autotuned pop stars.’
     • ‘His acting sucks and his music is so auto-tuned a monkey could sing it.’
     • ‘Maybe I will sing with them but you would have to auto-tune me!’
     • ‘She's a fantastic singer (real pop music, instead of overly autotuned garbage!)’
     • ‘She looks great but whoa..they really overdid it with the auto-tuning.’
     • ‘The album is a bombardment of autotuned vocals with loud drums and techno beats.’
     • ‘Her energetic stage presence made the songs work, and those falsetto notes needed no auto-tuning.’
     • ‘The Gregory Brothers have become Internet famous for auto-tuning the news.’