auto-tune

T-Pain Quits Using Auto-Tune, Creates ‘T-Pain Effect’
T-Pain Quits Using Auto-Tune, Creates ‘T-Pain Effect’
T-Pain Quits Using Auto-Tune, Creates ‘T-Pain Effect’
After recently revealing to the BoomBox that his long-delayed fourth album 'rEVOLVEr' will be pushed back until September 2011, Auto-Tune devotee T-Pain has announced that he's abandoning his trademark voice modification software. "I'm done with Auto-Tune," T-Pain said in a statement...
Ne-Yo Calls Auto-Tune Singers ‘Wack’
Ne-Yo Calls Auto-Tune Singers ‘Wack’
Ne-Yo Calls Auto-Tune Singers ‘Wack’
Ne-Yo recently spoke out regarding the overuse of Auto-Tune, the vocoder-like vocal effect popularized by artists like Akon and T-Pain. The 'Beautiful Monster' singer explained that the audio processor should be used to support singers by assisting their tired vocal chords during extended recording sessions, not as an actual "sound," becuase it obscures their natural singing voice... Rea
T-Pain to Leak ‘RevolveR’ Album
T-Pain to Leak ‘RevolveR’ Album
T-Pain to Leak ‘RevolveR’ Album
T-Pain, a once-unstoppable hit maker, now finds his trusty Auto-Tune on the outs with most music fans, and his label doesn't appear to be willing to put out a long-in-the-works album entitled 'RevolveR.' So, T-Pain plans on leaking his own album...
T-Pain and Jay-Z Squashed Auto-Tune Beef at the Grammys
T-Pain and Jay-Z Squashed Auto-Tune Beef at the Grammys
T-Pain and Jay-Z Squashed Auto-Tune Beef at the Grammys
Auto-Tune impresario T-Pain says that he and Jay-Z have finally settled their differences. The short-lived beef started when Jay dropped his Auto-Tune diss, 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).' Though he claimed the single wasn't an attack against T-Pain for utilizing the vocal effect, Pain took offense to the record, dissing Jay for being "out of touch" at a pool party in Las Vegas last Septe
T-Pain Throws Funeral for Auto-Tune
T-Pain Throws Funeral for Auto-Tune
T-Pain Throws Funeral for Auto-Tune
Hip hop's answer to Andy Kaufman, T-Pain eulogized his favorite sound effect, the Auto-tune, at DJ Khaled's album release party on October 13. Pain arrived at the party in his hearse (yes), blasting Jay-Z's 'D.O.A.,' the song which first called for the "death of auto-tune," the vocal effect which essentially made Pain's career...
T-Pain Apologizes to Jay-Z for Las Vegas Insult
T-Pain Apologizes to Jay-Z for Las Vegas Insult
T-Pain Apologizes to Jay-Z for Las Vegas Insult
Auto-tune king T-Pain wants no problems with Jay-Z, and he's gone out of his way to make that clear. Although Pain initially claimed to be a fan of Jay's 'D.O.A.' track, which called for the death of T-Pain's signature sound, the singer/producer called out Hov in a much discussed performance at Rehab in Las Vegas earlier this month...