T-Pain

DJ T-Pain’s Asher Roth Scratching Session

Performed by the average person, T-Pain scratching demo would probably be considered somewhat basic.  Still, it’s refreshing to find out that T-Pain is not only skilled with Auto-Tune, but is also competent on the 1’s and 2’s.

T-Pain Auto-Tune iPhone App By Smule

As if we needed yet another reason to hate Auto-Tune and its sheepish following.  T-Pain and Smule have teamed up to develop the I Am T-Pain iPhone app, which will allow users to record their own tweaked vocals over pop beats in a similar fashion to Antares Auto-Tune.

T-Pain Talks Auto-Tune Haters And Pop Champagne Effect Misuse

T-Pain makes catchy songs, but are they any good?  The self proclaimed "ringleader of the game" discusses his initial use of Antares Auto-Tune and confesses,"It’s making me money so I ain’t got to stop."  He also talks about haters, Ron Browz’s misunderstanding of Auto-Tune, and the "T-Pain" effect. Here’s the question though… at what point … Read more

T-Pain Proclaims Vocoder Love

I’ve never been a fan, but I’ve gotta give T-Pain respect for not taking himself too seriously.   Check out the parody of him in the studio and his strange relationship with a mock vocoder.

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 … Read more

T-Pain Discusses Production And Logic Studio (Video)

In a promo for Apple’s Logic recording suite, T-Pain discusses mobile production techniques, on the fly recording, and the versatility of digital technology.  I kept waiting for the topic of Auto-Tune to be brought up, but it’s still very interesting to see his recording process and the use of live musicians while creating tracks.