Notes, you nailed it. The entertainment business is just that. The show must go on when it comes down to it. Everybody needs a back-up plan. Auto tune is all well and good, but the problem is there are some people who really can't sing, get their vocals fixed on recordings and then lip sync their shows. That is just fraud as far as I am concerned. They get there because they have the look that someone is looking for and talent is not a consideration.

Now when auto tune is used as an effect. That is a different story. It can certainly give you some interesting sounds when used in that way.

Listen to The Carpenters. NO auto tune there and those layered harmonies were just perfect. Had to be able sing and do it until it was right when every minute was costing a fortune in the studio.


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