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 ...

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 ...

In the prologue of futurist Ray Kurzweil’s 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, he quotes inventor Nikola Tesla: “I do not think there is any thrill that can go through ...

If you haven’t been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you’ve missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot ...

American Idol” had a Beatles week, a Mariah Carey week, even a Dolly Parton week. But if the show really wants to be “current,” as judge Simon Cowell is fond of saying, it should have an Auto-Tune ...

Cher was itching for a hit. The year was 1998, nearly a decade since her last Top 10 single, “Just Like Jesse James.” The Goddess of Pop was no stranger to comebacks, though — she famously made them ...

In a recent social media post, T-Pain, a prominent figure in the music industry known for his distinctive use of auto-tune, addressed an old photo of Christina Aguilera wearing a controversial T-shirt ...

Typically, the music-streaming public remains at arm’s length when it comes to tricks and tips that artists use in the recording studio — it’s too nerdy, too complicated, and only useful to obsessives ...

John Lennon passed away 17 years before the invention of Auto-Tune in 1997, but if you’re curious what the late Beatles frontman and “Imagine” singer would have thought of using the technology in his ...

(RNS) — According to the Prophet Isaiah, grass withers, flowers fade, but God’s word endures. In the age of social media, so do the mistakes of church musicians. Play the wrong chord, forget the words ...