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Auto-Tune makes it impossible to sing wrong notes, so you can always use first takes, when the performance is freshest. You can also take tossed-off improvisation and make it sound studio-perfect. Auto-Tune inspires fearlessness, which inspires playfulness, which produces good feeling for everyone in the room.
- Why do good singers use Auto-Tune?
- Why did Auto-Tune become popular?
- Do most people use Auto-Tune?
- Why is Auto-Tune so bad?
Why do good singers use Auto-Tune?
Autotune allows singers to achieve perfection by prioritizing the feel of a track and touching up any minor pitch imperfections with autotune. When it comes to this aspect of the production process, many singers are transparent about their use of autotune and accept it as a normal part of the production process.
Why did Auto-Tune become popular?
The use of Auto-Tune as a vocal effect was bolstered in the late 2000s by hip hop/R&B recording artist T-Pain who elaborated on the effect and made active use of Auto-Tune in his songs. ... T-Pain became so associated with Auto-Tune that he had an iPhone app named after him that simulated the effect, called "I Am T-Pain".
Do most people use Auto-Tune?
Autotune performs exactly the same function with music, by smoothing out sharp or flat notes to make singers pitch perfect. ... "It's pretty much used in 99% of recorded music now," says Daniel Griffiths, editor of music recording magazine Future Music.
Why is Auto-Tune so bad?
Known as the “Cher” effect it was used to give the vocals a heavily synth-like, unnatural sound. ... People argue that autotune removed all the skill from singing as well as destroying the minute inaccuracies that were the soul of many songs. The slight inaccuracies that are so very human about music were now gone.
