The WSJ article “The Battle over Bionic Vocals” addresses the robotic sound created by intentional distortion with Auto-Tune more than it discusses the regular use of Auto-Tune (which has enabled pop stars with horrible pitch to get away with it . . . until they sing live). I have to admit that the first bothers me less than the second.
The Music Industry Debates Auto-Tune
– September 15, 2009
The WSJ article “The Battle over Bionic Vocals” addresses the robotic sound created by intentional distortion with Auto-Tune more than it discusses the regular use of Auto-Tune (which has enabled pop stars with horrible pitch to get away with it . . . until they...
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Carissa Turner Smith is a compulsive reader, writer, and Irish dancer. She earned her Ph.D. in English at Penn State and currently teaches writing and American literature at Charleston Southern University. At age three, she announced that all she wanted to do was “sit at a desk and read and write,” and she has been trying to make good on that promise ever since. Fortunately, she is occasionally distracted from this mission by her husband Stephen and their cheese-obsessed cat. A loyal native of Arkansas, she has always loved the fact that Jesus dwelt in an underappreciated corner of Galilee (see John 1:46). 
