Ed Ledsham explores the history of auto-tune... (Listen to Auto-tune Anthems on Spotify). "Auto-Tune is great for fixing vocals, but we use Auto-Tune in a way it wasn't designed to work. A lot of ...

Auto-Tune can serve as an additive or a crutch, but it has opened the floodgates for a relentless wave of untalented goons in the mainstream. The constant Auto-Tuning of vocals begets formulated, ...

There are few musical technologies that are as ubiquitous, maligned and misunderstood as Antares’ Auto-Tune. What was conceived in 1997 as a discrete tool for cleaning up vocals and optimizing the ...

Auto-tune catches some flack by music purists who don’t appreciate the digital alteration of musician’s voices. But for Emma Robinson, her auto-tune sound has nothing to do with putting her amazing ...

Let's get this out the way now: T-Pain pioneered the creative use of Auto-Tune in Hip Hop when he treated the pitch correction software as an expressive instrument rather than just a corrective tool.

Linda Diaz and Arthur Buckner uncover how Auto-Tune became THE in-demand tool for studios. Thanks to artists like T-Pain, Cher, and Kanye West, Auto-Tune went from being an industry secret to an ...

In our young century, public standards for “good singing” have been reshaped by two unrelated phenomena: “American Idol” and Auto-Tune. The former is a televised singing contest for young amateurs ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Antares Audio Technology, creators of Auto-Tune®, have released a redesigned and improved version of their pioneering audio restoration software, Auto ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- The thousands of fans who crowded Sunday evening's T-Pain concert at Bay Fest suggest that reports of Auto-Tune's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The rapper-turned-singer's ...

American Idol has already run eight seasons. Since its debut in 2002, watching non-singers belting out of tune has become an amusing addiction. When Karaoke was introduced in the 80's from Japan, it ...

The following sentence might come as a huge shock to teens and Millennials, so stop tweeting for a second, kids, and get prepared for a totally outlandish statement. Here it is: Once upon a time, pop ...

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. These are a few of ...