T-Pain has a rare distinction in music: When you think of one musical instrument, tool, or innovation, his name is the one that immediately comes to mind. Of course, this is due to him popularizing ...

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.

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 ...

Typically, the music-streaming public remains at arm’s length when it comes to tricks and tips that artists use in the recording studio — it’s too nerdy, too complicated, and only useful to obsessives ...

Steve Perry is decrying the prevalence of Auto-Tune, the popular audio tool used for pitch correction and vocal effects. "Auto-Tune has turned everybody into the same singer," the former Journey ...

Steve Perry, the former singer for Journey, recently criticized the use of Auto-Tune. He spoke to Kyle Meredith about the pitch-correction technology in a recent interview. You can listen to their ...

T-Pain has become a music icon for his use of auto-tune, but it is also the reason for a dark period in his life. On Netflix's This Is Pop, which explores hidden truths about some of the biggest ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I admit that, before arriving at the NAMM show this week, I didn’t know that Auto-Tune was an actual brand. Like ...

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, ...

With it pioneering Auto-Tune software program, Antares has been one of the leaders in the field of pitch correction and vocal effects for over 20 years. Whether you use it as a T-Pain style crazy ...

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 ...

When it comes to vocals, Ariana Grandedoes this. It only makes sense that Ariana would feel the need to defend herself against someone claiming that she's using auto-tune during her live shows. "It ...