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Auto-Tune always and forever

2024/11/10
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Charlie Harding
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David Pierce
知名技术记者和播客主持人,专注于社会媒体、智能家居和人工智能等领域的分析和评论。
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Charlie Harding: Auto-Tune 既指 Antares 公司的音频软件,也泛指任何音高修正技术。它最初用于细微调整音高,但 Cher 的《Believe》将其转变为独特的音乐效果。Auto-Tune 的发展经历了从辅助工具到独立乐器的转变,T-Pain 等歌手将其融入自身音乐风格。Auto-Tune 的使用方式也从后期处理转变为实时处理,改变了音乐创作方式,使更多人能够创作音乐。尽管存在使声音同质化的批评,但 Auto-Tune 仍被广泛应用,并创造出独特的音乐风格。Auto-Tune 的发展与 AI 技术的发展可能存在相似之处,两者都经历了从工具到风格的转变。 David Pierce: Auto-Tune 的使用引发了关于音乐真实性和人工处理的争议。人们对 Auto-Tune 的批评主要集中在它使声音过于同质化,并允许唱功不佳的歌手成为明星。然而,Auto-Tune 也为音乐创作带来了新的可能性,使歌手能够创造出独特的音乐风格。Auto-Tune 的发展也改变了音乐制作的方式,使实时处理成为可能。Auto-Tune 的未来发展趋势可能与 AI 技术的发展趋势相似,两者都可能经历从工具到风格的转变。

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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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