This is Autotune
Autotune is an Audio effect that is used in recording studios to manipulate the pitch.
- The Autotune effect in 1996, Antares introduced and as a VST plug-in widely used.
- In the music production he is mainly used to wrong sung tones to straighten.
- In the classic Autotune the pitch is manipulated so that it matches the key of the music piece, so "in Tune" is.
- Autotune has a Controller, which is used to set which pitches are desired, how strongly, the actual sung pitch in the direction of these notes is corrected, and how sluggish is the effect on frequency modulations reacts in the voice.
- Subtly used, the effect can hardly be heard at all. With Extreme settings, the voice colors, however, it to Autotune typical sound that reminds us a Bit of a robot voice.
- In 1998 Cher released the song "Believe" was the first Pop Hit, the Autotune with Extreme settings used, which makes cher's voice is the typical Autotune, and Autotune was given the nickname "Cher-effect".
- The younger Generation knows the sound of the songs of T-Pain, Lil Wane and Kanye West.
- In addition to Antares, the Original there are now many more Auto-Tune applications, in addition to the pitch, Timing and Timbre of the sound to manipulate, such as Melodyne, AnalogX and WaveLab.
- As well as Sample-Rate Converter works Autotune mostly with granular synthesis.
Hip-Hop voice, thanks to Autotune (image: Pixabay)
Criticism of the Audio effect
The Extreme settings of Autotune have a charm of their own, which is worldwide known and very controversial:
- In the Transition between the two pitch people singing, no distinct notes, like the piano, but dazzle on the notes a little into each other.
- This phenomenon is called "Glissando" and is typical of the human voice.
- It is also typical that the voice a Vibrato, so slight frequency modulations has.
- Also very good singers make is not always immediately have the desired pitch, but correct within a fraction of a second.
- Rigorously Autotune set to prevent any Glissando, pitch and modulations.
- The voice therefore sounds gimmicky, but typical Autotune.
- Critics claim, by the subtle use could even be a bad singer as MP3 Shine, but live miserable sound.
- In addition, sounds by Autotune all the singers the same, at Extreme settings, particularly artificially.
- Friends of the car tunes to find the sound funny. You like the Aesthetics, and so there are Hip-Hop and Reggaeton music that practically no more without.
- The Autotune phenomenon is comparable with the emergence of Acid House, in which the normally passive filters of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer as strong psyched were you actively swung, and a Sound all its own, the "Acid Sound", is generated.
- The Cher effect is a strong up-down Autotune, and Acid, a badly adjusted Equalizer.
The Cher-effect, self-test, you can with Audacity, record your voice, edit the Gsnap-Autotune-effect test.
