Intro
We’ve all cringed as a hopelessly out of tune contestant appears on the latest episode of “American Idol.” Occasionally, there’s a contestant who manages to be pitch perfect all the way through—right until they flub the final note. And in the cutthroat world of televised auditions, sing one slightly flat note and you’re out.
So what takes care of a bad-pitch day? Autotune—an effect that corrects the pitch of your voice so you’ll never again sing out of tune. And now, with the power of modern microprocessors, autotune is possible in real-time, allowing singers to benefit from its almost magical powers during live concerts.
The company most famous for its autotune effect is Antares. Antares Auto-Tune currently retails for $249, and a stripped down version is available for $100. In addition to simply improving the pitch of a dodgy singer, autotune can be used to create unique robotic sounding vocal effects, a technique massively popular in recent years thanks to its use by artists such as T-Pain and the group behind the “Auto-Tune the News” YouTube videos. In 1998, when the effect was first used on Cher’s “Believe” single, the producer used such extreme settings that instead of subtly adjusting the pitch, autotune “snapped” instantaneously to the nearest “correct” note.
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We’ve all cringed as a hopelessly out of tune contestant appears on the latest episode of “American Idol.” Occasionally, there’s a contestant who manages to be pitch perfect all the way through—right until they flub the final note. And in the cutthroat world of televised auditions, sing one slightly flat note and you’re out.
So what takes care of a bad-pitch day? Autotune—an effect that corrects the pitch of your voice so you’ll never again sing out of tune. And now, with the power of modern microprocessors, autotune is possible in real-time, allowing singers to benefit from its almost magical powers during live concerts.
The company most famous for its autotune effect is Antares. Antares Auto-Tune currently retails for $249, and a stripped down version is available for $100. In addition to simply improving the pitch of a dodgy singer, autotune can be used to create unique robotic sounding vocal effects, a technique massively popular in recent years thanks to its use by artists such as T-Pain and the group behind the “Auto-Tune the News” YouTube videos. In 1998, when the effect was first used on Cher’s “Believe” single, the producer used such extreme settings that instead of subtly adjusting the pitch, autotune “snapped” instantaneously to the nearest “correct” note.
Read more: Coding4Fun