Auto-Tune
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Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies for correcting pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise inaccuracies and mistakes and, due to its increasing use in modern music, has allowed many artists to produce more precisely tuned recordings.
Auto-Tune is available as a plug-in for professional audio multi-tracking suites used in a studio setting, such as ProTools, and as a stand-alone, rackmount unit for live performance processing.[1]
The harmonization is intended to increase the musical quality of a vocal track without revealing the singing as processed. Still, with extreme parameter values, the Auto-Tune has also become popular as a distinctively electronic voice effect, similar to the vocals in such tracks as "Believe" by Cher, "Only God Knows Why" by Kid Rock, "One More Time" by Daft Punk, "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas, "Blue" by Eiffel 65, "Y Yo Sigo Aquí" by Paulina Rubio, and "Freak Like Me" by Sugababes.
Similar software operating in the time domain is available to correct rhythm and meter for percussionists.
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- This effect was referenced for comedic effect in episode "New Kids on the Blecch" of the animated series The Simpsons when Bart formed a boy band named the "Party Posse". Ralph Wiggum had his somewhat-whiney voice changed when singing the phrase "love formation" in the song "Drop da Bomb!". After engaging the machine, the producer said, "Thank you, NASA."
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- Antares Auto-Tune 5 Pitch Correcting Plug-In - product home page
- Melodyne and Digital Performer 4.6, other pitch correction products
- Pitchfork: Neko Case Interview - artistic integrity and Auto-Tune
- Nashville Scene: Pro Tools - Article about country music and Auto-Tune
