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Auto-Tune always and forever

2024/11/10
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Auto-Tune is a pitch correction tool that originated from the oil industry. It was created by a geologist who applied seismic wave analysis techniques to audio processing.
  • Auto-Tune was invented by a geologist using techniques from the oil industry.
  • It was initially designed as a subtle pitch correction tool.

Shownotes Transcript

For the second episode in our three-part miniseries about the future of music, Charlie Harding, a music journalist and co-host of the Switched on Pop podcast, joins the show to tell the story of Auto-Tune. He walks us through how a simple plugin became such a recognizable sound in music, why both artists and fans gravitated to the Auto-Tune sound, and why Auto-Tune has continued to grow even through backlash in the music business. Then we look ahead to AI, and try to figure out what — if any — lessons we might be able to learn about the sound and culture of the AI era to come.

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