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 ...

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.

T-Pain brought auto-tune to the table, and these 5 rappers ran with it. Auto-tune was something of a taboo in rap, for some it may always be, but for the most part, it's been accepted as a common ...

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 ...

Auto‑Tune, the trademarked name for the flagship pitch‑correction software created by Antares Audio Technologies, has become one of the most recognizable sonic signatures of contemporary popular music ...

The Grammy-winning artist explained her position during a recent charity event, saying those who use Auto-Tune need to "get them a job at the Post Office." ...

On The Vergecast: how a simple pitch-correction plugin became a dominant sound in music, and how the next technical revolution might follow its lead. On The Vergecast: how a simple pitch-correction ...