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Auto-Tune is actually an audio processor that can be used to tune already recorded or played vocals and instruments into the right pitch. Pitch correction by Auto-Tune was a trade secret up until Cher had a mega hit with "Believe" in 1998, where Auto-Tune was used to make Cher's voice sound strange and distorted. Currently up to 90 percent of all recording artists are using Auto-Tune to fine pitch their performances and many singing sensations of the last decade have to thank Antares Audio Technologies for their gadget, otherwise they would have no careers at all. Pitch shifting and harmonizers were known from before Auto-Tune was developed, but the technology that controls the corrected signal to be in tune, that still needed to be invented. It was none other than Andy Hildebrand, a seismic engineer working for Exxon, the oil company, who developed the technology in order to interpret seismic data. Later he recognized that it could be utilized to modify, analyze and detect pitch. He founded the Antares Audio Technologies in 1990 and released several ProTools plug-ins, one of which was Auto-Tune by 1997. While the plug-in became an instant success, the portable unit, the ATR-1 hardware DSP effect
processor, made it possible for the tone deaf singers to go on tour as well. Unfortunately, the technology did not stop there. Dozens of new processing plug-ins were released, mimicking the Antares technology, and Hildebrand himself released more products than Porsche cars in recent years. Auto-Tune EFX, Auto-Tune Vocal Studio, AVOX Evo Antares Vocal Toolkit, Antares Vocal Producer are just a few of the plug-ins and hardware devices featuring Auto-Tune technology. At least up until recently, the tone deaf singers needed to have some interesting color in their vocals, to fake it properly. But Mr. Hildebrand figured another gadget that will make singing lessons for talented and especially talentless singers obsolete. THROAT Evo Physical Modeling Vocal Designer, an electronic replica of the human vocal tract, allows people to modify the timbre and tone of their voice and give them qualities that were attainable only after years of practice and hard work. Now every housewife in New Jersey can belt out "Rehab" at least as good as Amy Winehouse, who not only wrecked her life, but spent years singing in pubs to gain her chops. Pitch shifting is included in this nice little gadget, therefore if you are a stalker, you not only can disguise your voice, you can sound like a little girl, when you torment your prey. We all can happily look forward to ignoring thousands of talentless singers in our future and purchase the greatest hits of real singers long gone. No wonder there is internet piracy, who would spend real money on fake singers? |
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