Auto-Tune

[ aw-toh toon, ‐-tyoon ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for software that processes vocal or instrumental tracks in a recording to correct pitch and timing errors.

verb (used with object)

1. (sometimes lowercase) to alter (recorded audio) to correct pitch and timing or create a melody.

Example Sentences

Even his signature instrument, Auto-Tune, has become as accepted an ingredient in hip-hop as the drum machine.

From The Daily Beast

So why are we so surprised that, without the help of auto-tune, Spears sounds almost unrecognizable?

From The Daily Beast

I hear artists who can sing like birds, others who would need to retire if Auto-Tune disappeared.

From The Daily Beast

Compare the Auto-Tune way of singing today with the way Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops sang.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, Britney Jean is least enjoyable when Spears, on occasion, reverts to the Auto-Tune crutch.

From The Daily Beast