autotune

British  

/ ˈɔːtəʊˌtjuːn /

noun

1. a software package that automatically manipulates a recording of a vocal track until it is in tune regardless of whether or not the original performance was in tune

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Example Sentences

Yet to Flog Gnaw’s young crowds, blissfully free from the AutoTune wars of the 2000s, Pain now represents an idyll and purity of party music in hip-hop, rising from the mire of the Great Recession and the aspirations of President Obama with witty, self-aware hit after hit that showed a musician in total command of his craft, writing songs that transcend today’s cynical bleakness.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 1980s Zapp had a string of gold albums with front man Roger Troutman using the voice box technology to make his voice sound futuristic, and in the 1990s AutoTune went from being a tool producers use to fine-tune a singer’s pitch on a recording to being the featured sound on a recording.

From Los Angeles Times

AutoTune and AI are enabling people who lack musical talent to game the system — like audio catfish.

From Los Angeles Times

The company also said AI is now used in many stages of the song-writing process - such as autotune, mixing and mastering.

From BBC

Someone used AutoTune to shout profanities against the police, drawing giggles from the overwhelmingly Gen Z crowd.

From Los Angeles Times