American Idol has already run eight seasons. Since its debut in 2002, watching non-singers belting out of tune has become an amusing addiction. When Karaoke was introduced in the 80's from Japan, it ...

A little over a minute, "Poland" ends as quick as it begins. But what stays with you is that hook, specifically when Lil Yachty sings "wock." He sounds like an operatic goat, and that's meant to be ...

Gizmag has been following the development of the Antares Auto-Tune for Guitar technology with great interest since it was first teased back in May 2011. In January 2012, it was launched in two guitars ...

Learning to sing like Aretha Franklin isn't something you can do overnight. But over the past decade, recording studios have been fudging things a bit with software called Auto-Tune, which enables ...

Ed Ledsham explores the history of auto-tune... (Listen to Auto-tune Anthems on Spotify). "Auto-Tune is great for fixing vocals, but we use Auto-Tune in a way it wasn't designed to work. A lot of ...

Since hearing what Britney Spears' sounds real voice sounds like, it has been brought to light just what a wonder of a modern invention Auto-Tune is. It's a technology that defines our modern musical ...

It happened exactly 36 seconds into the song—a glimpse of the shape of pop to come, a feel of the fabric of the future we now inhabit. The phrase “I can’t break through” turned crystalline, like the ...

We spend most of our days trying to be virtually perfect, so why should we care what singers really sound like? When we go to concerts, we don't bother looking at them. Instead, we hold up our cameras ...

In 2005, T-Pain ushered in the often ridiculed, yet undeniably catchy use of Auto-Tune with "I'm Sprung." The Tallahassee native has gone on to deliver a multitude of hits using the vocal tool, and he ...

Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small screen and streaming. A member of the Film Critic's Circle, he's covered technology and culture from London's tech scene ...