Auto-Tune

<p>Auto-Tune is <a href="/facts/Audio_processor/HXvBpspA">audio processor</a> software released on September 19, 1997, by the American company Antares Audio Technologies. It uses a proprietary device to measure and <a href="/facts/Pitch_correction/y172L2rx">correct pitch</a> in music. It operates on different principles from the <a href="/facts/Vocoder/sSymnRBU">vocoder</a> or <a href="/facts/Talk_box/zA6zxI51">talk box</a> and produces different results.
</p><p>Auto-Tune was initially intended to disguise or <a href="/facts/Pitch_correction/y172L2rx">correct</a> <a href="/facts/Off-key/sFar2Lkp">off-key</a> inaccuracies, allowing vocal tracks to be perfectly <a href="/facts/Musical_tuning/v5Q1kYxC">tuned</a>. <a href="/facts/Cher/PeKz1P3l">Cher</a>'s 1998 song "<a href="/facts/Believe_(Cher_song)/JMwdyavt">Believe</a>" popularized the use of Auto-Tune to deliberately distort vocals, a technique that became known as the "Cher effect". It has since been used by many artists in different genres, including <a href="/facts/Daft_Punk/cC1aTQjY">Daft Punk</a>, <a href="/facts/Radiohead/6TVeLFk7">Radiohead</a>, <a href="/facts/T-Pain/CYUCtsrs">T-Pain</a> and <a href="/facts/Kanye_West/9AptrF4P">Kanye West</a>. In 2018, the music critic <a href="/facts/Simon_Reynolds/Xu4gkpjX">Simon Reynolds</a> observed that Auto-Tune had "revolutionized popular music", calling its use for effects "the fad that just wouldn't fade. Its use is now more entrenched than ever."
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