Definitions
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- noun Any device that performs automatic
tuning (as of anengine or industrial process). - noun music A device that corrects the
intonation of anaudio signal without affecting other aspects of the sound, sometimes used to fixoff-key singing.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I figured Billy Joel worked the auto-tuner on purpose, as an act of protest for being forced to sing through it.
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I really struggle to find modern rock or pop music that doesn't sound like it was recorded by robots in a factory (I hope whoever invented the auto-tuner has to spend eternity listening to Cher's "Do You Believe in Love" on an endless loop in a locked room in hell).
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He releases sub-par mixtape after mixtape and when he's not rapping incoherently he's putting his garbling singing voice through an auto-tuner so he can sound like every other damn rapper on the planet.
Movie Review: The Carter (New Documentary Redefines the Notion of a Mainstream Pop Star) | /Film 2009
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Is there actually a human singing there or an auto-tuner?
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No cracked case, no channel knob that had to be turned with vise-grips; this television had an auto-tuner.
Chrome Circle Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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No cracked case, no channel knob that had to be turned with vise-grips; this television had an auto-tuner.
The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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No cracked case, no channel knob that had to be turned with vise-grips; this television had an auto-tuner.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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If you can't sing in tune to save your life, use the built-in auto-tuner T-PAAAAAIN! to keep your pitch perfect, then record your performance for later infamy or embarrassment.
Ars Technica Ars Staff 2011
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Clearly, this is a man who doesn't need the benefit of an auto-tuner or reverb to sound like the seasoned pro that he is.
RGJ.com - Latest News jball@rgj.com James Ball 2010
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Just feed a couple of low-frequency oscillators to the target pitch of an auto-tuner.
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