Shoddy lead singers Celebrate With an Autotune Plugin

By Andy Ainsworth


Are you a dreadful lead singer with dreams of making it as a pop star? Want to get around your dearth of ability? Now you can. Ever question why renowned singers sound cool on their records but atrocious during a live show. It is as basic as a little concept called autotune. An autotune plugin can assist any person obtain musical greatness-even if your skills are not up to par.

Here is what an autotune plugin can do: Perfects the pitch of vocal or instrumental performances Corrects mistakes or inaccuracies so you don't need vocalize in tune Fixes timing troubles in case you skip a word or a beat Distorts the individual voice to make you sound greater than you really are Ability to instantly switch amongst the time-shifted audio soundtrack and the original soundtrack Will record MIDI note data that is routed to it and can even register this on the Pitch Graph. Users can then make annotations about changes in real-time.

It is simple for a person to use, from the professionals to the amateurs. However, the issue remains: Is an autotune plugin just a tool for doctoring up substandard composition? Well, yes and no. While you can make use of autotune for various "valid" reasons- like you recorded a nearly flawless track with one or two mistakes-it can also be used to greatly skew an original soundtrack.

The first major hit single this software was used for was Cher's "Believe." After that, new artists followed suit, realizing their ideas of fooling the public into thinking inferior singers were accomplished.

Other artists, however, have taken a stance against it. Country singers such as Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Loretta Lynn have refused to use AutoTune plugin tools. At the Grammy Awards in 2009, Death Cab for Cutie appeared dressed in ribbons that protested the use of AutoTune. Additionally, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer released a disc in 2002 that shed light on the row. The disc came with a sticker that said, "Absolutely no vocal tweaking or pitch modification was used in the making of this record."

One music critic went as far as to express the autotune plugin was a "remarkably sinister creation." For bad and good singers similarly, one thing is irrefutable: No need for gargling brine, practicing your pitch, and resting your pipes. Thanks autotune!




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