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  • My post was agnostic on the normative question of killing Auto-Tune, which is in line with my documented history of tolerance for Auto-Tune.

    Holiday | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • The force behind both trends is an ingenious plug-in called Auto-Tune, a downloadable studio trick that can take a vocal and instantly nudge it onto the proper note or move it to the correct pitch.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

  • The Symphony of Science series, if you're not familiar with it, takes previously recorded scientists and makes them into pop stars with a healthy dose of Auto-Tune.

    ♪♫ Symphony of Science's big bang Melissa Bell 2011

  • Beyoncé's singing shocker isn't the only Auto-Tune prank out there

    T.I.: No Mercy - review 2011

  • All the boxes are ticked: Auto-Tune, a sample from an 80s hit Toto's Africa, which gives the languid Fight for You a bit of bounce, washes of disco synths – and, of course, Derulo pledging his heart with gauche declarations such as: "Much more than a Grammy award, that's how much you mean to me."

    Jason Derulo: Future History – review 2011

  • He would be OK on the Disney Channel, where they would Auto-Tune the hell out of him.

    The X Factor Episode: "Auditions No. 4" 2011

  • He's been pitted against layers of hissy synths and chattering drum machines, which only make the whole thing more anonymous, and on Until the Stars Run Out, Auto-Tune has been added for good measure, ensuring he sounds like everyone else who's made a pop record in 2010.

    Joe McElderry: Wide Awake - review Caroline Sullivan 2010

  • He sounded a death knell for Auto-Tune upon a first single, a different "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," as good as yet, there it is upon his own manuscript ( "A Star Is Born").

    The Best Albums Of 2009, In Bigger Than The Sound | Industry Fokery admin 2009

  • Auto-Tune may have come close to saving the Oscars, and now it's working on the peace process between Israel and the Arab world.

    Moammar Gaddafi Auto-Tuned speech finds fans in Arab world 2011

  • He sounded a death knell for Auto-Tune upon a first single, a different "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," as good as yet, there it is upon his own manuscript ( "A Star Is Born").

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

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