Brief History of Auto-Tune And T-Pain's Technological Predecessors

Seems like everyone is fascinated with Antares Auto-Tune lately, including The New Yorker.  Author Sasha Frere-Jones quickly breaks down the history of Auto-Tune from the inventor Andy Hildebrand’s ventures in the oil indusry, to Cher’s vocal tweaking on “Believe”, and finally T-Pain’s complete adoption of the technique.  There’s also a little bit of sound theory thrown in for those that want a layman’s guide to understanding how everything works.

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