While only one of these tools can be active at any point on the timeline, you can mix and match them as required within a single editing session in order to craft the best result.įor a number of iterations, Auto-Tune has also offered the ability to adjust formants, and has featured basic throat modelling that allows you to shift the gender character of the voice, as well as global pitch transposition and the ability to adjust timing in some fairly surgical ways.

Since the Evo release (in essence Auto-Tune 6, reviewed in March 2009: Graphical Mode offers you the choice of three means of controlling the pitch: curves, lines or notes. However, if a ‘set and forget’ approach doesn’t get the job done, then Auto-Tune also offers a Graphical Mode. This can be simply a case of tweaking a few key settings to taste and then letting the plug-in work its magic, and if your vocal is reasonably solid to start with, Auto-Tune’s Automatic Mode will just tighten the intonation up as much (or as little) as you require. Correct Me If I’m WrongĪuto-Tune derives its name from its ability to automatically correct the pitch of monophonic audio such as vocals. Auto-Tune is, however, still an industry standard, and the new version 8 includes a number of new features. Almost every top-end DAW includes its own pitch-correction tools and, as summarised in the Alternatives box, there are a number of very creditable third-party options also. Of course, just as Hoover have plenty of competition when it comes to sucking up dust from your floor, Auto-Tune is now far from the only game in town when it comes to pitch-correction. Revolutionary when it first appeared in 1997, the brand name has become synonymous with pitch-correction, and many producers will now simply ask the engineer or Pro Tools operator to ‘Auto-Tune it’ - meaning, of course, to apply pitch-correction - when they think a vocal has intonation issues that require attention. The classic example is the Hoover vacuum cleaner, but in the world of music technology, the same thing has happened with Auto-Tune.

Some items of technology have acquired such an iconic status that the product name has become a verb. How does the new version shape up against the competition? Auto-Tune is said to be the biggest-selling plug-in of all time.

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