Auto-Tune

American  

[aw-toh toon, -tyoon] / ˈɔ toʊ ˈtun, -ˈtjun /

Trademark.

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

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verb (used with object)

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

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Auto-Tune

This week the band released the LP’s lead single, “Going Shopping”; it sounds kind of like the Steve Miller Band if Auto-Tune had existed in the mid-1970s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The rules are simple: Equipment that amplifies sound or voice, like vocal monitors or Auto-Tune, aren’t allowed.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Already, some singers rely on pitch-correction technologies such as Auto-Tune.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

But if her lyrical preoccupations have remained constant since that Bildjournalen interview 55 years ago, Elofsson's production does the unthinkable - filtering her voice through vocoders and Auto-Tune and a myriad of contemporary digital effects.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023

It sounds like there’s some Auto-Tune added to Peso Pluma’s growl, too.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

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